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Halifax television writer on the importance of sharing stories about Sixties Scoop from 2023-09-13T23:10
Acclaimed Canadian playwright and television writer Hannah Moscovitch, who wrote for AMC's Interview with a Vampire, has co-created and written the show Little Bird, a six-part mini-series about th...
ListenKaren Bernard talks birth alert ban and what opportunities this opens for Indigenous women and families from 2021-12-06T23:10
Indigenous communities are one that has been disproportionately affected by birth alerts. But now that Nova Scotia has finally ended the practice, what does this mean to communities and how will th...
ListenWhy David Myles is leaving Halifax from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Halifax's David Myles has pulled up stakes. He and his family have moved back to his hometown, Fredericton. We find out what prompted the move.
ListenThe challenges of raising a baby during a pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas spoke to Brianna Richardson, a researcher from the IWK looking for the stories of new mothers and how they've managed through the pandemic.
ListenWhat back to school looks like during a pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As students returned to school for the first time since March, kids, parents and teachers all did their best to adapt to the new normal. We spoke to some of them, and the teachers' union president,...
ListenTrudeau says Canada must learn lessons from April's mass killing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with host Jeff Douglas during his online check-ins with people from Atlantic Canada on Thursday. He answered questions about why a public inquiry into April's tr...
ListenNova Scotia's Shubenacadie Residential School becoming a national historic site from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Ry Moran, director of the National Centre For Truth And Reconciliation at The University of Manitoba, about the announcement of two new national historic sites. Mainstr...
ListenShould university students have to pay a full tuition if they're not in class? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Clancy McDaniel, executive director for Students Nova Scotia, and Peter Halpin, executive director of the Association of Atlantic Universities, about the costs of unive...
ListenNova Scotia fishermen say a First Nation lobster harvest is being abused from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The CBC's Paul Withers spoke with guest host Preston Mulligan about the long history behind the recent tensions surrounding the First Nations lobster fishery in St. Marys Bay, N.S.
ListenHow N.S. university towns are preparing for an influx of students in the middle of a pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Students from outside the Atlantic Bubble are starting to arrive in Wolfville and Antigonish to attend Acadia University and St. FX University. Guest host Preston Mulligan spoke with the towns' may...
ListenNova Scotia's real estate boom good for sellers, frustrating for buyers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Halifax real estate agents Rosie Porter and Denise MacDonell spoke with guest host Preston Mulligan about Nova Scotia's housing boom. Some houses are spending only a few days on the market while o...
ListenPolitical scientists weigh in on Conservative Party's choice of Erin O'Toole from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jim Bickerton, a professor of political science at St FX University and Jonathan Malloy at Carleton University look at what the election of Erin O'Toole to party leader means for the Conservatives.
ListenN.S. winemakers raise their glasses to this summer's hot, dry weather from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rebecca Griffin, winemaker for Mercator Vineyards, and John McLarty, owner of Planters Ridge Vineyard, spoke with guest host Carolyn Ray about this year's stellar growing season.
ListenKing's-Edgehill School expects to lay off staff, cut salaries without international students from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Headmaster Joe Seagram says dozens of international students are caught in immigration limbo and may not be able to attend the Annapolis Valley private school this fall. He told guest host Carolyn ...
ListenCalls to Nova Scotia's mental health crisis line increase by 35% during pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In June, the province's mental health crisis line received 2,223 calls, which is nearly 500 more than a typical month. Matt White, the acting program leader, tells guest host Carolyn Ray how his te...
ListenHalifax council to decide future of Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Halifax Regional Council will vote on a plan this week that will include the park's boundaries as well as a timeline for its creation. Diana Whelan, co-chair of Friends of Blue Mountain-Birch Cove ...
ListenAdvice for retailers dealing with customers who don't wear masks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Elaine Gibson, a law professor with the Health Law Institute at Dalhousie University, spoke with host Jeff Douglas about why she says retailers in Nova Scotia shouldn't enforce the mandatory mask r...
ListenA history lesson about Mi'kma'ki from Roger Lewis with the Nova Scotia Museum from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Host Jeff Douglas visited Roger Lewis, the curator of ethnology at the Nova Scotia Museum, to learn about the roughly 14,000 years of life in Mi'kma'ki. Here's their entire four-part conversation.
