Leading the hour, reporter Alex Scott heard the latest on the proposed $400-million upgrades to Lansdowne Park, from one of the residents leading the charge against it. Then, the launch of a new lecture series in honour of Women’s History Month—Allie Cruzado sat down with the head of The Women’s History Project ahead of the inaugural event.

Julie Chadwick was at the Ottawa Antiquarian Book Fest this past weekend to learn about the art of making books and why some people can’t get enough of that old book smell. Also in arts, Holly Joth-Smith spoke with the Centretown BIA about the end of a pilot program providing colourful spaces in Ottawa—and potentially, the start of it being a yearly affair.

Moving onto greener pastures (or thumbs), Allison Young attended the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library’s first seed giveaway of the fall to find out why native plants are vital to the Ottawa Valley and its people. Rounding out the top half, we heard from River Ward councillor Riley Brockington about the city’s unanimous decision to support its speed cameras amid provincial plans to scrap them.

In the bottom half of the hour, Midweek’s Colson Swinarchin spoke to luminary art historian Partha Mitter ahead of a lecture at Carleton University. Mitter had published similar arguments to those found in Edward Said’s landmark text, Orientalism, a year before that book took the academic world by storm.

In the spirit of the spooky season, three back-to-back stories focused on celebrations of the macabre. We started with a look at how Carleton is honouring the day after Halloween—Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead—a Latin-American holiday filled with joyful celebrations of those who have passed.

Then, a weekend trick-or-treating event showed us the more frightful side of City Hall, not to mention scaring up donations for the Ottawa Food Bank. Finally, a preview into the paranormal—we heard from Scientific Investigation of Paranormal Activity Canada, Ottawa-based ghost-hunters with a more skeptical approach to the paranormal.

And rounding out the show, we had some predictions and analysis going into game five of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers. Andrew Zuber, host of the Less Than Jays podcast, talked starting pitchers and dramatic wins, leaving just enough time left to catch the game (several hours).

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