Midweek reporter Liam Harrap heads to Algonquin Park for his gang’s annual “Turkey Trot” canoe trip — and tells us how it’s done: is the secret to cooking a turkey on a campfire the tinfoil? the bacon? the garlic? the boxed wine? or lots and lots of patience?
This week, those touched by musician Gord Downie shared praise and sadness over all he gave us and all that’s now lost. We also heard voices raised against ongoing violence faced by women, and about students struggling to cope with stress. But we had life’s other side, too: magical Japanese papercutting called Kamikiri — and a canoe trip to the woods to cook a turkey and listen to loons.
This week’s show looks at losses — of soldiers, jobs, and personal pasts — but also at repair: supporting those at risk of suicide, fighting campus sexual violence, seeking justice for victims of the Sixties Scoop, and staging a comeback in a Mexican food truck.