ListenMembers of Four The Moment sang in celebration on the phone about Kamala Harris from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Host Jeff Douglas speaks with Delvina Bernard about the moment she found out Kamala Harris would be the next vice president of the United States.
Listen"He wouldn't have known what a Jesus was" -- Bernie Francis on the baptism of Membertou from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Linguist Bernie Francis talks with Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas about the baptism of the Grand Chief of the Mi'kmaq in 1610, and different ways some people read meaning into it.
ListenWhat is the Mi'kmaw guiding philosophy of Netukulimk? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Clifford Paul, the moose management director for the Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources, about Netukulimk in light of Pictou Landing's new fishery named after the ...
ListenCommercial lobster captain Susan Beaton on Pictou Landing's moderate livelihood fishery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Susan Beaton speaks with host Jeff Douglas. She fishes out of Cape George in LFA 26A.
ListenMi'kmaq fished lobster in the 1700s & lived on the coast in southwest NS, says historian from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An extended version of Alex Mason's conversation with William Wicken, a history prof at York University and author of "Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial" and "The Colonization of Mi'kmaw Memory and History...
ListenUnderstanding US political polarization -- and its 400 year-old roots from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Colin Woodard of Maine makes the case that the roots of US political polarization go back beyond the Civil War, and beyond the founding of his country, to early European colonization. He's the auth...
ListenCole Harbour community group trying to reunite Syrian family members in Nova Scotia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mainstreet's Diane Paquette visited Station 1 Lebanese Kitchen in Cole Harbour to learn about a community effort to bring Syrian youth to the province, and how COVID-19 has made the process even mo...
ListenSipekne'katik chief responds to concerns from Bear River First Nation about fishery in St. Marys Bay from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
There's been criticism of Sipekne'katik First Nation in recent days from the Bear River First Nation. The chief of Bear River says her band members can no longer fish in St. Marys Bay due to the on...
Listen'It's a really great concern': Why forage fish like mackerel and herring are in steep decline from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Krishna Thakur from the Atlantic Veterinary College on P.E.I. and Katie Schleit from Oceans North spoke with Mainstreet about one factor that's flown under the radar in the lobster fishery dispute:...
ListenMaking sense of DFO's lobster landings data in St. Marys Bay from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Commercial fishermen have raised concerns about the sustainability of the lobster in St Mary's Bay after Sipekne'katik First Nation launched its rights-based fishery last month. Host Jeff Douglas s...
ListenCatch up on our coverage of the lobster fishing dispute -- nine stories that aired Oct 19-21 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
00m excerpts from federal ministers' news conference; 08m Chief Mike Sack talks to reporters; 12m Mainstreet Spinbusters Barbara Emodi, Chris Lydon & Michelle Coffin; 30m Indigenous governance expe...
ListenSenator Wanda Thomas Bernard responds to the idea of blacklisting the N-word in academia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Senator talks with host Jeff Douglas about a letter being circulated via email to the Canadian Association of Law Teachers entitled "The blacklisting of the n-word in academia: a worrying drift."
ListenSipekne'katik chief and commercial fisherman call for peaceful and constructive dialogue from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joel Comeau, a third generation lobster fisherman from Meteghan, and Mike Sack, chief of Sipekne'katik First Nation, join host Jeff Douglas to talk about the way forward after this week's vandalism...
ListenWhat Rodney Small says is missing from the premier's design team from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As a teen, Rodney Small was at the centre of a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision about racism and policing. He spoke with host Jeff Douglas about the premier's apology for systemic racism i...
Listen'Logged in: Post-Secondary Life in 2020' featuring Dal student Sings to the Forest from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Artist Jon Claytor is doing a series of video calls with four students across the East Coast, and illustrating their stories for a series called "Logged In: Post-Secondary Life in 2020." Here's Cla...
ListenMayann Francis says province's decision to form design team without consultation is 'modern day slavery' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mayann Francis, former Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, spoke with host Jeff Douglas about why she's critical about the formation of a design team following an apology from the premier for syste...
ListenWhat Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard thinks of the province's apology for systemic racism in the justice system from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard joins host Jeff Douglas to continue Mainstreet's conversation about systemic racism in this province. She shares her views on the recent apology from the province and t...
ListenLands and Forestry sets the record straight about fake letter warning of grey wolves in Kings County from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bob Petrie, director of wildlife with the Department of Lands and Forestry, says despite a fairly convincing letter circulating in Nova Scotia, a pack of wolves is not in fact roaming around Annapo...
