Midweek | Fall 2025 - Episode 6 | November 5, 2025

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 on public matters—something critics say limits academic expression.

Fellow host Clarisa Gonzalez sat down with an Ottawa councillor to talk about the more than $500,000 in property tax relief councillors recent approved for 16 affordable housing properties across the city.

After, reporter Zoe Pierce took listeners through the pitter-patter of paws at the EY Centre this past weekend as Ottawa’s largest family pet show returned to town for a lucky 13th year. And taking us to the midway point, Chadwick heard from the leadership of the Sierra Club, an environmental NGO that is one of several groups pushing back against a proposed nuclear waste dump set to be built a single kilometre from the Ottawa River.

In the second half: as the city seeks to improve its nightlife, some residents are taking the chance to nudge programming in a more community-focused direction. Gonzalez gave us a deep dive into the challenges and opportunities of diversifying Ottawa’s nightlife.

Cancer may be no laughing matter, but it’s how one local charity event is raising money for research—reporter Colson Swinarchin gave us a sneak peek at this year’s Laughter For Cancer fundraiser.

Marigolds, skulls, and guitar strums—next came a recap from Matthew Garwolinski on this past weekend’s Day of the Dead celebrations in the Byward Market. When it comes to avoiding death, Hannah Daramola spoke to the chair of Carleton’s Firearm Association for some key hunting and firearms safety tips, as deer and moose season opens in Ontario.

Closing out the episode, Canada could lose its measles elimination status after nearly three decades. Allison Young spoke to a University of Ottawa professor who researches infectious disease through mathematic models about why the Pan-American Health Organization plans to vote on the matter this month.

For the sake of time, we had to leave a few stories on the cutting room floor this week—but you haven’t heard the last of those unheard items. This week’s podcast features four full additional stories—a fundraiser you’ll leaf laughing, a Lanark County artist opening her home to the public, why Carleton students love singing badly, and what we should keep top of mind this Treaties Recognition Week.

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