Atlantic Voice

Atlantic Voice tells stories about issues and people throughout the region. We present documentaries prepared by journalists that take a thoughtful approach to the changes going on in our region. We talk about the things that pull us together as a region - and sometimes tear us apart!

  • 26 minutes 19 seconds
    Once I'm no longer here

    Not many people can say they’ve planned and attended their own funeral, but April Hubbard can. The 39-year-old artist and disability advocate hosted her own living funeral — complete with burlesque, drag and comedy — to celebrate with friends and family before she accesses medical assistance in dying. A documentary by Cassidy Chisholm. 

    16 November 2024, 3:40 am
  • 26 minutes 20 seconds
    Are N.L. accents dying? No, b'y — but they are changing

    From dropping an 'h' to adding an 's', Newfoundland and Labrador accents are certainly distinct, and while some features of those accents may be in decline, linguist Paul De Decker says younger generations are finding creative ways to keep them alive. An encore presentation of a documentary by Caroline Hillier.

    10 November 2024, 3:40 am
  • 26 minutes 19 seconds
    Meet Marie, the N.S. designer changing the fashion world

    Halifax fashion designer Marie Webb and a team from NSCAD University face their biggest challenge yet — getting a collection ready in time for New York Fashion Week. Webb, who has Down syndrome, is one of the only designers with a disability showing work on the international stage. A documentary by Emma Smith and Dave Irish.

    3 November 2024, 2:40 am
  • 26 minutes 19 seconds
    Arm in arm with the ghosts of Hell Hill

    CBC producer Gavin Simms takes us to the southern shore of Newfoundland, where local lore would have you believe there’s a ghost around every corner. The Irish Loop has a long, prolific history of mysterious happenings, but none as enduring as the story of three women who died tragically on Hell Hill. Led by curiosity, Gavin goes in search of relatives, strangers and even neighbours to find out what it’s like to be haunted, almost a hundred years later.

    27 October 2024, 10:40 am
  • 26 minutes 20 seconds
    Forgotten Fishermen

    Barely scraping together a paycheque this season, these fishermen fear for their future fisheries, too. Fishermen say lobster, driven their way due to warming waters caused by climate change, could “save” a way of life, but mismanagement and politics gets in the way.

    5 October 2024, 10:40 pm
  • 26 minutes 19 seconds
    Sacred healing: Sharing sweat ceremonies

    Sweat ceremonies are a sacred tradition in many indigenous communities, and two elders on Prince Edward Island are sharing the tradition with others. A documentary by Laura Meader. 

    29 September 2024, 9:40 am
  • 27 minutes 50 seconds
    Take to the trail and hear stories of hope, with a run for mental health

    When Tanya Joy created the Joy Run 50 in memory of her brother who died by suicide, she didn't realize the run would help her — and others — with their own mental health struggles. Hear emotional stories from the trails in Martin Jones's documentary, Everyday, She Runs.

    21 September 2024, 11:40 am
  • 26 minutes 21 seconds
    Secrets to a long and rich life, from a woman who has lived one

    Not many of us will reach 100 years old, so reporter Jane Sponagle set out to learn as much as she could from a rug-hooking, perm-rocking great grandmother in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley.

    13 September 2024, 10:40 am
  • 23 minutes 56 seconds
    He offered a stranger a ride — then feared he’d helped a missing man disappear

    Not only was Yassir El-Tahan the last person to see a missing man, he actually took him deeper into the woods where he disappeared. The chance encounter El-Tahan had with Jonathan Hannaford has stayed with him for almost a decade. 

    7 September 2024, 10:40 am
  • 26 minutes 19 seconds
    'Roll me up in the living room carpet': Minimizing your environmental impact, even after you die

    When Wayne Hatcher dies, he won't be going in a casket. And he doesn't want you to go in one either. In this encore presentation of a documentary by Caroline Hillier, Wayne Hatcher, owner of Sunrise Interfaith Cemetery in Halifax, explains why he's pushing for more access to green burials in Atlantic Canada.

    1 September 2024, 2:40 am
  • 25 minutes 13 seconds
    Dear spy

    After receiving a handwritten threat from the Taliban, an interpreter who helped the Canadian military escaped from Afghanistan the day before the country fell. With the help of his former military adviser, he ends up in St. John's. A documentary by Caroline Hillier that first aired in 2021. 

    18 August 2024, 2:40 am
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