Midweek’s second show this term started with a drug awareness seminar at Carleton University—reporter Holly Joth-Smith found out about harm reduction ahead of high-risk situations. Then, Allie Cruzado took us back to yesterday’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and how a local Inuk musician is keeping throat-singing alive.

Alex Scott scouted out the state of scouting recruitment post-pandemic, with a troop from Ottawa’s west end. After, Julie Chadwick pounced on the chance to show off Ottawa’s biggest cat lovers—not to mention best-groomed cats—at the city’s annual cat show.

Back-to-back stories on safety at the Panda Game rounded out our top half. In our first in-studio reporter hit of the season, Colson Swinarchin took hosts Allison Young and Julie Chadwick through the city-wide preparations for the annual football rivalry match.

At the bottom of the hour: making Centretown safer with a proposal to ban right turns on red lights. After, a look at artificial intelligence, news influencers, and other issues in independent media from industry insiders.

The arts rounded out this week’s show, with Midweek’s Hannah Daramola taking us through how Indigenous artists and academics are coming together to keep reconciliation top of mind past Sept. 30. We had a look at an international live journalism production depicting life under constant drone surveillance in Gaza, and taking us to the hour, an upcoming panel on Indigenous art curation.

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