Our Ottawa colleague Karen Magee tells us about the anticipated arrival of online bookings for Para Transpo Ottawa, Ottawa’s accessible transit service. From the September 19, 2019 episode.

The US government will make it mandatory for electric cars to make artificial engine noise to warn pedestrians of their presence. Mike Agerbo from The App Show tells us more.

Veteran political analyst Craig Oliver discusses the latest from the federal election campaign.

Stewart Lyons, CEO of the e-scooter company Bird Canada, responds to concerns about the introduction of e-scooters on Canadian roads. We ask Matthew Kay from Vision Loss Rehabilitation Alberta how funding changes are affecting the services his organization delivers to its clients. Producer Kevin Philipupillai tells us what happened when firefighters in Belgium came across a large python that was guarding an illegal cannabis stash. We find out how 100 children in Alberta are helping researchers understand what it takes to recover from a concussion. The US government will make it mandatory for electric cars to make artificial engine noise to warn pedestrians of their presence. Mike Agerbo from The App Show tells us more. Veteran political analyst Craig Oliver discusses the latest from the federal election campaign.

Stewart Lyons, CEO of the e-scooter company Bird Canada, responds to concerns about the introduction of e-scooters on Canadian roads.

We ask Matthew Kay from Vision Loss Rehabilitation Alberta how funding changes are affecting the services his organization delivers to its clients.

Producer Kevin Philipupillai tells us what happened when firefighters in Belgium came across a large python that was guarding an illegal cannabis stash.

We find out how 100 children in Alberta are helping researchers understand what it takes to recover from a concussion.

Our producer Kevin Philipupillai shares details about a funding shortfall that has led Vision Loss Rehabilitation Alberta to cut services in many parts of the province. We speak with Tyler McGregor, who has just been named to Canada’s para ice hockey team for the 2019-2020 season. We’ll discuss the news that there’s an alarming increase in the number of dogs being rushed in for treatment after eating cannabis products. Community reporter Guy Carriere tells us about a self-advocacy workshop happening later this week in Sudbury. Nelson Régo from Cool Blind Tech tells us about new accessibility apps from Samsung, including one that uses Morse code to help people who are deafblind to communicate. We finish off the show with our Weekly News Quiz.

We speak with Tyler McGregor, who has just been named to Canada’s para ice hockey team for the 2019-2020 season.