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Acadian Culture with Ronald LaBelle: the Acadian wave in New England from 2023-09-13T23:10
The Acadians were no strangers to forces which led to them being displaced. Ronald LaBelle talks about the waves of Acadians who left the Maritimes to work in New England.
ListenNew self-guided online support for substance use recovery from 2021-12-06T23:10
Nova Scotia has launched a new pilot program for people who are experiencing problems with substance use. Breaking Free Online - is a FREE, self-guided online program that has worked in other loca...
ListenNew Baddeck Daycare getting ready to open from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After a couple of years of planning, the Baddeck Daycare is set to open next week on October 1st. For an update on the much needed service, we contact one of the founders, Matthew Hart, and the di...
ListenHow voting will work in Cape Breton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Current Affairs correspondent Brittany Wentzell has a primer on going to the polls this October. With election day about 3 and a half weeks away, different municipalities have different plans arou...
ListenThe health minister responds to the Northwood report from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Long Term Issues in Long Term Care. Nova Scotia's Health Minister Randy Delorey reflects on what changes the Province is prepared to make in light of recommendations from the Northwood LTC facilit...
ListenTransit Cape Breton getting a rough ride from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With ridership down by at least 75 percent, Kathy Donovan, manager of Transit Cape Breton, offers an update of the bus service which has recently returned to a regular schedule and regular fees.
ListenCBU prof whips up 4,000-year-old Mesopotamian recipes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dining on the world’s oldest recipes... Scott Moir, a Cape Breton University professor, has been cooking up something pretty interesting for his history course this Fall.
ListenPotlotek plans to launch its own lobster fishery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As bad feelings continue to swirl around Saulnierville, we hear from Wilbert Marshall, Chief of Potlotek First Nation, about his community's plans to launch its own fishery on Treaty Day - October ...
ListenWhat's that rhythmic banging sound in downtown Sydney? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bang on. We find out what’s causing all the noise at the NSCC construction site in Sydney.
ListenCBU running a $6-million deficit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We chat with the President of CBU David Dingwall, to check in on how things are going so far. We also talk about the bigger picture: enrolment, the money situation, and how they're gauging the stud...
ListenThe ABCs of running a daycare in the "new normal" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We check in with a day care centre to find out how things are going now that they’re allowed to run at full capacity again.
ListenHazy days: Environment Canada explains the hazy Cape Breton skies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We check in with a meteorologist at Environment Canada to explain the haze we’ve been seeing lately.
ListenIssue Panel: are you comfortable with how pandemic measures are rolling out? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's time to ramp up the issue panel for the fall season. We call up three thoughtful and articulate Capers to get their take on the stories of the day.
ListenTim Houston's plan for long term care from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
PC leader Tim Houston is in Cape Breton this week, we find out what he’s here for and who he’s talking to.
ListenThen & Now with Jim St Clair: the consensus on the census from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jim St. Clair talks about what kind of historical detail you can dig up using the Census as a tool.
ListenAssessing the state of Nova Scotia's state of emergency from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Life inside the Atlantic Bubble is keeping us safe, but it's also keeping us from our freedom in many ways. We convene a panel to look at the pros and cons of the restrictions on our movement and ...
ListenNo gas in Inverness on the weekends from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fuel for thought. The lone gas station in Inverness isn’t open on the weekends any more, we find out why.
ListenMajor housing development on pause in Inverness from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Housing on Hold. A developer has put a large housing project in Inverness on hold over concerns about lack of sewer and water service.
ListenNew access for caregivers at long term care facilities from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The province is allowing designated support people to visit residents in long term care. Cheryl Deveaux the administrator and CEO of the Cove Guest home joined us to explain how their facility is g...
ListenCape Breton students reflect on the first weeks back at school from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As students, educators and parents try to navigate week two of the new world of education, we reconvene our student panel to find out how things are going so far in the "new normal".
ListenRestaurant round-up: Flavor, Governor's, Periwinkle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Have you been going out to your favourite places to eat these days? We hear from three restaurant owners on how dining out has changed.
ListenCat goes missing at Sydney Airport from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Calgary woman's family has been searching for her cat for over a week now. We hear from the woman whose cat was lost at the JA Douglas McCurdy Airport.
ListenWhat do I do if my kid gets sick this fall? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cold comfort. We ask a member of the pediatric advisory board for the provincial back to school plan what parents should do if their child gets a cold during Covid.
ListenDocs want to extend ability to bill for virtual care from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Virtual medical appointments are due to expire at the end of the month. The head of Doctors Nova Scotia chats about the efforts to extend their life.
ListenThomas Homer-Dixon on the power of "Commanding Hope" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thomas Homer Dixon has written a new book urging us to focus our imaginations on finding solutions to humanity's most critical problems. He says there is still time to make a real difference.
ListenOcearch back in Cape Breton waters from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In reel time. We catch up with the Ocearch team off the coast of Louisbourg as they get set to tag and track more great white sharks off our coast.
ListenMembertou signs $25-million deal with Clearwater from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Membertou goes fishing in the marketplace and reels in 2 major licenses from Clearwater. Chief Terry Paul joins us with more details.
ListenThen & Now with Jim St Clair: Knox Presbyterian Church in Ross Ferry from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The View From The Pew. Jim St. Clair talks about the distinctive architecture and historic connections to be found by exploring the Presbyterian Church in Ross Ferry.
