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How can we make Halloween safe?

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  • It's that time of year again where Michael Feir gets into the Halloween spirit. We go into the realm of strange and spooky as Michael tells us all about The Left Right Game podcast.
  • Into You is an AMI original podcast where UK’s Fern Lulham puts love under the microscope. She gives us the full scoop behind the project!
  • Halloween may look and feel a little different this year, but according to a new survey, eight in ten Canadian parents plan to celebrate the spooky season with their children in some way this year. How can we do this safely? We learn more with a rep of the Food, Health & Consumer Products.
  • Thunder Bay Community Reporter Doug McQuaker highlights the “I’m not Creative” Workshop, teaching attendees how to develop their creative side.
  • We flip through quirky stories from around the globe, with Jeff Ryman on What in the World.
  • Host of The Neutral Zone, Brock Richardson joins us for our weekly Roundtable conversation.

Preparing for Thanksgiving dinner

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  • There’s a new video interview series about Canadian culture where notable Canadian artists reveal the Canadian art that inspires them. We learn more about this with one of it’s hosts, Ben Rayner.
  • The "Feelin' Mighty Proud!" Special is celebrating Anne Shirley, and now offers Live Audio Description; Ryan Delehanty from Halifax has the details.
  • Devon Wilkins lets us in on a Facebook page where Guide Dog handlers can express concerns, share stories, and gain support regarding being denied access.
  • Mary Mammoliti of Kitchen Confession prepares us for upcoming Thanksgiving meals, and discusses how our tables will be this year.

How do you play blind soccer?

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  • Vet Danielle Jongkind discusses pet vaccination, and alternative options to vaccinating your pets.
  • Launched in 2018, New Conversations started as a two-year program designed to encourage collaboration between Canadian and UK artists with an emphasis on physical exchange and artist mobility. Part three has now launched and we learn more with Carrie Hage of the British Council.
  • Have you ever tried blind soccer? Do you know how to play blind soccer? We get the lowdown on the sport with Matt Greenwood, blind soccer advocate and Executive Director of the Pickering Football Club.
  • Community Reporter Julie Martin highlights the Municipal elections in Nova Scotia, including information on how and where to vote.
  • We check in with our friends from W. Ross MacDonald School in Brantford to see how their start to the school year has been thus far.
  • Jeff Ryman joins us for a conversation on Thanksgiving, and how our usual traditions will be tweaked this year.

Why do we have income tax?

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  • On Accessing Android, Michael Babcock demonstrates how to reset our Android devices using accessibility features.
  • With positive COVID-19 tests in the NFL, how will that effect the games? Brock Richardson gives us the details in his sports report.
  • Toronto Bureau Reporter Alex Smyth previews tonight’s episode of AMI This Week; he talks varieties of masks.
  • On Everything is Possible, Lynda Todd introduces us to Glenn Bugg, who runs his own Commercial Electric Company and lives as a paraplegic.
  • Why do we have income tax? Danielle McLaughlin talks about taxes and why we pay them.

Banned Books Week

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  • The pandemic is determining how and what we eat, from quick shortcuts to slow cookers. Jeff Ryman explains some of the food trends during the pandemic.
  • Cypress Mountain Resort is taking its thrill level to new heights with the announcement of a Mountain Coaster ride; Sylvi Fekete has the highlights.
  • It’s one of Ryan Hooey’s favourite weeks of the year, Banned Books Week! He tells us reasons for recognizing the significance of this time.
  • We’re joined by Jazz star and Canada's Sweetheart of Swing, Alex Pangman of Toronto for another Artists Corner!