Was Ontario prepared for a more serious fire season?

Ontario is asking the federal government to be ready to help with wildfire evacuations -- but a volunteer emergency coordinator says the province should have been more prepared for this level of destruction.

A former official with the Ukrainian government tells us why she's joined widespread protests, after Volodymyr Zelensky removes a defence minister who's been pivotal in the war against Russia. 

Hungarian lawmakers vote to remove the president, previously appointed by Viktor Orban. The former head of Hungary's supreme court says that move is problematic, but necessary. 

There's been a lot of discussion as the Assembly of First Nations convened for meetings in Ottawa -- and National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says clean drinking water and wildfires were at the top of the agenda. 

A TV reporter in Los Angeles was on the air when she felt something with a lot of legs land on her and start climbing; she'll tell us how to stay calm when that something is a giant cockroach.

An elderly woman in Florida did not request a license plate with a suggestive combination of letters and numbers -- and she's worried that other drivers might make it a big honking deal.

As It Happens, the Thursday Edition. Radio that believes she's got a little too much on her plate.