Midweek for March 4, 2026
With Professor Nana aba and a nearly complete team back, Midweek was back in full action for a special International Women’s Day themed show. This week’s broadcast featured stories about the experiences of women and gender-non-conforming people, focusing on Ottawa women’s initiatives, concerns about women’s healthcare, female athleticism, and much more! Hosts Leia Fourney and Kaitlin Gruehl were in the...
Midweek for Feb. 25, 2026
After a well-deserved reading week break, Midweek returned to the airwaves with a smaller than usual team due to internships… and a different newsroom leader! Master of Journalism student Martin Halek stepped into the role of senior producer this week as Professor Nana aba was away in Toronto for research. Halek is a Midweek alum and former TA for the...
Midweek for Feb. 11, 2026
Once again, our Midweek team set the bar high for this week’s broadcast with an impressive variety of stories. Reporters and production team members organized an exciting line-up of stories centred around local news, current affairs, arts & culture, and animals. After having done some advanced planning for same-day stories, the team was ahead of schedule and scripts were printed...
Midweek for Feb. 4, 2026
Our Midweek team truly brought their A-game this week for their second broadcast this semester. After a successful first run, their confidence and ambition shone through all the content they produced for a rather informative and entertaining show. The team assembled and had concrete plans to tackle their same-day stories. Before we went on-air, our production team realized that we...
Midweek for Jan. 28, 2026: Season Premiere
With a brand new theme song and team, Midweek returned to the CKCU-FM airwaves this week to kick off its Winter 2026 season. Reporters arrived bright and early in Midweek’s newsroom located at Richcraft Hall and hit the ground running on their same-day stories. Scripts were printed and packaged with minutes to spare before air time, and excitement was high....
The 25th Hour: Fall 2025, Episode 2, Explaining Ottawa
In the second Fall 2025 episode of The 25th Hour, our reporters delve into the latest issues and trends that matter most to people in Ottawa and beyond.
The 25th Hour: Fall 2025, Episode 1, Lost In The City
Welcome back to 25th Hour. In our first episode of Fall 2025, our journalists explore the artsy corners and inspiring individuals within Ottawa.
Atlantic Canada provides food for thought at Expo
By Alyssa JohnstonExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — Atlantic Canada was the focus of attention for a few days at Canada’s Expo pavilion, with a strong emphasis on the region’s agricultural products and seafood. The events held Sept. 18-20 included a delegation from Atlantic Canada, including P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz. “We are here to strengthen investment and trading ties with Japan...
Canada’s Expo pavilion nominated for excellence in two categories
By Alyssa JohnstonExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — Canada’s pavilion at Expo 2025 has been nominated as being one of the best large pavilions and also best at integrating technology into its public presentation. The nominations are for the so-called World Expolympics contest recognizing top pavilions in a number of categories. The Experiential Design Authority (TEDA) announced the finalists for its...
New anime take on Anne of Green Gables classic a hit at Expo
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan —The Canadian classic Anne of Green Gables has long had a following in Japan. No surprise then that one of the hit attractions at the Canada Pavilion at the Osaka Expo has been showings of the new Japanese anime series Anne Shirley. Produced by Fuji Creative and the Anne Shirley Production Committee for the...
Expo panel explores the empowerment of women
By Alyssa JohnstonExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — The head of Canada’s team at Expo 2025 joined a panel on women’s empowerment called “Breaking down barriers, building futures,” held at the Expo 2025 Women’s Pavilion on Sept. 4. The event was led by members from Chile who presented on the frameworks they have built for women in their country. Four panelists...
Nation branding at Expo another form of national defence, experts say
By Alyssa JohnstonExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — With just over a month left until the Osaka Expo ends, some are asking what kind of achievements participant countries will bring home from the six-month-long event? The Canada Pavilion hosted a lunch discussion on Sept. 3 with researchers from around the world and leaders from other pavilions to discuss nation branding at...
