A vibrant blend of top news stories, local weather, traffic reports, comedy, local music, and interviews about politics, science and culture. Tune into Mainstreet on weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m. Add your voice by calling us at 1-888-686-MAIN (6246) or e-mail mainhfx@cbc.ca.
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NOVA is Latin for NEW. We are in Halifax, NOVA Scotia and NOVA Church is all about the NEW hope, plan, joy, community and life following Jesus’s promises. We meet Sunday’s 10am at The Bella Rose Theatre of Halifax West High School in Clayton Park, Halifax. For more infomation please visit www.novachurch.ca
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Podcast by The Signal: A Halifax podcast
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Under the Tower is a podcast by Halifax Health that dives deep into the inspiring stories of our Team Members. Join us to hear the voices of the individuals who provide the highest level of care to our community.
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A local history podcast about the town of Halifax, UK presented by Cuthbert Spittles.
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Podcasts, Comedy, Music, Improv Shows include; Last Exit to Riverdale Space Detective A Podcast For... (Citation Needed) The Springfield Files
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Halifax's Podcast, hosted by John Grant
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It’s a great night in Halifax. Jim picks up a mic, hits the streets, and interviews anyone who will talk on camera about the city or anything else he comes up with.
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Podcast by Alliance Holy Fellowship Halifax
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The Tideline is an arts and culture podcast hosted by Tara Thorne, headquartered in Halifax, showcasing in-depth interviews with the city's artists, entertainers, and people about town.
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Welcome to The Discover Halifax Podcast. A podcast that highlights the unique and unparalleled local expertise, innovation, and infrastructure of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Your host Paul Bailey will interview local experts and global leaders about Life Sciences, Natural Resources, Aerospace, Oceans and Technology. Learn why Halifax is the smart city to host your conference, delegates, and clients. If you’re an event or meeting planner, an association or corporate group this is the Podcas ...
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Under the Tower With Docs is part of the Under the Tower podcast series by Halifax Health. Listen in as our doctors have in-depth discussions about important medical topics.
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This podcast will put a smile on your face, and a pep in your step. I'm sure you can remember a time when you've laughed so hard that you just have a permanent smile on your face. That gives you the feeling that nothing can rain on your parade. That's the feeling we're striving to create in you with this improv podcast. Listen to an episode or two, and experience the power of laughter. Subscribe to Hilarious Halifax so you can laugh along with us in the next episode.
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Join host & festival founder Mike Campbell as he chats with some of the best and brightest artists showcasing at HUFF each year. The Halifax Urban Folk Festival is a celebration of songs and the people that write them. The festival takes place in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Halifax Is Burning : Interviews is a podcast that shines a spotlight on feature length conversations with musicians, artists, and interesting people from Canada's East Coast and beyond. Halifax Is Burning is a radio show dedicated to promoting the best in Atlantic Canadian music. Airing Tuesdays on CKDU 88.1FM in Halifax, NS at 6:30pm, the show was named Music Nova Scotia's Radio Program of the Year for the last five years and won the East Coast Music Award for Media Outlet of the Year in bo ...
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The startup community is back! A night of fun and adventure across Halifax to see some of the coolest startups around. A Startup Crawl is exactly what it sounds like. It brings our startup ecosystem together for a journey to different businesses over the night, full of networking opportunities, catchup sessions, interactive experiences, with lots of fun surprises along the way. We welcome all who are curious about the startup ecosystem and are open to exciting experiences. This podcast is a ...
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Welcome to AFX, The Animation Festival of Halifax! An annual gathering that celebrates all things animation from Halifax and beyond. The festival showcases the best of what the Halifax animation scene has to offer: innovative artistic achievements, friendly local industry events, thoughtful discussions, and chances for everyone to get creative. The festival is proud to be growing while remaining true to the collective resourcefulness and hospitality of the region.
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November 24th: 2024 -Care For The Coal - Paul Fraser by Nova Church Halifaxتوسط Nova Church Halifax
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One year ago, Café Caye Mangé open its doors on Main Street in Yarmouth. The restaurant boasts healthy options and gives visitors a taste of Saint Lucia. Alex Guye visited the cafe earlier this month, and spent the morning with owner and chef, Pamela Alexander Leonforde as she prepped for the day.
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Listen in as John Guthrie speaks with our November 2024 Team Member of the Month, Brian Schubert!توسط Halifax Health
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The last one of the season. See you again in a few months with something special...
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The latest Child Poverty Report Card for Nova Scotia show's the steepest increase in child poverty rates in a generation: Provincially, nearly 24% of children live in poverty. Locally, that number can soar from over 30% to a staggering 66%. Lesley Frank, the Tier II Canada Research Chair in Food, Health, and Social Justice at Acadia University, ref…
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Freelancer and grade 12 student Damini Awoyiga drops into Studio A to tell Jeff Douglas what people are telling her about the impact of the phone ban in Nova Scotian schools.