ListenTom Ayers lays out the candidates in the CBRM election from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Very Busy Ballot. Seven people have put their names forward to be the next mayor of the CBRM. Tom Ayers brings us a round-up of who's running for your next Council.
ListenWill there be increased pressure on school food programs this fall? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With job losses from the ongoing pandemic, there are some worries that school food programs will see a big jump in demand when schools reopen. The president of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union discus...
ListenPandemic real estate boom in Cape Breton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Hot House. We take a look at the demand for properties in Cape Breton during the pandemic.
ListenMaking The Best Of It in Cape Breton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This summer our "Making The Best Of It" series, brought you the stories of Atlantic Canadians who have been able to find the sunny side of things during the pandemic. That includes four Cape Breto...
ListenAid worker from Slovakia teaching farming methods at the Hope Project in Point Edward from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reporter George Mortimer introduces us to an aid worker... from Slovakia... Zuzana Polackova has been recruited to the Hope Project, a recovery house in Point Edward, to teach the women there to gr...
ListenEast Coast Kids gets a production deal with Bell Media! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We catch up with the kids from East Coast Kids News and learn how their YouTube channel has evolved and is leading to new opportunities. Brothers Liam and Lucas Sakalauskas, and their dad Herbie, ...
ListenA miner remembers the No. 26 disaster from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Miners' Museum in Glace Bay has a new addition--a monument remembering those who lost their lives during a mine explosion on February 24th, 1979. Reporter George Mortimer spoke with Sheldon Go...
ListenNova Scotia's Education Minister on COVID-19 protocol from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With school beginning next week, the province has announced the protocols for the return of students and staff. Zach Churchill, Nova Scotia's Minister of Education, is our guest to talk about peop...
ListenNew alert system for Mi'kmaw communities from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A joint project between Membertou, Eskasoni, Potlotek, Wagmatcook, and We'ko'maq First Nations in Cape Breton have them launching their own alert system to inform residents of an emergency. Curren...
ListenStudents get Chromebooks to take home from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From a note book to a Chromebook... All middle and high school students in the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education will each be issued their own laptop this year. Lewis MacDonald is...
ListenThen and Now with Jim St. Clair: Baleine 400 years ago from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Whale of a Tale about Baleine. Community historian Jim St. Clair guides us through the mists of time taking us to a noisy era in the origins of Baleine, on the southeast coastline of Cape Breton...
Listen2.5 million mackerel lines - and counting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Holy Mackerel, what a great job! Reporter Holly Conners went to Northside East Bay to learn about making mackerel lures. Blair Blundon operates Blundon's Mackerel Lines, he makes a living tying m...
Listen"Bring it on": lobster group responds to US investigation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear reaction from the manager of Victoria Co-operative Fisheries on a trade investigation US President Trump has launched on Canadian lobster exports. Current Affairs correspondent Brittany Wentz...
ListenUpdate on school sports this Fall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
School starts next week, and due to health restrictions, it will not be business as usual, athletically. Stephen Gallant is the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation. W...
ListenThe latest plan for the CB Eagles season at Centre 200 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sports guy Charlie Cuff has more on how Centre 200 in Sydney plans to seat fans--and just how many--as the new hockey season for the Cape Breton Eagles begins. Gerard Shaw, President of the Q Leag...
ListenHomeWork: drawing on Cape Bretoners' experiences working from home from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What's been your experience switching from office life to working from home? A Sydney artist is embarking on a unique project... she wants to document Cape Bretoners' experiences working from home...
ListenMayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton talks about the "dark side" of politics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The current Mayor of Port Hawkesbury is running for office again this Fall, despite the threats and abuse she's faced in office. Brenda Chisholm-Beaton has advice for other women - raise your voic...
ListenCape Breton senator says the new library should be a reconciliation project from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Senator Dan Christmas of Membertou shares his unique vision for the new Sydney central library proposed for the waterfront... as a Reconciliation project - a place to showcase the Mi'kmaw contribu...
ListenEskasoni Bicycle Rally ! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eskasoni First Nation is seeing an interesting byproduct of the pandemic - an explosion of kids taking up bicycling. So much so that the community recently held a bicycle rally to give out free he...
ListenCape Breton son Follows in his Father's Footsteps Crewing the Bluenose II from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Beat to the windward once more, and up to the foresail as before. Brooke Oland of Middle River crewed aboard the Bluenose II back in the '80s. This summer his son Liam is taking his turn on watch....
ListenThe Federal Fisheries Minister Visits Cape Breton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Federal fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan explains who is eligible for the new Fisher Harvester Benefit and Grant money.
ListenExploring a homeschooling cooperative in Baddeck from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We look into a movement by some families to go their own way when it comes to schooling. We follow up on a meeting tonight in Baddeck for parents interested in forming their own homeschooling pod, ...
ListenBluenose II in Cape Breton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's an unusual year for the Bluenose II, doing sail pasts all along the Nova Scotia coast, but with no visitors allowed on board. We had an interview with Captain Phil Watson the skipper of the Bl...
ListenRadio silence for the VHF weather forecast? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Don't touch that dial... Boaters in Cape Breton object after learning Environment Canada is considering decommissioning its V-H-F weather radio service. Reporter Tom Ayers spoke with Ken Macdonald...
