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  • 26 minutes 22 seconds
    Donald Trump says, "Tariffs are the greatest thing ever invented." JP Deveau has a more nuanced take.

    What might President-elect Trump's enthusiasm for tariffs mean for Nova Scotia's exports of tires and lobsters, and how will Canada respond? Jeff Douglas asks JP Deveau, President and CEO of Acadian Seaplants. He led the One Nova Scotia Coalition's working group on global competitiveness and improving exports, in the wake of the 2014 Ivany Report.


    14 November 2024, 4:10 am
  • 10 minutes 58 seconds
    James Hughes, editor of 'Ending Homelessness in Canada: The Case for Homelessness Prevention'

    James Hughes is president and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission, in Montreal. It's Quebec's largest organization serving people experiencing homelessness. He speaks with Jeff Douglas, as he prepares to visit Halifax for a symposium on housing issues put on by the Housing & Homelessness Partnership, and the Nova Scotia Non-Profit Housing Association.

    14 November 2024, 4:10 am
  • 10 minutes 15 seconds
    The stories behind community Christmas trees made of lobster traps, in Barrington & Toney River NS

    Jeff Douglas speaks with Suzy Atwood in Barrington, Shelburne County, and Catherine Falconer in Toney River, in Pictou County.

    14 November 2024, 4:10 am
  • 11 minutes 20 seconds
    A "memory map" of Halifax compares the buildings on the peninsula in 1878, to see what's still standing

    Jonathan Fowler drops by from the Department of Anthropology at Saint Mary's University, to tell Jeff what he and a team of landscape archaeologists and digital cartographers learned from this work. See their findings for yourself at MapsOfMemory.com

    12 November 2024, 4:10 am
  • 21 minutes 30 seconds
    The Spinbusters on what the parties are promising, and whether it lines up with Nova Scotia's priorities

    Barbara Emodi, Michelle Coffin, and Chris Lydon talk about developments in Nova Scotia's provincial election campaign, with Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas.

    12 November 2024, 4:10 am
  • 9 minutes 30 seconds
    Veteran run organization, UTIMUS, focuses on getting newcomers qualifications to join the workforce

    Brian MacDonald is the former executive director of Aman Lara, an organization of volunteers and veterans that perform 'extractions' from Afghanistan. That began in 2021, following the collapse of the Afghan government and the return to power of the Taliban. So at first, the organization's main focus was helping Afghans escape their country. This work expanded in 2022, to helping people get out of Ukraine. Two years ago, Brian stepped away from his role at Aman Lara, to start an organization called Utimus. It has a large focus on getting newcomers to Canada the qualifications they might need to join the workforce here. Utimus is based mostly in Ontario, but the CEO and founder, Brian, is located in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Here's his conversation with host, Jeff Douglas.


    11 November 2024, 4:10 am
  • 23 minutes 51 seconds
    Remembering Sergeant (Ret'd) Tyson Bowen -- his life, his service, and his efforts to help other veterans

    On a Maritime-wide edition of Mainstreet from Halifax, host Jeff Douglas plays archival audio of Sergeant (Ret'd) Tyson Bowen, who gave 14 years of his life to the Canadian Armed Forces, including two combat tours in Afghanistan. Then Jeff speaks with Tyson's sister Tanya Browne, from our studio in Fredericton, New Brunswick. In spite of all he had done with his life, Tyson was just 35 years old when he died on September 3. 2022.

    11 November 2024, 4:10 am
  • 15 minutes 45 seconds
    WEB EXCLUSIVE: Ted Barris on a hundred years of the Royal Canadian Air Force

    Ted Barris is the author of many books about Canadian experiences in the Second World War. His latest is, "Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in Their Finest Hour." In this conversation, available exclusively online, he talks with host Jeff Douglas about the origins of the RCAF.

    11 November 2024, 4:10 am
  • 10 minutes 11 seconds
    Debbie Eisan and Jeff Purdy reflect on Indigenous Veterans Day

    Today is Indigenous Veterans Day in Canada. It's a way to honour Indigenous veterans for their role in serving the country. A role that has been largely overlooked.


    Earlier this week we spoke to Anishinaabekwe Debbie Eisan. She is leading a delegation to Belgium to commemorate fallen Indigenous veterans and Canadian service members. The group will take part in ceremonies leading up to and including Remembrance Day. Debbie is an Elder of the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre, and a 36 year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces. Jeff Purdy is the great-great grandson of Sam Glode - who served with the Royal Canadian Engineers No. 1 Canadian Tunnelling Company during the First World War. Here's their conversation with host, Jeff Douglas.

    8 November 2024, 4:10 am
  • 7 minutes 27 seconds
    Winter Moons celebrates the unsung heroism of L'nu women and two-spirit ceremony keepers at Neptune Theatre

    On Tuesday, November 12, Winter Moons opens at Neptune Theatre on the ScotiaBank Stage. It's a Nestuita'si Storytelling Production, written and directed by shalan joudry, with choreography by Sarah Prosper.


    Jeff Douglas speaks to the creators about this work that takes up deep into the forest and back in time to a group of Fire Keepers keeping an ember alive through the three moons of winter.

    8 November 2024, 4:10 am
  • 19 minutes 46 seconds
    Independent defence analyst Ken Hansen on what's at stake for Canada in a Trump 2.0 presidency

    Ken Hansen is a former naval commander, a former chair of the Maritime Studies Program at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, and a former adjunct professor of political science at Dal. He speaks with host Jeff Douglas.

    7 November 2024, 4:10 am
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