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Stephanie Domet catches up with musicians who competed as teens in Mainstreet's School Of Rock
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Former Mainstreet host Stephanie Domet drops into Studio A, to reminisce about some of the amazing teen musicians who competed live on the radio in our School of Rock contests in 2010 and 2011, and tell Jeff what she's learned about where they are now.
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If you're considering washing your Christmas tree, the Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia recommends against it. The CBC's Molly MacNaughton tells Jeff Douglas what she's learned about why some people are doing this, and how it can backfire.
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Teresa Heffernan, Director of SMU's Social Robot Futures Project, on how AI companions manipulate us
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In the US, some parents are suing Character.AI, alleging the AI companionship app has played a role in ruining their kids' lives, and in one case contributed to a 14-year old boy's decision to commit suicide. Teresa Heffernan talks with Jeff about longstanding concerns about technology that tricks people into thinking they're talking to a real pers…
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Founder of Ocean To Plate Seafood on why so much of the fish caught off our coast is quickly exported
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Troy Atkinson drops into Studio A to talk with Jeff Douglas, and address some of the points raised in an email from a listener about the availability of fresh, local fish.
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November 17th: 2024 - The God Who Sees Me- Mike Miller by Nova Church Halifaxتوسط Nova Church Halifax
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Jeff speaks with David Bent from Berwick, who says a courier delivered his packages (or pretended to deliver them) to the wrong house, and Ashley Farnsworth of Torbrook, who started a facebook group about this because so many people are having similar experiences with packages going missing.
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Jeff Douglas is joined by the Mainstreet Spinbusters -- Barbara Emodi, Chris Lydon, and Michelle Coffin.
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Today federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is sending the labour dispute between Canada Post and the CUPW to the Canada Industrial Relations Board. MacKinnon says this could see the mail service return as early as next week. Throughout this labour disruption, many businesses and organizations in Nova Scotia are being impacted in different ways.…
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He also tells Jeff Douglas about why he's decided to permanently move his family from California to Nova Scotia.
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Defence analyst Ken Hansen on Trump's talk of Canada being 51st state: "so juvenile it makes me laugh"
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Ken Hansen talks with Jeff Douglas about the Canada-US relationship.
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As the strike by workers at Canada Post continues, the impact on businesses and other organizations grows. Some small businesses have scrambled to find alternate ways to get products to customers -- sometimes at a higher cost. Others have halted sales, because they had no other way to move their merchandise. And for some not-for-profit organization…
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The Dreamers' Gala is put on through the Ulnooweg Education Centre in support of Asitu’lisk, formerly called Windhorse Farm. Ulnooweg chief operating officer, Chris Googoo, tells host Jeff Douglas why bringing the community together for this event is so important.
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The Cumberland Housing & Homelessness Association won the Nova Scotia Human Rights group/organization award. Ashley Legere is Executive director of the association. She spoke with host Jeff Douglas on the win and some of the work the association does.
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Transition House Association of Nova Scotia representative talks gender-based violence in the province
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Between November 25th, and December 10th - which is today, International Human Rights Day - activists try to focus public attention on the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. As these days of activism wrap up, host Jeff Douglas spoke with Ann de Ste Croix to check in on the situation in this province. She's the executive director of …
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December 10th is International Human Rights Day. Nova Scotia's Humans Rights Commission celebrates this day by recognizing our province's human rights champions, with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Awards. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with 16-year-old Jemma Bowers about her award win.
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Ella Burke visits Beaverbrook Gallery to see Radical Stitch exhibit of contemporary Indigenous beadwork
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From beaded high heels, to a beaded jingle dress, she tells Jeff Douglas what she saw there.
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Lynn Jones was invited to the UN to talk about reparatory justice & anti-racism, but she never made it
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Lynn Jones is a long-time activist and advocate whose African Canadian & Diaspora Collection is housed at Saint Mary's University. She and LPN Susan Larder tell Jeff Douglas how her air travel plans went wrong.
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Is 'green hydrogen' a great export opportunity, or a distraction from our own continued use of fossil fuels?
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Jeff speaks with two guests. Brendan Chard is the VP of Power for Everwind Fuels, one of the companies in the process of setting up a green hydrogen production facility in Point Tupper. Gregor Wilson is a member of Green Nova Scotia First, a citizens' group concerned about these projects.
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On Tuesday night, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stunned the world by abruptly imposing emergency martial law. But his move was quickly overruled by the country's parliament, who convened in the middle of the night to vote. Now, President Yoon faces impeachment. To learn more about the evolving situation, host Jeff Douglas spoke with Robert H…
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Santiago Guzmán is the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21's 2024/2025 artist in residence
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Santiago Guzmán is an award winning playwright and dramaturge. He is also a director and actor. They spoke with host Jeff Douglas about what this means to him and the impact being the artist in residence for the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 could have.
