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Praise for the lifting of Canadian border requirements that made it harder for US citizens to cross into Canada without complicated COVID related rules. We have news of the push to allow assisted deaths in NYS, and Buffalo Schools Supt. Tonja Williams is speaking out on the latest student violence at Mc Kinley HS saying the students are "not out of control".

If it's Friday, It's Theater Talk- today with word that Shea's President Michael Murphy has been suspended. Also, the fight over some land adjacent to Buffalo Womenservices where protestors gather to speak out against abortion. And a look at what the overturn of Roe V. Wade means for teaching at medical schools— like the University at Buffalo .

The Buffalo City council held a short session of about 3 minutes long to vote in new city council districts, without hearing from the many there to protest it. Also,the Town of Niagara approves a massive Amazon warehouse project adjacent to the Niagara Falls airport, and Mayor Brown goes to Washington, to seek aid after the Tops shooting.

The effort to distribute relief funds to people around the Tops shooting site begins with a public hearing tonight. Meanwhile there is a press to make sure that Tops employees and those who were in the store get help too. And, debate on a 5 year plan for disability services in WNY.

“ My struggle doesn’t deserve to be invisible.”: It’s disabilities pride month, honoring the signing of the American With Disabilities Act. From Toronto, Correspondent Dan Karpenchuk reports on First Nation members with Pope Francis- hearing him apologize for deaths at mostly Catholic run indigenous schools in the early 1900s. . Also, Albany looking at child care in NYS, with better funding, and the latest on a busy time at the national Comedy Center in Jamestown.

Hear WBFO’s Michael Mroziak on whether an 18 year old brain is fully formed—and what that means in the gun control debate after the Tops shooting. Also an exit interview with Nancy Smith, the outgoing executive director of the WNY Land Conservancy. We also have news of a Hell’s Angel rally in Ontario, and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s opportunity to appoint a new top judge for NYS.

For 30 years, Theater Talk has been appointment listening on WBFO, featuring the insights of theater critic and historian, Anthony Chase, who joins Peter Hall for a five-minute weekly broadcast at 6:45 and 8:45 Friday mornings on 88.7 WBFO with a podcast available on wbfo.org. As part of BTPM (Buffalo Toronto Public Media) their beat is primarily Buffalo theater, but Broadway, The Shaw Festival, The Stratford Festival, and other relevant art forms including ballet and opera are covered.

Congressional candidate Carl Paladino announces plans to sue Governor Kathy Hochul and there is a rise in COVID-19 infections in Erie County.

The latest from Erie County Court where a judge gave accused Tops shooter Payton Gendrun defense team time to consider a psychiatric defense, but rejected a broader delay in ight of the upcoming federal prosecution. Also, the remaining members of the Buffalo 5, acquitted of a 50 year old murder this past year, is suing Erie County. And if it’s Friday—it’s Theater Talk today with a look at ticket fees.

The efforts to bring more cars to other sections of Buffalo’s Main Street—between Mohawk Street ce and the Seneca One Tower-- move ahead with some fresh funding. And the accused Tops shooter has pleaded not guilty to the latest charges against him in Federal Court.Albany Correspondent Karen DeWitt looks at Republican Lee Zeldin and his charges that Gov. Kathy Hochul is reluctant to investigate former Gov. Cuomo and COVID until after the election.Also, Mayor Byron Brown heads to Washington to talk about the tops shooting with other, a look at the fundraising that congressional candidate Carl Paladino has amassed for his campaign