ListenCape Breton outdoor sports equipment retailers experiencing record sales from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Buying outdoor sports equipment has become a sport itself this summer, with staycationers scrambling for everything from skateboards to seadoos. Three Cape Breton retailers reflect on the unexpect...
ListenOut Of Milk, Pt 3: Infant food insecurity in Cape Breton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We conclude our series of snapshots on the issue of infant food insecurity, as Current Affairs correspondent Brittany Wentzell speaks with the Executive Director of the Cape Breton Family Place Res...
ListenInternational students (who are not already here) barred from Nova Scotia schools from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Current Affairs correspondent Brittany Wentzell has the story of international students who were gearing up to return to finish high school in Nova Scotia this fall... but have now been told they c...
ListenCape Bretoner working on documentary about autism in rural NS from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An autism advocate from Port Hawkesbury says it's time to move beyond an awareness of autism and begin embracing people on the spectrum. Taylor Linloff is working on a documentary about autism cal...
ListenOut Of Milk, Pt 2: Infant food insecurity is not about formula, it's about poverty from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The breastfeeding paradox: Why women who can least afford to buy infant formula are less likely to breastfeed. Hear more about the arguments made by researcher and author Lesley Frank in her new ...
ListenGolf season round-up with Cabot Links, Highlands Links, and Lingan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There's nothing on par about the golf season this year. Today, we tee up a few Cape Breton golf courses to find out how COVID-19 is impacting business. Donnie Rowe is General Manager at Lingan, K...
ListenOut of Milk, Pt 1: Infant Food Insecurity in Nova Scotia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Nova Scotia author and researcher, Lesley Frank, has released a new book entitled "Out of Milk: Infant Food Insecurity in a Rich Nation" looking at why those least able to afford it are the ones...
ListenCape Breton tourism operators struggling from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tourism is a major source of fuel in the engine of our economy. But since March, we've known there wouldn't be a lot of fuel in the tank this summer. Destination Cape Breton executive director Te...
ListenKisituek Gallery will showcase Mi'kmaw artists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A new art gallery in Sydney is now accepting nominations from Cape Breton Mi'kmaw artists to add to its permanent collection at the renovated Holy Angels Convent. Robert Bernard is a member of The...
ListenNew roundabout on King's Road from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Usually going around in circles is a bad thing. But authorities say it's going to be a good thing to improve safety and traffic flow on King's Road in Sydney River. Since installation has begun o...
ListenRe-naming Cornwallis Street in Sydney from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The street name signs on Cornwallis Street in Sydney were taken down in June, and in September, it'll be getting a new name and signs. Reporter Tom Ayers asked Danny Paul, a Mi'kmaw elder from Mem...
ListenA Cape Breton dermatologist offers tips for avoiding "Mask-ne" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As if wearing a face mask isn't bad enough. Now, "maskne" is a thing. Its another side-effect of the pandemic. Reporter Holly Conners contacted Dr. Stacey Northgrave, a dermatologist in Sydney, ...
ListenCape Breton group wants CBRM to reverse decision on new fire station from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality's decision to put the new fire station next to the Highland Arts Theatre has some residents hot under the collar. Reporter Tom Ayers spoke to Trish O'Neill, a...
ListenNew prosecution guidelines for drug possession from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canada's public prosecution service has issued new guidelines for the prosecution of drug possession charges. Archie Kaiser, a professor in Dalhousie's Schulich School of Law, talks about the diff...
ListenA new home for North Highlands Nordic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We don't usually get updates from North Highlands Nordic in the summer... but this morning, NHN ski club president Paula Michaelis tells us about some challenges with its current facility and their...
ListenAudience restrictions for the upcoming Eagles season from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The start date is set. But that may be the only thing that's certain about the new Quebec Major Junior Hockey League season ahead. Our sports guy Charlie Cuff swings by with more about the upcomi...
ListenNew real-time dug well monitoring network from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Well, well, well... Hear about a project mapping the effect of dry conditions on private wells in real time here in Nova Scotia. John Drage is a hydrogeologist with the Nova Scotia Geological Sur...
ListenThen and Now with Jim St Clair: Two hundred years at Mull River from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mulling over the history of Mull River in this edition of Then and Now. Community historian Jim St. Clair recognizes the event 200 years ago this week, when people arrived to settle the area in Ca...
ListenThe Minister of Education talks about going back to school from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
So what happens when common cold symptoms start making the rounds in classrooms this fall? Nova Scotia's Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Zach Churchill, answers some outstan...
ListenThe Cape Breton Eagles will play this fall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hitting the ice with fewer fans in the stands... Reporter Paul Palmeter spoke to Gerard Shaw, President of the Cape Breton Eagles, about what the upcoming season and the Maritime division could loo...
ListenSchool starts on September 08th... and the NSTU is concerned from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Back to school is just over 3 weeks away and many teachers still have questions and concerns. Paul Wozney, the President of the Nova Scotia Teachers' Union, raises those concerns and how they migh...
ListenIssue Panel: Monika Dutt, Ross Hunter, and TJ McKeough on the US election and the new CBRM council from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's time for the Information Morning Issue Panel... we convened a panel of informed and articulate Cape Bretoners to give us a local take on the stories of the week. Today, our panelists are: Mo...
