Viewpoints

On today’s Viewpoints: We’ll be grass hopping from city to province. We’ll tell you about Truth and Reconciliation Day. September 30th marks Truth and Reconciliation Day across the country. A time to reflect on the past but also to create a better future for Indigenous peoples. We’ll go to BC, and New Brunswick. The 1 Million March 4 Kids national protest took place on Wednesday, September 20 in 3...

On today’s show: People in dozens of Canadian communities took to the streets in competing protests to voice their opposition or approval on how schools approach Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity education. A piece of history from rural New Brunswick resonates all across Canada and around the world. The book, “Len and Cub: A Queer History,” documenting one of the Maritimes’s earliest same-sex...

On today’s Viewpoints : A recent report shows the minimum wage in Nova Scotia is far below what the calculated livable wage should be. Justice for Workers Nova Scotia says employers should step in, and pay more than what is required by law. People on welfare in Québec say they feel imprisoned by a rule that forbids them to leave the province more than a week at a time. In British Columbia, the Oce...

On today’s Viewpoints: We’ll have five stories for you this week and most of them from out west. We won’t be talking about forest fires, but about Drug Overdose Awareness Day, and what community members are doing to try to combat the overdose epidemic in BC. We’ll talk with an ex-drug dealer about how he overcame his own addiction and with a woman who thought she was saving her brother’s life. And...

On today’s show: We’ll settle down and have a chat with a man with a purpose. Marcus Pukonen traveled for eight years across the globe without using a single motor. No planes, no motor boats, or motorcycles. You might have heard of him already on Viewpoints , as we did play an excerpt from an interview he granted to Owen Thompson. But today, we have the whole story. National Editors Maureen McEwan...

On today’s Viewpoints: Mobile home sales are down across British Columbia. Some mobile park owners are refusing to sign a controversial bank form, blocking transactions, mobile home owners caught in bureaucracy. A generous land donation helps to expand the Amlamgog First Nation conservation project near Sackville, New Brunswick. And an arbutus wood sculptor from BC shows his best work for the firs...

On today’s show: We’ll talk literature with three Canadian writers. We’ll first stop in Russell, Ontario to meet up with writer Phil Gurski. He’s a local writer whose self-published book tells the story of over 150 men who left Russell to fight in the First World War . And then to Toronto’s City’s Book Awards that just unveiled this year’s long list of 13 writers. We’ll be hearing from two of them...

On today’s show: The City of Edmonton will be planting 2 million trees over the next eight years, investing more than $100M. Bill C-18 is blurring the media landscape across the country. Facebook started blocking content on its platforms. Local community radios and newspapers could be hit harder than others.  Crime on Vancouver Island is on the rise. Stats Can just published the latest numbers.  A...

On today’s Viewpoints : Canadians celebrated Emancipation Day on August 1st all across the country. Many took part in the 10th Freedom Train Ride event at Union Station in Toronto, for example. And in Nova Scotia, the Dalhousie Art Gallery celebrated Emancipation Day with “The Secret Codes” quilt exhibit. We’ll dive into Bill C-18 which is creating quite a stir. Some big tech companies—Facebook an...

This episode is a rerun of a show previously aired on March 17, 2023. Today, three stories out of British Columbia: Nelson Public Library speaks out about the hate campaign and the threats that forced it to cancel a drag event. A couple living in their RV is having a difficult time finding a place to park during the winter months in Revelstoke. Abbotsford author Jay Lang has been keeping busy. She...

On today’s show: We’re back in British Columbia with two stories from BC where authorities are still fighting more than 300 forest fires. Severe drought could now also become a serious problem. A new art exhibition opens in Fort McMurray, Alberta. It’s called Intersections and it features art pieces from both Indigenous and LGBTQ+ artists. A Canadian travels 70,000 kilometres over the eight years...

On today’s show: Forest fires in British Columbia are keeping firefighters busy. No relief in sight. This could be the worst ever forest fire season in BC. Some Ontario farmers are also feeling the heat: in Wellington County, recent heatwaves have been keeping them busy. The province of Nova Scotia is training hundreds of doctors. Some 150,000 citizens are still hoping to get theirs.  And the Terr...

