Environmental contributor Lawrence Gunther shares his experience training guide dogs for outdoor living. For the accessibility story roundup, we discuss a story about an Edmonton service dog in training that accompanied his trainer to jury duty, a first time in the Alberta law courts. Community Reporter Derek Lackey in Winnipeg tells us about food preparation tricks and tips for the holidays by Vision Loss Rehabilitation Manitoba. Coming up in the second hour of the show: Nelson Régo of Cool Blind Tech describes Project Guideline, a new AI system designed to help blind and partially sighted people run races independently. Host Mike Ross filling in for Dave Brown competes with contestants Karen Magee and Mark Phoenix in our weekly news quiz! This is the November 24, 2020 episode.

Canadian Press news editor Michelle McQuigge shares a COVID-19 update in her weekend news recap. Accessibility consultant Marco Pasqua discusses issues with accessible transportation and explores how the service should be delivered to people with disabilities. Film reviewer Kim Thistle shares her commentary on the Netflix romantic thriller “Rebecca.” Coming up in the second hour of the show: a few parts of the world are planning to ban the sale of new combustion-engine vehicles within the next two decades. But how realistic are these goals? Marc Aflalo of Double Tap TV tells us more. Actor and author Michael J. Fox sat down with Dave Brown last week to chat about his brand-new memoir "No Time Like The Future.” Our colleague Ryan Delehanty shares an update on a human rights trial in Halifax that is bringing change to accessibility in Nova Scotian restaurants. This is the November 23, 2020 episode.

COVID-19 continues to have an impact across the country in different ways from rising numbers, to lockdown measures and the winter holidays. Canadian Press news editor Michelle McQuigge has been following the developments all weekend to join us for a weekend news recap. From the November 23, 2020 episode.

Actor and author Michael J. Fox sat down with Dave Brown last week to chat about his brand-new memoir "No Time Like The Future.” From the November 23, 2020 episode.

A few parts of the world are planning to ban the sale of new combustion-engine vehicles within the next two decades. But how realistic are these goals? Marc Aflalo of Double Tap TV tells us more. From the November 23, 2020 episode.

Our colleague Ryan Delehanty shares an update on a human rights trial in Halifax that is bringing change to accessibility in Nova Scotian restaurants. From the November 23, 2020 episode.

Film reviewer Kim Thistle shares her commentary on the Netflix romantic thriller “Rebecca.” From the November 23, 2020 episode.

Accessibility consultant Marco Pasqua discusses issues with accessible transportation and explores how the service should be delivered to people with disabilities. From the November 23, 2020 episode.

In our weekly news panel with Michelle McQuigge and Meagan Gillmore, we discuss another government ethics scandal regarding misused taxpayer dollars to employ family members at constituency offices. We chat about a school board in Waterloo that is scrapping snow days during the pandemic. We also talk about a recent idea by economists at Deutsche Bank Research who propose that people who work remotely from home should be taxed. In the second hour of the show: entertainment critic Michael McNeely previews the new Steve McQueen miniseries “Small Axe.” Karen McKay from Centre for Equitable Library Access tells us about this year’s fiction and non-fiction winners of the Writers’ Trust Award. This is the November 20, 2020 episode.

Karen McKay from Centre for Equitable Library Access tells us about this year’s fiction and non-fiction winners of the Writers’ Trust Award. Karen also shares some featured selections from the CELA collection. From the November 20, 2020 episode.