In the first hour of NOW with Dave Brown: Morgan Ineson tells you about Fighting Blindness Canada’s Young Leaders Summit and View Point conference (14:17). Lawrence Gunther explores the possible impact the Arctic lakes may have on the earth’s climate (26:38). Plus, Kelly Bron Johnson discusses the importance of Gladue reports to acknowledge the effects of Colonialism on Indigenous people (37:34).

In the second hour of NOW with Dave Brown: Rebecca Dingwell weighs in with her thoughts on the blue pumpkin and bucket campaign for Halloween (1:07:32). And contestants Karen Magee, Amanda Shekarchi and Alex Smyth battle it out in another edition of the weekly news quiz (1:33:14).