ListenWe'koqma'q chief Annie Bernard-Daisley on the Clearwater deal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We ask Annie Bernard-Daisley, the Chief of We'koqma'q First Nation, why her community signed on to the historic deal to buy 50 per cent of Clearwater Seafoods, one of the largest seafood companies ...
ListenThe Mi'kmaw education authority distributes wellness packages in schools from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reporter Holly Conners has the story of smudge kits being distributed to all First Nations teachers and teacher assistants. The Mi'kmaw education authority - Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey or "MK"- distrib...
ListenPOPCORN INTERVIEW: Steve Gillespie, CBRM District 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our series of Popcorn Interviews is a fun way to get to know our newly elected municipal officials... today, Steve Gillespie, the returning Councillor for the area that takes in Sydney River, Westm...
ListenCape Breton piper plays Remembrance Day in Geneva from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ahead of Remembrance Day... we touch base with a Cape Breton piper who now lives in Switzerland... and has a standing gig every Remembrance Day at the Canadian Government Permanent Mission in Genev...
ListenMembertou, Potlotek, and We’koqma’q part of deal to buy Clearwater from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Mi'kmaw coalition including three Cape Breton First Nations have entered into a billion dollar deal to acquire Clearwater Seafoods. Chief Terry Paul of Membertou talks about the acquisition that...
ListenThen and Now with Jim St Clair: From the Battle of Louisbourg to the US Electoral College from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Community historian Jim St. Clair tells the story of a soldier--and distant Scottish relative--who played a role in the final seige of Louisbourg and the Plains of Abraham, but who then joined the ...
ListenHow did the season go for Cape Breton farmers? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Planting seeds of change... we catch up with three Cape Breton farmers, to see how their summer went... after a spring that sowed a lot of questions. We ask our panelists - Kailea Pedley, Estelle ...
ListenCape Breton artist contributes to mural project on the road to Vimy Ridge from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lest we forget... Meet Cape Breton artist Peter Steele who was selected to create an original painting for display in France, and Clare Baxter, project co-ordinator for the project called Chemin de...
ListenPOPCORN INTERVIEW: Cyril MacDonald, CBRM District 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We continue our series of Popcorn Interviews with the newly elected Councillors and Mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. This morning, it's the new councillor for CBRM District 3, Cyril...
ListenEmergency funding for the Arts and Culture sector from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Province of Nova Scotia has announced a 2 million dollar emergency fund for Arts and Culture organizations, we find out what a Cape Breton group lobbying for help thinks of the plan. Joella Fo...
ListenPOPCORN INTERVIEW: Earlene MacMullin, CBRM District 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With the new Mayor and councillors officially sworn in, we're getting to know them a little better with a series of our patented Popcorn interviews. Today, we hear from Earlene MacMullin, CBRM Cou...
ListenSpawning new research on Atlantic Salmon stocks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Going against the tide... we find out how Atlantic Canada's five national parks are working together to help conserve and restore Atlantic Salmon stocks. Dr. Kurt Samways is the first ever Parks C...
ListenShark takes chunk out of tuna off Mabou from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Once bitten... We check in with a tuna fishing captain in Inverness County with a cautionary fish tale of an unexpected shark encounter. Captain Andy Rankin runs Rankin Tuna Charters out of Mabou ...
ListenNew chief of We’koqma’q Annie Bernard-Daisley on Whycocomagh land claim, moderate livelihood fishery, and banishment policy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The new Chief and council of We’koqma’q First Nation hosted a town hall last night, in person and online, on issues including the moderate livelihood fishery, banishment, and a cannabis dispensary....
ListenTom Urbaniak on the road ahead for CBRM council from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
High expectations... We ask CBU political science professor Tom Urbaniak what he thinks the future holds for the new CBRM Mayor and Council as they get sworn-in this evening at the Joan Harriss Cru...
ListenPOPCORN INTERVIEW: Gordon MacDonald, CBRM District 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We launch a series in which we offer the members of the new CBRM council - and the new Mayor - the Information Morning Popcorn Interview treatment. Up first, rookie councillor Gordon MacDonald of ...
ListenDaring, Devious, and Deadly, part 4: Death at the Polls from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We have the final instalment in our series of interviews with author Dean Jobb about his new book on crimes from the early days of Nova Scotia. Today, death at the polls: a story of the time a ri...
ListenThen and Now with Jim St Clair: The Cape Breton potato blight from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our resident community historian Jim St. Clair recalls a not-so-fun period of Cape Breton history -- one in which a potato fungus brought blight to the Island -- in this edition of Then and Now.
ListenSchool gyms to re-open for community use from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
School gymnasiums are re-opening their doors to community groups for physical activity and sports. Nova Scotia's Education Minister Zach Churchill explains the game rules for opening up school gym...
ListenAmanda McDougall and Cecil Clarke on the transition of power from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The swearing-in ceremony for CBRM's new mayor and council is Thursday night. Reporter Tom Ayers asked the outgoing and incoming mayors what they've been up to since the election night. Outgoing C...
ListenDaring, Devious, and Deadly, part 3: The Skipper's Good Name from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author Dean Jobb is back with another tale from his new book, "Daring, Devious, and Deadly - True Tales of Crime and Justice from Nova Scotia's Past". Today, the story of Angus Walters, skipper o...
