Episódios

  • 'This has happened before': Linguist and Mi'kmaw Elder, Bernie Francis, on the amendments to the Crown Lands Act
    Oct 14 2025

    Linguist Bernie Francis tells Jeff Douglas why the amendments made in Bill 127 to the Crown Lands Act feel like "we're on a merry-go-round", where the past is repeating itself and how the province has a duty to consult the Mi'kmaq before making decisions with the land and other resources.

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    16 minutos
  • Seaside A Cappella wins International Chorus Contest at the Irish Association of Barbershop Singers
    Oct 14 2025

    Seaside A Cappella's music director and founder, Judy Comeau stops by to talk about the win after arriving back home.

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    9 minutos
  • Episode one of the new four part series “Explore the Lore”, is here in time for the month of October
    Oct 10 2025

    Enchanted butter, mysteriously sick cows, allegations of bewitching?! That’s all in the first of “Explore the Lore”, which was put together by folklore enthusiast Melody Rose for the CBC Creator Network.

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    9 minutos
  • This Mi'kmaq History Month, you are invited you to listen closely and reflect
    Oct 9 2025

    Each year, the Mi’kmaw History Month Committee decide on a theme for the month of October and this year, storytelling has taken centre stage. Mercedes Peters is the Sharing Our Stories Coordinator with the Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre. She tells Alex Guye why this theme was a long time coming.

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    11 minutos
  • A new study argues that incels challenge what it means to be 'far right'
    Oct 9 2025

    This is because even though they hold extreme exclusionary beliefs, incels do not necessarily adhere to views that other far right groups tend to emphasize about nationalism, ethnicity and race. Kayla Preston is the lead on this study. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto in the department of sociology. She shares the findings and methodology with Jeff Douglas.

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    12 minutos
  • The hope, the hype, and the sad reality of what AI chatbots do in some conversations with teens
    Oct 6 2025

    Jeff Douglas speaks with Teresa Heffernan, Director of the Social Robot Futures Project, at Saint Mary's University.

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    32 minutos
  • Bill 127 - the PC government's omnibus legislation - has received royal assent
    Oct 3 2025

    Bill 127 covers changes to seven affects seven pieces of existing legislation and creates one new one. One of the changes was to the Personal Health Information Act and removes the word imminent from part of the disclosure section of the act. This allows health care workers to disclose information without a patients consent if doing so would avert or minimize a significant danger. This is something the group Nova Scotia Moms has been advocating for. Heather Spidell is one of the cofounders. She spoke with guest host Alex Guye just before Bill 127 received royal assent.


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    11 minutos
  • Canadian Sea Turtle Network asked for volunteers, and almost 300 people came out of their shells
    Oct 2 2025

    The Executive Director, Kathleen Martin, tells guest host Alex Guye why some sea turtles end up, cold-stunned, on Nova Scotia's shores.

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    9 minutos