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January marks Glaucoma Awareness Month

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  • We’re on to Part 2 of First Aid for Pets, with Dr. Danielle Jongkind. In this section, she gets into specifics about first aid techniques.

  • What is Nutritional yeast and how do we use it in our foods? Nutritionist Julia Karantjas lets us know.

  • Known as the ""silent thief of sight"", glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in older North Americans. As January marks Glaucoma Awareness Month, the Canadian Ophthalmological Society is spreading the word with a new campaign. We learn more with Dr. Yvonne Buys.

  • Community Reporter Toni Freimark highlights the 16th Annual Tongue on the Post Folk Music Festival in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

  • The Complex is a unique, immersive online theatre experience taking place at this year’s Next Stage Theatre Festival. We learn more about this interactive show with Jessie Fraser, the co-creator and Digital Designer.

Long-term effects of the education gap caused by the pandemic

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  • How do you enable accessibility on the Xbox platform and use the access features to their fullest? We learn with Michael Babcock.
  • Novak Djokovic has been denied entry for the Aussie Open. Brock Richardson fills us in on all the details.
  • We’re joined by AMI Edmonton Reporter Beth Deer to talk about the birthing blind series on AMI-tv.
  • Community Reporter Annette Dennis highlights the University of Guelph course designed for new vegetable gardeners.
  • New Brunswick's Disability Arts Collective is currently holding their first ever gallery showing. It’s on from now thru February 28th. We get the lowdown on this with founder Ysabelle Vautour.
  • What are the long-term effects of the education gap caused by the COVID-19 pandemic? We discuss with Danielle McLaughlin on Know Your Rights.

Why your Google home speakers are about to get slightly worse

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  • Jeff Ryman joins is to discuss the 5 reasons `shoulder season' is the best time to travel.
  • Your Google home speakers are about to get slightly worse, because of a Sonos lawsuit. John Biehler has the details.
  • A young girl from Beckwith, Ontario used her baking talents to help raise money for a service dog. Karen Magee has the story.
  • Ryan Hooey discusses an article from The Washington Post that refers to community Libraries as the bright spots of those places.

App focused on strengthening personal human connections

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  • Michael Feir is back with the iOS Reminders app deep dive part 2. We take a tour of the app, and learn how to create reminders.
  • Fern Lulham highlights a TV program recently broadcasted in the U.K. called Social Media - Anger and Us.
  • There’s a new smartphone app focused on strengthening personal human connections by allowing users to share feelings and be present for one another by simply touching their smartphones. We learn more about this with founder and creator, Romain Daumont.
  • We flip through quirky stories from around the globe with Jeff Ryman, on What in the World.
  • Joining us for the Roundtable conversation this week is AMI’s Audio Technical Supervisor, Paula Dineen.

Is the end of the pandemic near?

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  • Is the end near? Some experts say the COVID-19 pandemic could ease within a few months. Jeff Ryman has more details on this.
  • A very different version of the Golden Globe Awards took place this year. There was no red carpet, and no audience or television coverage. We discuss the event with Greg David.
  • Ryan Delehanty highlights initiatives designed to help newcomers and people with disabilities to access public transit in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Registered Nurse Leslie Depoe shares what she calls one of the BEST new years resolutions you can make for your health.
  • How can we get started to organize our kitchen? We learn more with Mary Mammoliti of Kitchen Confession.