ListenBait fish for lobster "critically low" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Did you know that there is an issue of sustainability when it comes to the fish that we use for BAIT in lobster traps? To find out more, we contact Katie Schleit, senior fisheries adviser with Oce...
ListenEarly Childhood Education, Mi'kmaq style from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NSCC has just produced its first class of Mi'kmaq early childhood educators. We hear from Adrianna Bonnell of Membertou, she graduated from the ECE program, and Nik Phillips, who was an instructor...
ListenJohn Morgan on transitioning between mayors from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Passing The Torch. Former CBRM Mayor John Morgan says even if a new mayor has some council experience, it's usually helpful to have a transition discussion with the previous mayor. Reporter Tom A...
ListenDaring, Devious, and Deadly, part 2: An Affair of Honour from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Here's another episode from Dean Jobb's new book, "Daring, Devious and Deadly", on the crimes of Nova Scotia's past - in part 2 - murder, and an act of vengeance in the early days of Sydney.
ListenThe historical ties between the Mik'maw and the Acadians from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From cordial to conflict... Ronald Labelle, a senior scholar at Cape Breton University and a former Associate Professor of French and Acadian Studies, looks at the relationship between Acadians and...
ListenDaring, Devious, and Deadly, part 1: Trial by Humour from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bank Robbers, Piracy, and a Cape Breton judge with a funny bone. We speak with award-winning author Dean Jobb about his new book - "Daring, Devious, and Deadly - True Tales of Crime and Justice fr...
ListenMi'kmaq History Month trivia with Jarvis Googoo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We hear about the Mi'kmaq history facts that are making the biggest splash online for amateur historian Jarvis Googoo of Waycomah.
ListenThe President of a Fishermen's Association weighs in on the Potlotek Fishery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The head of the Richmond County Inshore Fishermen's Association, Gord MacDonald, gives us his view of Potlotek's fishery...and why his group is not exactly elated with the current situation. He spe...
ListenJim's Cape Breton Halloween story: "The Five Eerie Steps" from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our favourite Halloween tradition: An original Cape Breton ghost story based on tales told to Jim St. Clair. A story from the woods around Glencoe called "The Eeerie 5 Stairs".
ListenFuture plans for Smart Shop & Jasper's in downtown Sydney from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Smart Purchase. Jaspers restaurant and the Smart Shop have slowly faded into Sydney's business history. But there's a bright future for both places where those businesses stood. We hear from th...
ListenSPARK Competition winner: Auto H&S from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We meet another winner in the Spark innovation competition who's come up with an idea to help businesses build health and safety policies online. Matt Oakley, a health and safety officer by trade,...
ListenIs the CSAP vote in the CBRM way out of whack? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Through error or intention... it appears more voters than there should have been... cast a virtual ballot in the French School Board election in the CBRM. Current Affairs correspondent Brittany We...
ListenShould communities be let back into their schools? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Short on sports... We hear from Thom Oommen of Inverness County, he's trying to mobilize rural residents to convince the Province to open schools again to the public for after hours recreation.
ListenThen and Now with Jim St. Clair - Mountain of the Old Woman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With Halloween just days away, community historian Jim St. Clair brings us another story that fits the mood as we head to Brook Village to hear the tale about the Mountain of the Old Woman, on this...
ListenIrving station to stop selling gas in Ingonish from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Running on empty... We have reaction to the possibility that the Irving gas station in Ingonish won’t be able to sell fuel as of the end of December. Osbourne Burke, manager of the Victoria Co-op...
ListenNew Marshall Institute proposed for CBU from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Honouring the legacy of Donald Marshall Junior... Reporter Holly Conners spoke to Janice Tulk, Senior Researcher, Prospect and Development at CBU, about the University's plan to create the Marshall...
ListenSPARK Competition winner: Maskwiomin - birch bark oil soap from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rooted in traditional knowledge. We check in with another of the SPARK competition for innovation winners. Tuma Young is an Assistant Professor of Mi'kmaw Studies at CBU. He's also a lawyer an...
ListenThe HAT mounts a production at a "haunted house" in the Pier from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Highland Arts Theatre launches its first play NOT on the theatre's stage. For a preview, Current Affairs correspondent Brittany Wentzell attended a dress rehearsal for the HAT's spooky psycho-...
ListenVote count for the French-language school board "implausibly high" in the CBRM from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Did you vote in the CSAP election? Were you supposed to? An increase in the number of those casting virtual ballots in that race is raising questions. CBU Political Science professor Tom Urbania...
ListenCape Breton SPARK Competition winner: Rest Assured from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Getting APP-proval... We check back with the Cape Breton co-founder of an already award winning health care app that's just won $45,000. in the SPARK competition for tech start-ups in Nova Scotia....
ListenChanges to private in-home blood collection from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Why has the NS Health Authority changed the requirements for people who do in-home blood collection - which now means that 2 of the three people who do it in the Sydney area can't do it anymore? B...
ListenHow are things going at Oceanview Education Centre this fall? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We check in with Greg O’Neil, Principal at Oceanview Education Centre in Glace Bay, to find out how things have been going at the middle school so far under COVID-19 restrictions.
