Midweek for March 19, 2025
The ground may have been shaking this week, but our team stayed sure and steady as ever! Our first story took us far from home, with newly-minted Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Nunavut and what the new leader might mean for Indigenous Peoples across Canada. Taking us back to the Ottawa Valley were three stories of people coming together:...
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March 19, 2025
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Midweek for March 12, 2025
This show was recorded in front of a live studio audience! More on that later. Show 7 started with its elbows up—a documentary about a hundreds-strong protest on Parliament Hill rallying against American annexation threats and tariffs. Then, a sit-down with 2025’s Kesterton speaker, Shireen Ahmed, the first sports journalist to deliver the lecture. Rounding out the first set: a...
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Martin Halek ,
March 12, 2025
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Midweek for Feb. 12, 2025
This Midweek, listeners got a live city council update on transitional shelters, a sit-down conversation about the state of policing in Ottawa, the NCR's newest winter music attraction, and more!
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Martin Halek ,
February 12, 2025
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Midweek for Feb. 5, 2025
This Midweek: arts and culture galore! Featuring plays, anthem-booing, bookmaking, and more.
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Martin Halek ,
February 5, 2025
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Midweek for Jan. 29, 2025
Midweek returned to air on Jan. 29, 2025 for the Winter 2025 season. Stories included tariffs, world records, arts programming at home and abroad, and community outreach.
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Martin Halek ,
January 29, 2025
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The 25th Hour: Is Carleton one of Canada’s most accessible campuses?
Journalist Caelan Monkman investigates the physical accessibility of Carleton University's campus.
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Caelan Monkman, Zenith Wolfe and Martin Halek ,
December 20, 2024
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The 25th Hour: Hot sauce’s mild mastermind
Angela Thomson can't handle more than a few drops of hot sauce. That didn't stop her from founding Ottawa's annual hot sauce expo.
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Zenith Wolfe, Martin Halek and Caelan Monkman ,
November 5, 2024
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Indigenous Art and Entrepreneurship Conference works to preserve tradition, empower women
The annual Indigenous Art & Entrepreneurship brought both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people together to learn and admire Indigenous art forms.
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Julie Tierney and Martin Halek ,
April 30, 2019
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Poor conditions may be more than a bump in the road as pothole complaints soar in Ottawa
Reports about Ottawa's road surface conditions have soared.
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Clare Duncan and Martin Halek ,
March 29, 2019
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