For the second week in a row, Midweek has had to improvise: The ongoing labour dispute at Carleton University, where we’re based, means we are without the vital support staff who get our shows to air on CKCU-FM.
Instead, here are two podcasts to bring you this week’s terrific Midweek stories. Enjoy!
Midweek couldn’t come to you via CKCU-FM this week because a strike by support workers at Carleton University meant our excellent studio technologist was…elsewhere. Instead, we assembled the stories we’d been chasing into these two podcasts. Same eclectic Midweek mix, just coming to you in a different way!
Ten women who came the Canada as refugees one or two years ago have launched a catering project. Baraka Syrian Home Cooking started in December and has since catered two sold-out events for about 60 people. Midweek’s Salma Mahgoub has the story.
February’s final show tells about the little-known 613 Casual Choir, an Ottawa board game guru, holistic healing taking place inside The Real You, and a Syrian food catering enterprise aimed at more than filling plates. We also find out from Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Muir’s high school drama teacher whether the star was always so cool. All that and much more on Midweek!