ListenPotlotek Chief not happy after meeting with DFO from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
About 30 people from the Potlotek First Nation held a peaceful protest at the DFO offices in Louisdale earlier this week over the seizure of their lobster traps. Potlotek Chief Wilbert Marshall re...
ListenStrathlorne Forest Nursery gets a $2-million upgrade from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Going back to its roots... The Strathlorne Forest Nursery is ramping up seedling production after some major upgrades and investments. Sean Gillis, superintendent of the Strathlorne Forest Nursery...
ListenIssue Panel: The post-municipal election edition with Selah Best-Bourgeois, Candee McCarthy, and Todd Pettigrew from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Every second Thursday - or thereabouts - we convene a rotating roster of informed and articulate Cape Bretoners to give us their take on the stories of the week on the Information Morning Issue Pan...
ListenWhy do so many unresolved Supreme Court decisions involve indigenous rights? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After the Supreme Court makes a landmark decision, it's up to the government to create new laws and regulations. But as we've seen with the Marshall decision, that doesn't always happen. Paul Cha...
ListenThen and Now with Jim St Clair: Where is the barking dog? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Community historian Jim St. Clair has a story of an early migrant to Cape Breton haunted by a barking dog... a demonic black dog that pursued him across an ocean.
ListenFEATURE INTERVIEW: Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A complicated and dangerous situation continues to simmer between indigenous and non-indigenous fishermen in South West Nova Scotia. For an update on the situation, we've contacted Federal Fisheri...
ListenPictou County is building its own broadband network from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Digital due diligence. The Municipality of Pictou County has come up with a plan to provide internet access to its residents. We get the broad strokes on setting up a broadband network from Rober...
ListenMP Jaime Battiste addresses the House of Commons in emergency debate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Liberal MP for Sydney-Victoria Jaime Battiste addressed the House of Commons Emergency Debate last night on the Nova Scotia lobster dispute between Indigenous and non-indigenous fishermen.
ListenInterview: NDP leader Gary Burrill visits Cape Breton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
NDP Leader Gary Burrill is on the Island, he shares what he's been hearing from business and community leaders in Cape Breton.
ListenMunicipal Election: CBRM District 6 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Following in his father's foot steps, Glenn Paruch, son of the late of Ray Paruch, is the new municipal councilor-elect for CBRM District 6 representing Southend Sydney and the Ashby area.
ListenMunicipal Election: CBRM Mayor-Elect Amanda McDougall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After 8 years at the helm of the CBRM, Cecil Clarke will soon pass power over to Amanda McDougall who's 4 years in council helped earn her new place in the Mayor's office. This morning, we speak w...
ListenMunicipal Election: Richmond County Districts 3 + 4 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Richmond County Council will look different following the municipal election with many new faces winning a seat at the table. We've contacted two of the councilor-elects - Melanie Sampson for Dist...
ListenMunicipal Election: CBRM District 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Several new councilors were elected on Saturday to CBRM council, your new representative in District 3 - Coxheath, Balls Creek, Northside East Bay, and Eskasoni areas - is Cyril MacDonald.
ListenInterview: Chief Terry Paul, Fisheries Lead for the Assembly Nova Scotia of Mi'kmaw Chiefs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As uncertainty and violence continue to swim around the situation involving the indigenous fishery, we get a view of the situation from Chief Terry Paul of Membertou, who's the Fisheries Lead for t...
ListenInterview: Chief Wilbert Marshall of Potlotek First Nation on the status of their lobster fishery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Can their be common ground over common water? Chief Wilbert Marshall of Potlotek First Nation reflects on the fishing dispute in Digby. Also, his community launched its own moderate livelihood fi...
ListenNova Scotians report the highest level of COVID-19 related anxiety in the country from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you've been feeling anxious or even depressed since the pandemic started, you're not alone. Many Nova Scotians feel the same way. In fact, we may be more anxious and depressed than other Canad...
ListenNSSAF: All school sports except football going ahead from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The new game plan. School sports are going ahead this Fall, a bit differently. We get an update from Stephen Gallant, executive director of the Nova Scotia Schools Athletic Federation, about what...
ListenDr. Strang on the NB outbreak; Halloween; ongoing restrictions; and the flu shot from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Chief Medical Officer of Health in Nova Scotia is Dr. Robert Strang. He talks about his latest press conference in which he talked about the rising COVID-19 cases in New Brunswick, guidance ar...
ListenJim Kehoe on the viability of rail from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chugging along... Sydney business owner and member of the Scotia Rail Development Society - Jim Kehoe - reflects on the future of rail on the Island and the new PR campaign for Novaporte. He wants...
ListenRichmond County District 4 Roundtable: St. Peter's and River Bourgeois areas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With just two days until Election Day, we conclude our candidates' roundtables by turning our attention to Richmond County's District 4, taking in the St. Peter's and River Bourgeois areas. There a...
ListenVictoria County District 7 Roundtable: Ingonish, Neil's Harbour, South Harbour and area from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We're in the home stretch of our municipal candidates' roundtables. Today, it's Victoria County District 7 - Ingonish, Neil's Harbour, Smelt Brook, White Point and South Harbour area. One of the ...
ListenThen and Now with Jim St Clair: an accent on accents in 1818 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cape Bretoners can often be identified by their accent... in this edition of Then and Now, community historian Jim St. Clair takes us back 200 years to explore the variety and languages that you wo...
