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Interview Archive: September 2009

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Week 1

September 4, 2009: Mink Farming Controversy: Reporter Bob Murphy travels to Carleton to investigate the mink farming controversy.

September 4, 2009: Wharf Rats hit Digby: Reporter Phonse Jessome joins thousands of bikers in Digby for a weekend party.

September 3, 2009: Examining Education: Premier Darrell Dexter says 'youth' is his government's top priority.

September 3, 2009: Clinging to life: Kimber Paul wants to know why an ambulance wasn't called when her sister, Victoria, suffered a massive stroke in police custody.

September 2, 2009: Making a Living, Shining Shoes:11-year old Tyler Cochrane, Windsor's very own shoeshine entrepreneur has been hard at it all summer long. We get some business advice from the man himself.

September 2, 2009: Back to School: Some things you just can't learn in school. Information Morning's Lisa Roberts gets some life lessons from teenagers, reflecting on the summer, and heading into a new year.

September 1, 2009:  Unhappy diggers: Clam digger Terry Wilkins says he distrusts DFO's motives for closing the beaches.
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Week 2

September 11, 2009:  The prosecution rests:  Reporter Stephen Puddicombe brings us up to date on the Cpl Kevin Wilcox sentencing hearing.

September 10, 2009:  The view from the pews:  Wendy Martin explores why some Catholics are opposed to parishioners paying for a sexual assault settlement.

September 9, 2009: Children return to Youth home after escaping, overnight - Vicki Wood, with the Department of Community Services describes more about "DaySpring" home, where four children ran away, and prompted a search through the woods in Lunenburg County.

In defence of wind farms: Barry Zwicker of Scotian Wind Fields discusses the health concerns some residents have raised.


September 8, 2009: Missing Children - Phonse Jessome reports from Lunenburg where four children under the age of 12 went missing overnight from a government-run youth facility.

Wind Farm Woes - Reporter Bob Murphy speaks with people who live in Gulliver's Cove, Digby Neck. They are concerned about a wind farm, and its potential dangers.

September 7, 2009: Heading to the Polls? - MPs Megan Leslie, and Rodger Cuzner, along with Conservative supporter Bill Black discuss the likelihood, and impact of a fall federal election.
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Week 3

September 18, 2009:  Abducted at the airport: Dorette Pronk tells her story to CBC TV's Tom Murphy.

September 17, 2009:  First day in the new House:  Legislature reporter Jean Laroche tells us what to expect from the first sitting the new NDP government.

September 16, 2009: When modern technology meets organic farming: A garlic farmer in the Annapolis Valley has delayed the installation of an Eastlink tower because he says, it could irradiate his crop.


September 15, 2009: Revisiting the hijacking:  Jamaica reporter Janet Silvero brings up to date on the man who held 200 people hostage on a CanJet flight last April.

September 14, 2009:  The cost of cancer care:  Some drugs could replace chemotheraphy, but if they're taken at home, they may not be paid for.  We look at the patchwork of funding, with the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia division of the Canadian Cancer Society.
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Week 4


September 25, 2009:  Raising questions about Chinese adoptions:  Adoptive mother Cathy Wagner responds to concerns that some Chinese babies are being kidnapped.

September 24, 2009:  Double doubles in a war zone:  Kim Burke explains why she wants to work in a coffee shop in Afghanistan.

September 23, 2009:  Dealing with military stress:  A  psychologist who specializes in post traumatic stress tells us how he helps people who are also substance abusers.

September 22, 2009:  A soldier's story: Corporal Hugh Brine served in Bosnia, and has had some emotional issues since then.  Now, he and his father say the military is treating him unfairly.

September 21, 2009:  Behind closed doors: Municipal reporters Pam Berman and Tim Bousquet look at why Halifax Regional Council is holding so many in camera meetings.
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Week 5


September 30, 2009:  Democracy for non residents?  Some cottage owners in the Pugwash area want to be allowed to vote in local elections.

September 29, 2009:  Waiting for word:  Reporter Stephen Puddicombe looks ahead to today's sentencing of Corporal Matthew Wilcox in the death of his friend Corporal Kevin Megeney.

September  28, 2009: Sorting out flus and vaccines: Nova Scotia's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Robert Strang, tells us who should get which shot.

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