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Each quarter, John Guthrie sits down with Jeff Feasel, Halifax Health President & CEO, to talk about the business inside the four walls of Halifax Health.توسط Halifax Health
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December 1st : 2024 - Sudden Miracles - Mike Miller by Nova Church Halifaxتوسط Nova Church Halifax
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Dr Christopher McMaster is a co-author on this research. He's a professor of Pharmacology at Dalhousie University, and scientific director of the Institute of Genetics, at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He speaks with guest host Preston Mulligan.
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Spinbusters on historic high and low seat counts, and the first elected female leader of the opposition
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Jeff Douglas speaks with the Spinbusters about the Nova Scotia provincial election results. Michelle Coffin teaches political science at CBU. Chris Lydon is President at m5 Public Affairs. Barbara Emodi taught communications at Mount St Vincent University, and writes books, and a substack.
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Last night Nova Scotia Health Palliative Care and Nephrology Services teams hosted one of their bi-annual memorial services. To tell us more about it, and the importance of these services, Jeff Douglas spoke with Eric Newson. He is the health service manager for Nova Scotia Health's palliative care program in HRM.…
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Anthology has decades of experience and knowledge about preventing sexualized violence on campus
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Addy Strickland and Emma Kuzmyk tell Jeff Douglas about the new book, "This Wasn't on the Syllabus: Stories from the Frontlines of Campus Activism Against Sexualized Violence."
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The book is called 'From the Enlightenment to Black Lives Matter: Tracing the Impacts of Racial Trauma in Black Communities from the Colonial Era to the Present', released today. To hear more, Alex Guye reached the books author, Ingrid Waldron. She is a professor & the HOPE Chair in Peace and Health at McMaster University. Here's part of their conv…
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Omisoore Dryden is an associate professor and the James R. Johnston endowed chair in Black Canadian Studies in the faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University. Her new book, Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation, released earlier this month, and there will be a launch event for it Monday, November 25th at Venus Envy. She shared…
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What people in the arts sector would like to see addressed in the provincial election and beyond
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Housing, healthcare and affordability --understandably-- are taking up much of the conversation around the 2024 provincial general election. But with little to no talk of the arts in the provincial election, this has some people within that community asking why not and sharing awareness of the benefits increasing support for the arts community can …
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Listen in as John Guthrie speaks with our September 2024 Team Member of the Month, Jennifer Lewis!توسط Halifax Health
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Chris Lydon, Michelle Coffin and Barbara Emodi join host Jeff Douglas for one last conversation during Nova Scotia's 2024 provincial election campaign.
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Naomi Shelton from Elections Nova Scotia tells us everything we need to know about voting in the provincial election.
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Deputy Clerk Jennifer West tells host Jeff Douglas it's part of the town's bid to officially become bird friendly.
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Piya Chattopadhyay is the host of CBC's The Sunday Magazine. She stopped by the studio today to tell host, Jeff Douglas, about this years panel, and what her goal as moderator will be tonight.
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Scientists have published research that has developed a tool to predict sepsis in healthy newborns
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The report titled, 'Predictive gene expression signature diagnoses neonatal sepsis before clinical presentation', was published in in the journal eBiomedicine. Host Jeff Douglas speaks to Dr. Tobi Kollmann, who is a senior co author of the report, to hear more.
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An emergency department doctor tells us why there's increased incidence of bacterial pneumonia this fall
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Dr. Matthew Clarke is an emergency physician at QEII Cobequid. He stopped by the studio today to talk about why an increased incidence of bacterial pneumonia this fall is sounds a lot scarier than it is.
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James Hughes is president and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission in Montreal...Quebec's largest organization serving people who are experiencing homelessness. He edited and contributed to a book called, "Ending Homelessness in Canada: The Case for Homelessness Prevention. He is in Halifax for a symposium on about housing issues. This conversation start…
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James Hughes is president and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission in Montreal...Quebec's largest organization serving people who are experiencing homelessness. He edited and contributed to a book called, "Ending Homelessness in Canada: The Case for Homelessness Prevention. in this excerpt, James shares some 'Eviction Prevention' policy strategies.…
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On November 19th, the first of three panels about violence and harassment in politics will take place. It will detail the barriers women, and gender diverse politicians face at all levels. Several organizations have pulled together to make this happen, one of them is Nova Scotia's Be the Peace Institute, which is a non-profit dedicated to ending ge…
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Alex Marland is a political scientist at Acadia University. He spoke with host Jeff Douglas about the election debate between Nova Scotia's three main political party leaders, and whether debates actually have much of an impact on voters.
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Renowned Halifax-based artist, Tom Forrestall, passed away at the age of 88. He is best known for his realism paintings...such as "Island in the Ice". While studying art at Mount Allison University, Tom was taught by Alex Colville, introducing him to egg tempera painting. Tom's work can be found in art galleries across the country including the Nat…
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