Pavilion stage has been the heartbeat of Canada’s Expo presence
by Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — The performance stage has been one of the defining features of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2025, with a stream of performers providing audiences with a different take on Canada. As Japanese children return to school and the scorching summer heat tones down, the pavilion and the entire Expo itself can look back...
School choir from B.C. touches on Canada Pavilion themes at Expo
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — A youth choir from British Columbia used its time at Expo to promote the Canada pavilion themes of Indigenous reconciliation and youth-to-youth connections between Canada and Japan. After a jam-packed lineup of Indigenous musical events in mid-August, the pavilion carried on the theme through a series of performances by the Richmond Youth Honour...
Expo gets media black eye after thousands stranded overnight by subway breakdown
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — Expo officials bowed in apology at a chaotic press conference that followed the disruption caused to an estimated 30,000 Expo visitors stranded on site Wednesday when the only subway station servicing the sprawling Expo site shut down. Local news was dominated by reports of the confusion at Expo and complaints from stranded visitors....
Strong messages about injustice permeate Indigenous Week at Expo
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — Performing at Expo during Indigenous Week, the Juno-award-winning group Digging Roots punctuated their music with spoken messages translated into Japanese about the injustices caused by residential schools and climate change. In a star-studded week of performances organized by the Canada Pavilion, Digging Roots was one of the bands that came to embody the...
Expo pavilions are a powerful diplomatic tool, Canadian lead Laurie Peters says
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — At a time when traditional diplomacy has been turned on its head, the Expo World’s Fair in Osaka has been a chance to foster international conversations and project Canadian values, says the head of Canada’s Expo delegation here. The event has also given Canada a chance to enhance its longstanding relations with key...
Global community of Indigenous artists brought together at Expo showcase
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — Indigenous artists from Canada are taking centre stage at the Osaka Expo. As part of a showcase organized by the National Arts Centre (NAC), several prominent Indigenous artists and art groups have gathered at the Canada Pavilion to promote Indigenous rights and present their culture to Japanese audiences. Some of the prominent artists...
Celebrating the achievements of women a key Canada Pavilion Expo tradition
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — The Canada Pavilion at the Osaka Expo is a gleaming white structure that juts four stories into the air, designed to represent ice floes during the transition from winter to spring. That concept permeates the pavilion itself and focuses on the notion of regeneration. The theme goes deeper than the physical structure and...
Tsunami alert causes little disruption at Osaka’s waterfront Expo site
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — Tsunami warnings issued for parts of Japan on July 30 after an earthquake near Russia had virtually no impact on the Expo site in Osaka. And Expo officials provided assurances that regardless, planners had done everything possible to protect the Expo site from such natural disasters. People all across Japan had their morning...
Latest Expo podcast features famous DJ and Canadian international high school
Expo reporter Sean Coombs has posted the weekly episode of his Expo Update podcast based on his reporting from Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. The podcast is hosted by Carleton University’s campus radio station CKCU 93.1 FM. This week’s episode features interviews with Canadian breakdance icon and emcee Vladimir Laurore, better known by his performing name 7 Starr. (Laurore was...
Breakdancing, hip hop performances at Canada Pavilion grab Expo spotlight
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — Breakdancing and hip hop took over stages across the Osaka Expo as part of a new and diverse lineup of Canadian performances organized by Ottawa’s National Arts Centre (NAC). The NAC collaborated with the Montreal-based street dancing nonprofit 100Lux to bring to Expo well-known and upcoming Canadian breakdancing artists. There were freestyle showcase...
Listen in to the July 23 episode of Sean Coombs’ Expo Update podcast
As part of ongoing coverage of Expo 2025, taking place in Osaka, Japan, Carleton Expo Intern Sean Coombs is producing a weekly blog that is hosted by CKCU FM 93.1, Carleton’s campus radio station. The podcast drops live at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and is available to listen to anytime in the archive. You can find the blog at: https://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/660/71257.html...
