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  • 14 minutes 37 seconds
    Journalism is in crisis, and some attempts to help it have politicized it instead -- Jesse Brown, Canadaland

    Jesse Brown, the publisher of Canadaland, talks with host Jeff Douglas about the state and the future of journalism in Canada, and about why some of the things the federal government did to try to help journalism also did harm.Ā 

    15 January 2025, 4:10 am
  • 13 minutes 50 seconds
    T Thomason: Meta's Relaxing of Rules on Hate Speech Could Lead to Real World Harm

    Musician, actor and activist T. Thomason shares thoughts and experiences with online hate, and fears that Meta's move to walk back protections against Hate Speech and Abuse will create unsafe environments for Queer and Gender-Queer community.

    14 January 2025, 4:10 am
  • 20 minutes 36 seconds
    If Trump imposes 25% tariffs across the board, that will mean "a definite recession" for Canada

    JP Deveau's company, Acadian Seaplants, exports products to eighty countries. He previously led the One Nova Scotia Coalition's working group on global competitiveness and improving exports. He drops into Studio A to talk with host Jeff Douglas about the threat of US tariffs on imports from Canada.

    13 January 2025, 4:10 am
  • 11 minutes 29 seconds
    Oldest animal known to have lived is a 507-year-old clam that has secrets to share about ocean currents

    Our oceans guy, Boris Worm, drops into Studio A to tell Jeff about it.

    13 January 2025, 4:10 am
  • 10 minutes 23 seconds
    Doctor talks about abortion care services are available in the Eastern Zone

    Obstetrician/gynecologist and Maternal Child department head for the Eastern Zone,Ā Dr. Vaughan Marshall, tells us what doctors in the region can and cannot do when it comes to abortion care.

    13 January 2025, 4:10 am
  • 10 minutes 50 seconds
    St. FX student starts petition to increase abortion access at Antigonish hospital

    Sophia Kydd is a third year student at St. Francis Xavier University. She found that in her adopted town of Antigonish, women have no real access to a surgical abortion and must travel to Halifax if they need one. Sophia spoke with Jeff Douglas about this, and the petition she started to try and promote change.

    10 January 2025, 4:10 am
  • 7 minutes 23 seconds
    Mulgrave mayor says coyotes are gone, but they may be causing problems in another community

    Mayor Ron Chisholm tells Jeff Douglas how Mulgrave's coyote problem was solved, but now he's hearing the community of Canso is dealing with a similar issue.

    10 January 2025, 4:10 am
  • 11 minutes 19 seconds
    Two winter enthusiasts tell us why they love getting outside this time of year

    Winter is here, and there's lots of activities to take advantage of around the province. Jeff Douglas speaks to Dalhousie professor John Cameron and family doctor John Chiasson about ways they enjoy the outdoors in the winter.

    10 January 2025, 4:10 am
  • 7 minutes 54 seconds
    That charge on your receipt, when you buy ground beef -- it's mainly because of the meat. But...

    ...did they also weigh the packaging, and charge you for that as if it was also made of meat? CBC business reporter Sophia Harris tells guest host Preston Mulligan how she took a small scale into grocery stores to see if customers are always getting what they pay for. And she found cases where they're not.

    9 January 2025, 4:10 am
  • 17 minutes 40 seconds
    Coalition of advocates requests urgent meeting with provincial ministers to address gender based violence

    TheirĀ letter, signed by more than a dozen people in the gender based violence sector, is addressed to Justice Minister Becky Druhan and Leah Martin, the minister responsible for the advisory council on the status of women act. The coalition also hopes to meet with Premier Tim Houston. Guest host Preston Mulligan spoke with two people in the coalition, Kristina Fifield and Sue Bookchin.

    9 January 2025, 4:10 am
  • 22 minutes 10 seconds
    Independent defence analyst Ken Hansen on Trump's plans for Greenland, Panama, and Canada

    Ken talks with guest host Preston Mulligan, after we hear some memorable moments (maybe too many) from US President-elect Donald Trump's meandering news conference January 7th in Mar-a-Lago.

    8 January 2025, 4:10 am
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