Viewpoints

Today’s show is all about health. Physical, emotional and spiritual health. To Nova Scotia, where the Strongest Families Institute just received a $230,000 boost for its phone-in counselling service. We then make a stop in the province of Québec where the Dunham House for Mental Health and Addiction provides care for the province’s English-speaking community. In British Columbia, a historic child...

On today’s show: The province of Nova Scotia will spend $17M on new housing projects. The City of Kingston issues trespass notices to people living in a homeless encampment. The District of Kitimat—British Columbia is celebrating its 70th anniversary and the collaboration between industry and residents. The Six Nations language summit looks to kick-start the language revitalization. And the Cortes...

On today’s show: Janis Monture becomes the first Indigenous woman to be appointed CEO of the Canadian Museums Association. BC Hydro anticipates a strong increase in energy demand in the northwest: 3 billion dollars is being set aside for future infrastructure projects. Canadian filmmaker Amanda Dawn Christie documents the history and demise of Radio Canada International’s broadcast and short-wave...

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 just released her 11th novel in three years! Our Periscope will take...

On today’s Viewpoints : In Nelson, B.C., a planned story time event featuring a drag artist faces a barrage of online outrage and threats. The library was forced to cancel the event. And three stories coming out of Ontario. A Six Nations farmer is on a mission to ensure that traditional Haudenosaunee farming techniques are passed on to the next generation. The Six Nations Elected Council is wonder...

On today’s show: The semipalmated sandpiper migrates annually from the Arctic to Brazil. Moncton filmmaker Anas Nannis captures its journey on film. Kavana Wa Kilele, a Mount Alison University student from Kenya, passed away two years ago. Friends and students have come together to establish Mount Allison’s first endowment supporting Black students. Students all over the country have been hit hard...

On today's show: How dangerous can a book be? We will spend most of this program trying to answer that question, in view of the new censorship laws in the United States and growing pressures here in Canada to ban certain books from libraries and classrooms. Our journalist Pamela Haasen speaks with a librarian in Smithers B. C. promoting the Freedom to Read Week . And we’ll top things off with...

On today’s show: Ontario’s Six Nations’ community will host Canada’s largest Electricity Battery Storage Project. The French Immersion program phase out, still very unpopular in New Brunswick. Citizens are still waiting to know if New Brunswick’s Premier Blaine Higgs will stay the course or back down. To Nova Scotia where the minimum wage will increase to $15 an hour in October. But more needs to...

On today's Viewpoints : In Ontario, the Jukasa Six Nations recording studio adds four more Juno nominations to its list, in 2023. To Nova Scotia, where the RCMP continues to investigate mischief at the Liverpool tourist bureau. It was vandalized in January with various forms of anti-LGBTQ+ graffiti. Protesters at a Drag Queen Storytime event in Coquitlam, BC, wave homophobic signs and yell in...

On today’s show: A class-action lawsuit has been greenlighted by B.C.’s Supreme Court. Claimants seeking damages after 35,000 litres of fuel, spilled in Lemon Creek in the Slocan Valley. Writer, activist and journalist Desmond Cole speaks at Mount Allison University about how schools handle Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility. Back to British Columbia, where 75,000 hectares of rain fore...

An angry crowd confronts New Brunswick education minister over French immersion reforms. For teachers and parents, the pill seems hard to swallow, and public consultations leave make way for harsh comments. If you’re looking for a new career as a bus driver, you could head  to Calgary. The city will be looking for 800 new drivers by year’s end. Sery, a non-profit organization established in 1992 a...

The Alberta government sends out $600 inflation relief packages to its citizens. In Ontario, the Prince Edward County Municipal Council will keep the Ukrainian flag raised until the end of its term … or until the end of the conflict. In Québec, the town of Brome Lake brushes off Bill 96 and votes to keep its bilingual status.  In BC, a climate activist for the Canadian branch of Stop Ecocide wants...

On today's show: Seniors in Revelstoke and Quadra Island, BC get a helping hand from grassroots initiatives. The Dartmouth Travelodge Hotel was transformed providing 65 new permanent housing options for the homeless. The 2SLGBTQ+ community has been targeted by vandals in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Hateful graffiti was sprayed on a visitor information centre and the community is calling for actio...