ListenCBRM MAYORALTY DEBATE EXCERPT: The environment and climate change from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hear the final excerpt from our evening at Membertou with the CBRM candidates for Mayor... sharing their views on environmental priorities and climate change. The mayoral candidates are: Chris Abb...
ListenFreedom of Information request on moving the downtown Sydney fire station from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reporter Tom Ayers filed a freedom of information request into the CBRM council's decision on relocating the Sydney Fire Station to Pitt and George Streets, and how much money the municipality got ...
ListenCBRM District 1 Roundtable: Sydney Mines and surrounding areas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With election day this Saturday, we continue with our candidates roundtables. Today, its the candidates for CBRM District 1 - Sydney Mines, Florence, small part of North Sydney, Little Pond, and A...
ListenCape Breton Nature Phone-In with Bethsheila Kent from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
October is an ideal time to get out and explore Cape Breton... this morning, its time for our Cape Breton Nature Phone-In with naturalist Bethsheila Kent of South Haven. She will take your questio...
ListenCBRM MAYORALTY DEBATE EXCERPT: Poverty and marginalized populations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Poverty remains a major issue to be tackled in the CBRM. The 6 candidates - Chris Abbass, Cecil Clarke, Kevin MacEachern, Archie MacKinnon, Amanda McDougall and John Strasser - seeking to be your n...
ListenInverness County District 5 Roundtable: Mabou, Port Hood and surrounding areas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Next up in our candidates' roundtables... we focus on Inverness County District 5, where there are three candidates - Lynn Chisholm, Betty Ann MacQuarrie, and Thom Oommen - vying for your vote in t...
ListenWomen step up to challenge all-male council in Richmond from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's almost been more than eight months since Richmond County's all-male council faced heavy criticism for not helping fund a women's leadership conference. Now, three women are vying for a seat o...
ListenLiberal leadership contender Labi Kousoulis outlines his priorities for Cape Breton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Calling on Cape Breton... Provincial Liberal leadership candidate Labi Kousoulis is in town today to discuss his key priorities for the Island. We ask him to outline them for us and tell us how he ...
ListenCBRM MAYORALTY DEBATE EXCERPT: Vision from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The 6 mayoral candidates can all see themselves sitting in the CBRM Mayor's chair. But what's their vision for what they'll do once they're in it? The candidates - Chris Abbass, Cecil Clarke, Kev...
ListenCBRM District 11 Roundtable (Part 2): New Waterford and surrounding areas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Plenty of choices for you in New Waterford this election. You've heard from the first 4 candidates in Part 1 on Monday. Now, hear from 3 of the 4 remaining candidates in Part 2 of our candidates'...
ListenThen and Now with Jim St. Clair - Glace Bay Politician from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Municipal politics of the past... with the election a week and a half away, community historian Jim St. Clair recalls the life of Gordon Sidney Harrington, a former Glace Bay mayor, who went on to ...
ListenCBRM MAYORALTY DEBATE EXCERPT: Why would you make a good mayor? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Simple Question, Complex Answer: What is it about you and your background that makes you think you'd make a good mayor? The 6 CBRM candidates who hope to be Mayor elaborate on that question. You...
ListenCBRM MAYORALTY DEBATE EXCERPT: Police Funding from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Debates and discussions over defunding police have happened across North America in recent months. The question also came up during our candidates forum for CBRM Mayor in Membertou recently. Cand...
ListenVictoria County District 4 Roundtable: St. Ann's Bay and the North Shore from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In our next candidates' roundtables: meet the two CB business owners, Rosella Born and Barbara Longva, who are looking to replace the outgoing councillor Merrill MacInnis in Victoria County Distri...
ListenCBRM MAYORALTY DEBATE EXCERPT: Taxes and the Assessment CAP from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The 6 candidates for CBRM Mayor reflect on tax reform and the provincial cap assessment program in this excerpt from our Mayoral debate held last week at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre. ...
ListenThe Bird Hour with Dave and Dave: The October Edition from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It's time to take flight with October's edition of the Information Morning Bird Hour Phone-In... with Dave and Dave. Bird columnists and bird experts, Dave Harris and Dave McCorquodale are ready ...
ListenCBRM MAYORALTY DEBATE EXCERPT: Novaporte from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Its less than 2 weeks away from election day. And to help you make your choice for Mayor in the CBRM, we have another excerpt from our recent forum at Membertou. This morning, the 6 candidates - ...
ListenCBRM District 11 Roundtable (Part 1): New Waterford and surrounding areas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our series of candidates' roundtables for the municipal election continues with CBRM District 11. In part 1, we have the first four candidates alphabetically of your eight candidates running for t...
ListenRichmond County District 1 Candidates' Roundtable: Petit de Grat and East Arichat from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As our municipal election coverage continues, we hear from the candidates running in Richmond County's District 1. Brandon Boudreau, James Goyetche, Rod Samson, and Shawn Samson are seeking the se...
ListenCBRM MAYORALTY DEBATE EXCERPT: International Students and Newcomers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mayoralty candidates Chris Abbass, Cecil Clarke, Kevin MacEachern, Archie MacKinnon, Amanda MacDougall and John Strasser debated for two hours on several topics, including this question from CBU's ...