BC teachers bring Canadian high school learning to Osaka
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — Japanese students from a Canadian international high school located here in Osaka took on the role of guides recently at the Canada Pavilion at Expo, a vivid example of the kind of cultural fusion that is a hallmark of the World Expos. The Canada Pavilion at the Osaka World Expo has seen many...
Canadian musical acts dominate busy and scorching Expo weekend
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter The summer holidays have begun in Japan for primary and secondary school students. Predictably, this has led to increasing visitor numbers at the Expo and masses of people at the Canadian pavilion, especially on weekends. The most recent weekend was no exception to this, with the scorching summer heat offering little deterrence for the crowds that...
Osaka cafe brings a taste of Canadian hospitality and poutine to Japan
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, the LiNGUA World Cafe nestled in a quiet corner of the Tennoji ward of Osaka has just emptied after the lunchtime rush. Behind the counter, Ian Warney dips his ladle into a pot and then pours a hot helping of gravy onto a classic order of poutine. If...
Inuit sister duo PIQSIQ add throat singing to Expo’s cultural fabric
By Poppy PhilbrookExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — At an event many regard as a sort of cultural Olympics, Inuit throat-singing sister duo Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay had the added thrill of sharing their art with an audience that had never heard anything like it before. “It’s so cool to bring something as unique and specific as throat singing to...
Canadian artists took centre stage during busy Canada Day week
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — At an event as crowded as EXPO 2025 in Osaka, the music emanating from the many pavilions can be drowned out by the thousands of visitors and staff. But during the height of the week-long Canada Day festivities at the Canada pavilion, the iconic Canadiana music being belted out of the pavilion’s main...
Cree artist Joel Wood hopes music was ‘sacred and alive’ for Expo audiences
By Poppy PhilbrookExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan – Plains Cree artist Joel Wood says he hopes audience members who heard him perform during a week-long gig here at Expo 2025 came away with the feeling of having experienced something powerful. “We want them to feel like they’ve experienced and were a part of something sacred and alive,” Wood said in an...
Canada Day in all its glory at Expo, before the sun was even up back home
By Poppy Philbrook and Sean CoombsExpo Reporters OSAKA, Japan–There was maple syrup, Canadian flags, Mounties in full red serge greeting Expo visitors in the blazing sun and yes, even a gigantic beaver leading a traditional Japanese exercise class. All in all, vintage Canadiana during Canada Day celebrations at Expo’s Canada Pavilion. Face paint and red maple leaves decorated the faces...
RCMP officers brave Expo heat to wow visitors with vintage Canadiana
By Sean CoombsExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan – It doesn’t get much more quintessentially Canadian than Mounties in trademark Red Serge. This week, two RCMP officers joined the ranks of Canadians from an array of professional and cultural backgrounds who have participated in events at the Canada pavilion to represent Canada at its best. In cooperation with Global Affairs Canada, RCMP Constables...
Gold medalist Phil Wizard dazzles on the Expo 2025 stage in Osaka
By Poppy PhilbrookExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan – Canada’s Olympic-gold-winning B-boy Phil Wizard took to the Expo 2025 stage at the Canada Pavilion on June 22 with top-notch dance moves and gold medal hardware in tow. Drawing hundreds of visitors to the pavilion’s cramped stage area to watch him perform, Wizard’s Expo visit came a year after securing the gold medal...
Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier docks in Osaka for Expo 2025
By Poppy PhilbrookExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan– The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier made a historic first docking in the Port of Osaka as part of the four-country Operation North Pacific Guard. Operation North Pacific Guard is a Canadian-led collaboration involving Canada, Japan, South Korea and the United States. Launched in 2019, the initiative seeks to uphold international standards...
UBC innovators unveil novel wood leather soccer ball at Expo 2025
By Poppy PhilbrookExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan – The buzz surrounding Vancouver’s role as one of 16 host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup was at the centre of British Columbia Week in recent days at the Expo 2025 Canada Pavilion. And the kick off, quite literally, included the unveiling of a totally new kind of soccer ball that designers...
