News from Ottawa with Mercedes Stephenson, Proposal for Greyhound’ Bus Depot, and “Parkinson's Awareness Day”

We begin with our weekly conversation with Mercedes Stephenson, Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief and Host of ‘The West Block’. This week, Mercedes shares details of her conversation with Astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who was chosen as the only Canadian crew member for NASA’s ground-breaking “Artemis-2” mission, which will be the most extensive in history. Next, it’s an ambitious plan to create a ‘hub’ to help Calgary’s most vulnerable citizens using the now vacant ‘Greyhound’ bus depot in the city’s West Village. We get details on the project from Kelly Sundberg, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Justice and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University Finally, today is “Parkinson's Awareness Day”. We discuss the symptoms experienced by those suffering from the disease, treatments currently available and the latest research surrounding Parkinson’s, with Larry Gifford, President and Co-Founder of the “Global Alliance to End Parkinson’s Disease”.