ListenCBRM MAYORALTY DEBATE EXCERPT: Equalization from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC Cape Breton hosted a debate for the 6 candidates for Mayor in the CBRM Wednesday night at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre. Chris Abbass, Cecil Clarke, Kevin MacEachern, Archie MacKin...
ListenCape Breton member of new design team has ideas to reform systemic racism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Doing Justice to the System... Executive Director of the Mi'kmaw Legal Support Network is Paula Marshall from Eskasoni. She has been appointed to the new provincial "design team" asked to look at ...
ListenMP Jaime Battiste pitches a new Atlantic First Nations Fisheries Authority from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A trio of Mi'kmaq politicians have written to the federal government asking for the creation of an Atlantic First Nations Fisheries Authority. One of the signatories is MP for Sydney-Victoria, Jai...
ListenCBRM Mayoralty Debate 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC Cape Breton hosted the candidates vying for the Mayor's chair in the CBRM at the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre last night. The candidates are: Amanda McDougall, Cecil Clarke, Chris Ab...
ListenCBRM MAYORALTY DEBATE EXCERPT: Relationship with Eskasoni and Membertou from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Last night, our CBRM Mayoralty Debate was held in Membertou, this is our first excerpt from the evening - the 6 candidates for Mayor of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality reflect on a question p...
ListenNew documentary on Whitney Pier produced by young African-Nova Scotian filmmakers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Focus On The Pier. Sheraton Simmons is one of the co-creators of a new video about the history of Whitney Pier produced by African-Nova Scotian youth. The documentary launched last night on YouTube.
ListenPotlotek First Nation launches its own lobster fishery today from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Members of the Potlotek First Nation will head out on St. Peter's Bay at noon today, Treaty Day, to exercise their treaty right to earn a moderate livelihood from fishing. Chief of Potlotek is Wil...
ListenThe re-opening of the Jane Paul Indigenous Women's Resource Centre in Sydney from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Karen Bernard, director of the Jane Paul Indigenous Women's Resource Centre in Sydney, tells us about their grand re-opening today, and about the new and expanded services the centre offers.
ListenThe Nova Scotia Premier on his apology for systemic racism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I see you, I hear you, I believe you and I am sorry." Words from Premier Stephen McNeil yesterday as he apologized for systemic racism in Nova Scotia, and announced a new design team to re-imagin...
ListenCBRM District 7 Roundtable: Rt 4 from Howie Centre to Irish Cove, Marion Bridge, Gabarus from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Time for another of our candidates' roundtables, this morning focusing on CBRM District 7: Howie Centre to Irish Cove, Gabarus, Marion Bridge, and Mira Road. The candidates are: Ivan Doncaster, ...
ListenThen and Now - Egypt Road Origins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From Africa to Inverness. In this edition of Then and Now, our community historian Jim St. Clair answers a listener's question about how Egypt Road in the Margarees got its name.
ListenCape Bretoner working for more diversity in hockey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reporter Brent Kelloway spoke to Dean Smith, from Whitney Pier. As Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, he describes Hockey Nova Scotia's plan to tackle racism and discrimination in ho...
ListenCBRM District 3: Georges River, Boisdale, Northside East Bay, Eskasoni, and part of Coxheath from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We continue with our candidates' roundtables. This time, turning our attention to District 3 in the CBRM, which takes in Eskasoni, Northside East Bay, Boisdale, Christmas Island, Georges River, an...
ListenThe Marshall Decision 101 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
With anger and uncertainty swimming around St. Mary's Bay over indigenous fishing rights, we step back to learn a little about how we got to this point. Ken Coates is a Canada Research Chair in Re...
ListenCBRM District 6 Roundtable: Southend Sydney, Ashby, and part of Grand Lake Road from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Municipal Election Day is nearing... and the candidates continue to campaign. Today, we speak to the five candidates running in CBRM's District 6 - Grand Lake Road, Ashby, and Southend Sydney. Th...
ListenFall tourism round-up from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cape Breton Current Affairs correspondent Brittany Wentzell shares what she's been hearing from some business operators around the Island regarding the summer tourist season and a look ahead to the...
ListenHow was the summer for Cape Breton musicians? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We check-in with our Cape Breton musicians' panel again, to find out how the summer went, and what the prospect looks like for the Fall ahead... with Colette Deveaux, Jordan Musycsyn, and Mairi Ran...
ListenInverness District 3 Roundtable: Inverness and Strathlorne from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Next up in our series of candidates' roundtables: it's Inverness County District 3. We hear from those vying for the vote in the Inverness and Strathlorne area. The candidates are: Larry Larivi...
ListenCBRM District 12 Roundtable: Whitney Pier & Area from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We launch our series of candidates' round-tables, for the municipal election campaign. To start us off, a conversation with 4 of the 5 candidates for CBRM District 12, in Whitney Pier, South Bar, ...
ListenMP Jaime Battiste on the Saulnierville situation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nova Scotia's only Mi'kmaw MP, Jaime Battiste, weighs in on the conflict in St. Mary's Bay in Digby County over the launch of the Sipekne'katik First Nation's self-regulated lobster fishery.
ListenThen and Now with Jim St. Clair: Why did they call it Nyanza? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Our community historian Jim St. Clair joins us to talk about the community of Nyanza and its connection to Scotland, Africa, and the legendary Dr. David Livingstone.
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