October 5, 2021 - Cadence Weapon; Hot Meals for ICU Workers; Facebook Outage; COVID Vaccine for Kids

13:09 | Edmonton-born, Toronto-based rapper, Rollie Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon shares about creating politically-informed music, including his latest album, Parallel World (the winner of the 2021 Polaris Music Prize).

42:00 | Calgary-based Devour Catering owner J’Val Shuster explains what motivated her to launch the I See You ICU – Care Package initiative. For $15, people can donate a hot meal delivered to staff at intensive care units in Calgary's four main hospitals. To date, more than 3,700 care packages have been donated.  

1:03:26 | Media and technology expert Dr. Gordon Gow unpacks the six hour Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outage yesterday and what it means for users. Plus, if the issues recently flagged by  Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, will mean effective, lasting change on the social media platforms.

1:40:19 | Physician and specialist in medical microbiologist, Dr. Philippe Lagacé-Wiens discusses the forthcoming vaccines for children.