CBC Radio: As It Happens

A collection of stories written and produced for CBC Radio's national evening current affairs program, As It Happens.

In the spring/summer of 2022, I was an intern and later associate producer on CBC Radio's national evening current affairs program, As It Happens.

Below is a sample of stories I wrote or produced during my time with the show.

— This angler reeled in the biggest blue catfish yet in the Mississippi River

— It's been a remarkable week for rare birds in Newfoundland. Here's why

— It's impossible to split Oreo cream filling evenly between both wafers, study finds

— These Atlanta students made the world's longest hopscotch course

— How making recipes etched on gravestones changed this student's perspective on death

— 3D scans reveal elaborate art carved into an Alabama cave more than 1,000 years ago

— 'Justice will prevail,' says lawyer for jailed Philippine senator as prosecution witnesses recant

— This Texas woman with dementia went missing. Her dog helped save her

— Marvel's new transgender hero is a plucky troublemaker who fights for the underdog

— Father drives 1,600 km to find formula for his daughter, ends up with two cans

— Japanese Americans planted a rose bush at a WW II internment camp. Now it's blooming again

— His high school diploma was withheld over a library fee. 60 years later, he finally got it

— These grasshoppers haven't had sex in 250,000 years, and they're thriving

— The last surviving ration pack from D-Day was found in a Dorset museum

— Barcodes on British stamps draw the ire of hand-written letter aficionados

— Canadian mountain no longer named for Nazi collaborator thanks to father and son

— Scientists find 39 potential new deepsea creatures. And that's just the tip of the iceberg

— San Francisco couple gets parking ticket after city paints a red zone around their car

— A lot of restaurants claim to be wheelchair accessible. This reviewer puts it to the test

— Tens of thousands of fish dead after California wildfire washes debris into river

— This ultramarathoner crossed the width of Ireland in a day — with a Guinness at the start and end

— 'It was my moment,' says wrestler who won Nunavut's 1st Canada Summer Games gold

— California police responded to a 911 call. This baby monkey was to blame

— A Denver man saw too many people standing at bus stops. So he built them a bench

— This MP lost a friend to suicide. So he fought to bring a crisis hotline to Canada

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