Hockey Canada players found not guilty of sexual assault

An Ontario justice found five former players of Canada’s world junior hockey team not guilty of sexually assaulting the woman known as E.M. We hear from a legal expert on violence and sports on what the long-term impact of the trial may be.

A year after wildfire destroyed her home in Jasper, Alta., one resident says she's proud of how far she, her family and her community have come — but says the toughest battle has been dealing with her insurance company.

Age appropriate. A senator says it's high time Canada lowers the federal voting age to 16 — and one teen tells us why he and his peers should be trusted to vote.

Without a trace. A Canadian researcher has created a tool that erases the digital markers that make AI-created deep-fakes identifiable as hoaxes. He says he did it to show how easily bad actors could do the same thing. 

Pitting them against each other. Okanagan cherries face off against oysters, and Chinook are up against Sockeye, as beloved B.C. icons battle it out to determine which one symbolizes the province best.

And... Why the long face? A talented miniature horse is bringing joy to patients in a children' s hospital by "playing" the piano with her face - and we'll soon discover if that joy extends to listeners like you...  

As It Happens, the Thursday edition. Radio that's not above a little horseplay.