ListenFounder of Ku'ku'kwes News on why Mi'kmaw chiefs and DFO haven't reached agreement 21 years after Marshall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ku'Ku'Kwes News is reporting that negotiations between Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs and the federal government reached an impasse earlier this year even though the negotiator with the Dep...
ListenNew book tells sweet story behind Hadhad family's journey from Syria to Nova Scotia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
CBC journalist Jon Tattrie and Tareq Hadhad, CEO of Peace by Chocolate in Antigonish, spoke with host Jeff Douglas about the new book, "Peace by Chocolate: The Hadhad Family's Remarkable Journey fr...
ListenWhat can Nova Scotia do to preserve nature and encourage biodiversity? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canada has committed to protect 30 per cent of our lands and oceans by 2030, with an interim goal of 25 per cent by 2025. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Megan Leslie from the World Wildlife Fund and ...
ListenMi'kmaw elder Bernie Francis shares the significance of Treaty Day from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
October 1 is Treaty Day in Miꞌkmaꞌki, a celebration of the anniversary of the 1752 Treaty of Peace and Friendship. Mi'kmaw elder and linguist Bernie Francis shares the history behind this special day.
ListenHow the feds responded to the 1999 Marshall decision and its impact on Maritime First Nations today from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ken Coates, a professor and Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the University of Saskatchewan, spoke with host Jeff Douglas about his research into the way the federal government respo...
ListenWhat Wolfville is doing to head off unruly house parties by Acadia students from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
COVID-19 restrictions appear to mean more Acadia University students are gathering off-campus this year, according to police, and nearby residents are trying new tactics to keep a lid on loud parties.
ListenTreaty education 101 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rosalie Francis, a lawyer from Sipekne’katik First Nation, gives CBC's Mainstreet a 'Treaties 101'. She explains why the British signed Peace and Friendship treaties with the Mi'kmaq and why that m...
ListenN.S. scientist weighs in on conservation questions surrounding lobster fisheries dispute from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Susanna Fuller, a scientist who works for Oceans North, spoke with host Jeff Douglas about the concerns of some commercial fishermen who say Sipekne'katik First Nation's new self-regulated fishery ...
ListenChief of Sipekne'katik First Nation on why the lobster dispute is bigger than fishing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chief Mike Sack with Sipekne'katik First Nation spoke with host Jeff Douglas about the community's moderate livelihood fishery plan and the tensions that have erupted in southwest Nova Scotia.
ListenHead of fishermen's group says feds have failed both Mi'kmaw and commercial fishermen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Colin Sproul, president of the Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen's Association, said his problem is not with Mi'kmaw fishermen, but rather with the federal government. He spoke with host Jeff Douglas ...
ListenThe legal context behind the unfolding dispute between Mi'kmaw and commercial fishermen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lawyer Bruce Wildsmith, a retired professor of law from Dalhousie University, represented the Mi'kmaq in treaty rights cases, including the Donald Marshall Jr. case. He spoke with host Jeff Douglas...
ListenHalifax Wanderers gear up for Saturday's championship from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Halifax Wanderers will play in the championship match this weekend in the Canadian Premier League bubble in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Head coach Stephen Hart spoke with host Jeff Douglas about how ...
ListenWhat the mainstream media can do to better report on Mi'kmaw fishery issues from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
APTN journalist Trina Roache spoke with host Jeff Douglas about what the mainstream media can do to better report on Indigenous issues at a time when many eyes are on Saulnierville, N.S. That's whe...
ListenDespite COVID-19, the show will go on for Devour! The Food Film Fest this fall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Devour! released its official lineup this week for the festival that will run from October 21 to 25 in the Annapolis Valley. Chef Michael Howell and Lia Rinaldo, the festival's managing director, s...
ListenWhy transgender educators say it's time to do away with gender reveal parties from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Guest host Preston Mulligan spoke with two educators who are encouraging soon-to-be parents to take a pass on gender reveal parties. BriAnna Simons and Cyndi Sweeney run a support group for parents...
ListenTalking to MP Chris d'Entremont about the shadow cabinet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nova Scotia's lone Conservative Member of Parliament has two new roles in the party's federal Shadow Cabinet. Chris d'Entremont talks about what he wants to work on as a shadow minister.
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