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Nutritionist Julia Karantjas shares junk food alternatives to make us feel good, and help satisfy our sweet tooth or salt cravings.
In honour of Disability Employment Awareness Month, we learn about an exciting research project happening in BC.
The Working Group for Accessibility and Inclusion is now taking applications from citizens of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Community Reporter Toni Freimark has more.
This time of year, students with disabilities of all ages are completing their Independent Education Plans. We learn more with Lucia Bellafante.
On our book club, we review After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul, By Tripp Mickle, with the recommender of the choice, Steven Scott.

Michael Feir reviews the Timbuk2 classic messenger bag from a blindness perspective.
Fern Lulham discusses a major U.K. advertising campaign, aimed at changing public perceptions of blind and partially sighted individuals.
The 35th Toronto International Snowmobile, ATV and Powersports Show, the largest of its kind in the world, takes place this weekend at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. We learn more with one of the stars of the event, multi-time Canadian National Championship winning motocross racer, Blair Morgan.
On Curious Minds, Christine Malec features images from the James Webb telescope, and explains the sonifications making the images more accessible.
In The Know contributor, Margrett Weldon, joins us on this week's round table conversation.

Why is Ontario reducing doctors’ payments for one-off virtual appointments? Reporter Grant Hardy brings us the latest health headlines.
Greg David stops by to scare up some of this year's spooky favourites available on TV and streaming services.
Ryan Delehanty highlights CMHA Halifax-Dartmouth's 24th annual Mosaic for Mental Health art sale.
It’s the Wednesday edition of Buzz With Bill with Producer Bill Shackleton!
World Mental Health Day was October 10, and we learn about new data regarding mental health in the workplace with our friends at Robert Half.
On a bonus Know Your Rights conversation, Danielle McLaughlin discusses Bill 124 and collective bargaining rights for nurses and other government regulated health care professions.

A new study from the journal Neuroscience reveals further impressive information about dogs' sense of smell. Dr. Danielle Jongkind tells us more.
Is it time to replace your toothbrush? Frances Wong shares tips for oral Care, on our Wellness segment.
Leading up to White Cane Awareness Day, Community Reporter Mathieu Rochette shares his personal experience coming to grips with his white cane. .
With the theme of thanks, Yang Wang focuses on "good" encounters she's experienced recently, and pays tribute to her late father, who she showed appreciation to in the words of a book.
On our Voices segment, we hear from AMI Reporter Grant Hardy, the newest edition to our KellyCo team, about his switch from TV to Radio.

Michael Babcock updates us on recent events and announcements made by Google and Microsoft.
It was a crazy week in the NFL. Brock Richardson catches us up in his sports update.
Michelle Tocher wrote The Departure Train, an audio drama about a woman who dies and boards a train in the afterlife. We learn more about Michelle's work on this production, airing on AMI-audio.
Tune in to nature at its finest, at the Van Dusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver. Community reporter Carol Yaple brings the highlights.
Leanne Baarda shares fun, inclusive ways to enjoy Halloween this year - including family activities, snacks, and approaches to accessible trick-or-treating.
Brenda McPhail, Director of the privacy, technology, and surveillance program for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, discusses the use and misuse of facial recognition technology, on Know Your Rights.