( This show is a rebroadcast) Time to listen and to remember those who fought for us, as we pause for Remembrance Day. We will travel to British Columbia and meet Canadian war veteran Lawrence Allen Kerr. He’s 97 and was a gunner in the Canadian Navy.  And then to Kingston, Ontario where community radio station CFRC is running its Shortwave Theatre Festival that presents radio plays. We’ll dive in...

( This show is a rebroadcast) We stay in one place today as we dive into an audio documentary produced by our journalist Pamela Haassen posted in Smithers, British Columbia. Pamela Haasen wanted to hear from people involved in the recent renaming of the Haida Gwaii village of Queen Charlotte back to the traditional name of Daajing Giids. In 2019, the activists involved in the Skidegate Haida Immer...

On today's Viewpoints : Last year a 12 year-old from Knowlton Québec, grabbed his toboggan and trekked through the streets in search of items to give to those in need. He collected enough stuff to fill nine 26 foot trucks. He’s at it again this year. The Adams Family will soon take the stage at the Civic Theatre in Nelson, British Columbia, and perform their latest musical. Singer and songwri...

On today’s show, a few feel-good stories: As the end of the year celebrations approach, we take some time to talk with community movers, people who have been giving so much of themselves to help others. We’ll first turn to the eastern provinces where Feed Nova Scotia has been assisting thousands of households in the Halifax area alone. We speak with Karen Theriault a long-time volunteer. A Terrace...

On today's Viewpoints : We’ll go to Cortes Island, BC where we  talk with marine biologist Misty MacDuffee. She says the number of southern orca whales has been in constant decline over the past 20 years. In Ohsweken, Ontario, a rare variety of albino hummingbirds has been observed recently. A rare phenomenon. A group of water advocates headed to Lake Titicaca in Peru to participate in an int...

On today's Viewpoints : Federal Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge is keeping an eye on Hockey Canada as she’s working to ensure a safe sporting environment for athletes across the country. Atlantic Canada's first transition house designed for Muslim women and children opens in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Controversy continues over New Brunswick’s Premier Blaine Higgs’ decision to axe French imme...

On today’s show :   A transcriber from Halifax has designed Canada’s first Indigenous Braille code. The Nova Scotia trades council is looking to help ex-military members transition into trades. Québec MNA and Sports minister Isabelle Charest has 1.5 billion dollars to play with to improve sports infrastructures across the province. And Toronto’s Reel Asian International Film Festival keeps its hea...

On today's Viewpoints : In Revelstoke BC the newly formed municipal council is an all men all white cast! Some worry they might have trouble thinking out of the box.  Should municipalities have to foot the bill to extend water and sewer services to privately owned housing developments? That’s the question Queens council is trying to answer.  The North Preston Community Centre received $120,00...

On today’s show we’ll take our time:   Time to listen and to remember those who fought for us, as we pause for Remembrance Day. We will travel to British Columbia and meet Canadian war veteran Lawrence Allen Kerr. He’s 97 and was a gunner in the Canadian Navy.  And then to Kingston, Ontario where community radio station CFRC is running its Shortwave Theatre Festival that presents radio plays. We’l...

On today’s show, we exceptionally make three consecutive stops out west before going ghost hunting: In British Columbia the Klabona Keepers fight against industrial developments around their sacred headwaters, and win!  John Dooley has been Nelson’s Mayor for the past 19 years, and, at age 74, he’s stepping down after losing his last election.  Another elected official has been keeping his chair w...

On today’s show: Retired citizens get together in Prince Edward County. They are working on the LoveSong Seniors Housing project.  The Sunny Brae Farm founded in BC back in 1888 is still going strong and having the best blueberry season ever.  The Nova Scotia government is spending $102 million on the expansion of the IWK emergency care department in Halifax.  A Korean artist in Sackville New Brun...

On today’s show: The Liverpool International Theatre Festival hits the mark. Troupes from around the world make  their way back with a smile.  After admiring his work for decades, local New Brunswick artist Robert Lyon gets to work on a famous Alex Colville painting.  In British Columbia, the Klahoose First Nation eyes expansion for its tourism businesses after a successful summer season. It opera...