It’s a wrap—almost! Our final Midweek of the season walked before it could run. Reporter Zoe Pierce spoke to one of the leaders of a movement movement—”designed walking,” which combines route planning with storytelling, and social interaction. Then, the fallout of a racist act of vandalism at a grocery store in Ottawa’s Chinatown. Midweek’s Colson Swinarchin sat down with the...

We’ve reached the final third!  Veterans were top of mind and top of show this week.  On Remembrance Day, reporter Matthew Garwolinski visited the Canadian War Museum and host Holly Joth-Smith attended Carleton University’s Remembrance Day ceremony. Both heard stories of family connections, wartime valour, and why we honour the occasion. Zoe Pierce then sat down with the head of...

Is it November already? This week’s production of Midweek began with another update from Alex Scott on Ottawa’s planned $400-million renovation of Landsdowne Place, before it goes to city councillors for a vote on Friday. Host Julie Chadwick spoke to a Carleton University sociology professor to discuss a new draft policy preventing Carleton-affiliated people and organizations from issuing collective statements...

And we’re back! After a well-deserved break, the Midweek team returned to the newsroom fresh and full of ideas (we hope). 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...

Is it time for a break already? In our last show before Fall Reading Week, Midweek’s Holly Joth-Smith opened with a look at Pride Week celebrations at Carleton University. Then, Zoe Pierce sat down with a computer science expert to discuss how and how much artificial intelligence is changing the workforce. Coming out of Thanksgiving weekend, Matthew Garwolinski got the...

Go, Ravens, Go! More on that later. Entertainment was front and centre this week. Reporter Julie Chadwick sat down with the great-great-great niece of Black publishing trailblazer Mary Ann Shadd Cary, at the launch of an annual lecture series in her honour. Next, Clarisa Gonzalez gave us a look at Ottawa’s newest film festival, Genre Gems, focused on twisting and...

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...

Here we go again! After a summer hiatus, Midweek wasted no time getting back to business. The first show of Fall 2025 kicked off with reporter Zoe Pierce asking some big questions—namely, how much life has there ever been on Earth? Next, a celebration of one of those lives with the renaming of a Kanata skate park: Alex Scott takes...

It’s a wrap on another season of Midweek! The final show of Winter 2025 started with the latest on tariffs ahead of an afternoon announcement south of the border. Then, a look into Ottawa’s missing measles outbreak. Back to back stories on education—reporter Jayden Dill took us to the front lines of a protest against changes at the Ottawa Carleton...

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:...

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...

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!

This Midweek: arts and culture galore! Featuring plays, anthem-booing, bookmaking, and more.

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.