Tribute to jazz icon Oscar Peterson part of NAC showcase for Canada at Expo
By Poppy PhilbrookExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan – It was a night of legends honouring one of their own for Canada here at Expo 2025. The National Arts Centre Orchestra joined forces with the Oscar Peterson Centennial Quartet (OPCQ), Canadian pianist Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, OrKidstra, Sistema New Brunswick, and the Tokyo Children’s Ensemble from El Sistema Japan, in a tribute to Oscar Peterson...
Project showcases regeneration theme at Canada’s Expo 2025 pavilion
By Poppy PhilbrookExpo Reporter OSAKA, Japan — Canadian and Japanese students were brought together at Expo 2025 to brainstorm as entrepreneurs and explore how one of Japan’s oldest traditions — making sake —could spawn new business lines using by-products of the sake brewing process. But equally important, for the students from Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and Chiba University, was a...
PODCAST: C U in Court! 150 years of the Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is commemorating its 150th anniversary in 2025. In this five-episode podcast, students in a legal journalism course at Carleton look back on the court’s humble beginnings in 1875, examine some landmark decisions and societal debates, and look ahead to the future. As the Supreme Court of Canada commemorates its 150th year, the country finds itself amidst...
The 25th Hour: Fall 2024, Episode 2, Doing Better?
In the second Fall 2024 episode of The 25th Hour, our journalists explore the worlds of knockoff artwork, heart and brain research, campus accessibility, and Ottawa's nightlife.
Rideau Review – Catetory Page Elements
Alex Scott Raised in the west end, Alex is passionate about municipal affairs in Ottawa – especially public transportation. In his down time, Alex enjoys reading and watching sports. Will Brady is a Master’s Journalism student with a passion for sports coverage. He enjoys incorporating data-based analysis in his work, and has an interest in both audio and video production....
The 25th Hour: Fall 2024, Episode 1, Pursuing Passion
In this episode of The 25th Hour, peel back the curtain on what drives people in Ottawa to pursue their passion projects.
UPDATE: Ottawa police say they are ready for extremist Diagolon group’s so-called Road Rage Terror Tour event in Ottawa
Community Solidarity Ottawa (CSO) is warning locals about a far-right extremist Diagolon event planned for Saturday July 6 in Ottawa. The event is led by Jeremy “Raging Dissident” Mackenzie and is Diagolon’s first stop on their national tour, titled “The Rage Tour.”
The 25th Hour: Winter 2024, Living Life in Ottawa
25th Hour reporters explore the intricacies of Ottawa life. Hosts Goldie Aharon and Rafka Abou-Khalil will guide you through stories about Ottawa's changing housing scene, innovative business ideas, and new hockey excitement.
The 25th Hour: Episode 2, A New Perspective
In this episode of the 25th Hour, our journalists look at life through a new perspective. The stories explore the future of railway travel and charities, how animals and psilocybin are helping people, and Tracy Chapman's groundbreaking win for country music.
Silver lining: Incoming polar vortex may help Rideau Canal Skateway to finally open
A polar vortex may be headed this way bringing freezing temperatures. But the good news is the cold may help open up the Rideau Canal Skateway.
The 25th Hour: Fall 2022 Episode 2, Breaking Barriers
This episode explores boundaries that are being pushed, and how things can be done differently.
The 25th Hour: Fall 2022 Episode 1, Is it time for a reset?
This episode brings you stories of people who are resetting.
Alleged attack on non-binary firefighter sparks scrutiny of anti-LGBTQ+ hostility
Charges of hate crimes against two Ottawa firefighters indicates a wider concern facing non-binary individuals.
Ontario votes: Ford wins strong second majority government; NDP’s Horwath and Liberal Del Duca stepping down as leaders
Ontarians are voting to decide who will form the next government in Canada's biggest province.Polls indicate that Doug Ford and the PCs are headed to another win.
Tracking COVID-19: May 30
Capital Current tracks the progress of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
The 25th Hour: Winter 2022, Episode 2, Investing in our Planet
How each of us can invest in our planet – from rethinking recycling to protecting pollinators.