On today’s Viewpoints : In British Columbia, Interior Health issues another drug alert for the Kootenays. An Environmental Racism Panel has been appointed in Nova Scotia. We’ll sit down to have some tea and biscuits at Toronto’s Public Library second Death Café. In rural Ontario, the Ride Well ridesharing program has become a victim of its success. It’s in need of new drivers. Singer, songwriter S...

On today’s Viewpoints : The Six Nations elected council will strongly oppose Doug Ford’s government plans to convert 7,000 acres of Ontario’s Greenbelt into housing developments. 6.9 million people across the country, including almost 1.8 million children, experienced food insecurity in Canada’s 10 provinces last year. Numbers in Nova Scotia are at an all-time high. We’ll go to British Columbia wh...

On today's show: June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada and we celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21st. We will, of course, follow some of the stories covered by our journalists from across the country and make stops in Smithers, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; and Kitchener and Cobourg, Ontario. And we catch up with former Much Music VJ and Canadian Televisi...

On today's Viewpoints : Five-hundred Toronto students participate in the annual Walk With Excellence.  The Ontario government is showing signs it’s backing away from its proposal to allow residential construction, on farm land.  This as the Six Nations Farmers Association forms a task force to counter lack of farming. BC composer Wylie Ferguson has his piece, Broken Earth debut with the Vanco...

On today’s show: Students at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick will have to swallow a 3% hike in tuition fees in 2023-2024. The university says revenues don’t match expenses. A New Brunswick resident is fighting against illegal dumps on private and public land in the Tantramar. Forest fires are being contained in Nova Scotia. Some residents are getting ready to reintegrate their homes. But...

On today’s Viewpoints : Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston orders Nova Scotians to stay out of the woods as fires burn out of control in the province. He’s also asking Ottawa for help. And open fire bans are in effect in most of the province of Québec. Conditions could spark a fire at any time. Sexual assault allegations from two Quebec high schools trigger a call for a provincial framework law. Many...

On today’s show: In Ontario, a local foster-care organization calls for caregivers amid a shortage of homes. The Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market celebrates 40 years in Edmonton, Alberta. The Higgs government review of gender diversity and inclusion policy in schools prompts a backlash in New Brunswick. A couple of scientists are trying to resolve the Great Tantramar Turtle Mystery in the Sackville...

On today’s show: Wildfires are burning out of control in many Canadian provinces, especially out west. Unusual high temperatures, and dry conditions, are making things worst. Firefighters in British Columbia and Alberta, cross their fingers hoping for June rain. A tradition dating back to the 1930s reappears in 2023. Find out about Haisla Sports Days and the return of the Haisla May Queen and Salm...

On today's Viewpoints: We’ll be hearing from journalists posted in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Québec. Tackling the housing crisis and economic diversity is not an easy task when you live on Cortes Island with a population of one thousand and booming tourism. The Government of Alberta will be investing 100M$ for the twinning of Highway 63, near Fort McMurray.  Noah DiNola is only 1...

On today’s Viewpoints : We’ll go left, right and centre from Revelstoke, B.C., to Sackville, New Brunswick, and Pontiac, Québec. Revisiting zoning bylaws can change the face of a community and city. Revelstoke is taking on the challenge, 40 years after its last draft. The Sobey Art Awards are some of the most generous and prestigious prizes that a Canadian artist can get. The competition is on, $1...

We’ll travel to Maskwacis in Central Alberta to learn about new water pipelines planned coming from the Red Deer Waterline. Quebec’s forest firefighting agency warns of the danger of brush fires because Spring is a period with the most forest fires in Québec. Generosity is contagious! In British Columbia the First Light Farm decided to grow food and give it away! This year, it aims to grow $10,000...

On today's Viewpoints: Well, we seem to be talking  about housing quite a bit across the country and today’s show will be no exception. Good news couldn’t come too soon to those who wait: the Revelstoke Community Housing Society receives a $100,000 grant for its fourth housing project in 10 years. The amateur Quadra Island Theatre, out west is going big this spring. It will be producing Chica...

On today’s Viewpoints , we’ll spend a lot of time on the east and west coast: 2024 will mark the 25th anniversary of the Marshall decision. That’s when the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the hunting, fishing and gathering rights promised to New Brunswick’s Indigenous peoples, should be respected. An LGBTQ+ organization receives funding to build the first transitional two-spirited housing project...