Episódios

  • If you have not yet read the major party platforms, the Spinbusters read them for you
    Nov 21 2024

    Chris Lydon, Michelle Coffin and Barbara Emodi join host Jeff Douglas for one last conversation during Nova Scotia's 2024 provincial election campaign.

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    35 minutos
  • News you can use: ways you can vote in the provincial general election
    Nov 20 2024

    Naomi Shelton from Elections Nova Scotia tells us everything we need to know about voting in the provincial election.

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    9 minutos
  • Hear from the moderator of the 2024 Stanfield Conversation
    Nov 20 2024

    Piya Chattopadhyay is the host of CBC's The Sunday Magazine. She stopped by the studio today to tell host, Jeff Douglas, about this years panel, and what her goal as moderator will be tonight.

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    7 minutos
  • Town of Kentville is picking its first bird of the year
    Nov 20 2024

    Deputy Clerk Jennifer West tells host Jeff Douglas it's part of the town's bid to officially become bird friendly.

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    7 minutos
  • Scientists have published research that has developed a tool to predict sepsis in healthy newborns
    Nov 19 2024

    The report titled, 'Predictive gene expression signature diagnoses neonatal sepsis before clinical presentation', was published in in the journal eBiomedicine. Host Jeff Douglas speaks to Dr. Tobi Kollmann, who is a senior co author of the report, to hear more.

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    11 minutos
  • An emergency department doctor tells us why there's increased incidence of bacterial pneumonia this fall
    Nov 19 2024

    Dr. Matthew Clarke is an emergency physician at QEII Cobequid. He stopped by the studio today to talk about why an increased incidence of bacterial pneumonia this fall is sounds a lot scarier than it is.

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    9 minutos
  • Organizations come together to host panel series about violence and harassment in politics
    Nov 18 2024

    On November 19th, the first of three panels about violence and harassment in politics will take place. It will detail the barriers women, and gender diverse politicians face at all levels. Several organizations have pulled together to make this happen, one of them is Nova Scotia's Be the Peace Institute, which is a non-profit dedicated to ending gender based violence, to ultimately achieve gender equity and social justice. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with the organizations executive director, Sue Bookchin. She started by explaining where the idea for the panel series came from.


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    13 minutos
  • James Hughes: Eviction/Homelessness Prevention Strategies PART II
    Nov 18 2024

    James Hughes is president and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission in Montreal...Quebec's largest organization serving people who are experiencing homelessness. He edited and contributed to a book called, "Ending Homelessness in Canada: The Case for Homelessness Prevention.


    He is in Halifax for a symposium on about housing issues.


    This conversation starts on the explosion in homelessness in Canada - James tracks it to the years since 2020, and says it is beginning to define the urban spaces in this country.


    We also delve into some 'Eviction Prevention' strategies.

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    35 minutos