October 2012 Archives

Tuesday October 30, 2012

Health Spending

Dr. Michael Rachlis

Posted by Robert Doublett

Growth to health care spending in Canada has slowed substantially in recent years.

And health care spending as a percentage of overall GDP is actually declining in this country.

That's according the 16th edition of the Canadian Institute for Health Information's "National Health Expenditure Trends" report.

Released today, the report contradicts conventional wisdom about out of control, unsustainable spending on health care.

And according to my next guest, that's a misconception that needs to be cleared up.

Doctor Michael Rachlis is a health policy analyst and consultant.

Listen (runs 6:47)

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Monday October 29, 2012

Detox Changes

Dr. Linda Courey, Murray MacNeil and Margaret Graham

Posted by Robert Doublett

People being laid off from Addiction Services are speaking out.

The District Health Authority has decided to lay off six people called Counsellor Attendants.

Four are in withdrawal management (or detox) at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. One position is in Opiate Recovery (or the methadone program) and the other is in the Day program.

The Authority says the changes will enhance the quality and safety of addiction treatment.

The Health Authority says, the attendants don't have the training and credentials needed for the work they were doing. It says they will be replaced with workers more suited to the job requirements.

Dr. Linda Courey is head of Addiction Services and Mental Health, she spoke with CBC's Joan Weeks about the change.

Murray MacNeil and Margaret Graham are worried.... not just about their own futures... but about the quality of addiction treatment. MacNeil has 10 years experience in detox... Graham... 22 years.

Dr. Linda Courey (runs 6:20)

Murray MacNeil and Margaret Graham (runs 6:46)

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Monday October 29, 2012

Heart Healthy Kids

Dr. Beth Abramson

Posted by Robert Doublett

There is some data now that shows us that increased physical activity in grades four, five and six's leads to better academic test scores and better cardiovascular fitness levels.

This research was funded by the Nova Scotia Research Foundation and support by a number of organizations including the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Dr. Beth Abramson joins us to talk about Heart Healthy Kids.

Listen (runs 10:34)

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Friday October 26, 2012

Jason Kenny Reaction

Rodney MacDonald

Posted by Robert Doublett

This morning Gaelic speakers in Nova Scotia awoke to a headline that caught their attention. The Federal Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Jason Kenny, questioned the preservation of heritage languages, calling them Linguistic ghetto's.

Kenney has weighed in on the merits of the language and the government's role in preserving it. Kenney said federal government money should not be used to promote languages that are fighting for survival.

"I think we should focus on the common languages that unite us in our diversity, English and French," said Kenney. "I encourage communities to maintain their heritage languages, be they Gaelic or Punjabi or Mandarin, but that they do so with their own funds."

This comes one day before another Federal Minister, Peter MacKay, is scheduled to make a major funding announcement at St, Ann's Gaelic College.

Rodney MacDonald is the head of St, Ann's Gaelic College, and former Conservative Premiere of Nova Scotia.

Listen (runs 9:09)

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Thursday October 25, 2012

Stolen Goods Seizures

Staff Sergeant Mike Kennedy

Posted by Robert Doublett

Cape Breton regional police are trying to track down the owners of some stolen goods.

Overnight last night they seized a wide variety of items, from lawn tractors to electronics.

Wendy Martin spoke with Staff Sergeant Mike Kennedy of the major crime unit.

Listen (runs 2:33)

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Wednesday October 24, 2012

Long Shots

Trevor J. Adams

Posted by Robert Doublett

This name used to mean something in Cape Breton.

If you talked about Cap MacDonald there would be an entire generation of people who would know exactly who you were talking about and why his name is important.

Today's guest is going to introduce him to a whole new generation of Cape Bretoners, Nova Scotians and Canadians.

Trevor J. Adams has written a book called "Longshots: The Curious Story of the Four Maritime Teams that Played for the Stanley Cup"

Among them, The Sydney Millionaires.

Listen (runs 9:12)

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Tuesday October 23, 2012

M.V. Miner Update

Premier Daryl Dexter & Abe Shah

Posted by Robert Doublett

The New York Company that was hired to remove the M.V. Miner from Scatarie says it's walking away from the project today unless the Provincial government pulls a stop work order it issued last week .  

Bennington group was supposed to start the work several weeks ago however there have been several delays .

The Labour Department issued the stop work order which required Bennington to hire in independent engineer to complete an assessment on the structural integrity of the vessel .

Bennington says it's tired of the red tape.

Shah says he's provided them with a full report from an independent engineer. And if the province doesn't give him permission to proceed by day's end - he'll pull out of the project, and take legal action.

Premier Daryl Dexter is in Sydney today for a series of meetings. He spoke to reporters today about Bennington and the possible end of their involvement in the project.  Abe Shah spoke with reporters Gary Mansfield and Wendy Martin. 

Premier Daryl Dexter (runs 3:17)

Abe Shah: Bennington Group (runs 5:23)

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Monday October 22, 2012

CBRM's New Councillor

Eldon MacDonald

Posted by Robert Doublett

Not much has changed for Cape Breton Regional Municipal Council.

Most of the last sessions councilors who put their names forward were re-elected.

Lowell Cormier was acclaimed and he'll be joining the only newly elected councilor, Eldon MacDonald.

MacDonald was the winner in the highly contested District 5, an area in Sydney that had no incumbent but several citizens putting their names forward.

He joined us in the studio.

Listen (runs 8:45)

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Friday October 19, 2012

A Bumper Crop for Pumpkins!

Posted by Robert Doublett

It's been a bumper crop for pumpkins this year in Nova Scotia.

In the Annapolis Valley, a man grew a 733-kilogram pumpkin, breaking the record for the heaviest one grown in Atlantic Canada.

Then, a week later, Carl Graham of Donkin surpassed that with his pumpkin, weighing in at 18-hundred and 11 pounds; which is 821-kilograms..... the third biggest in the world.

It's also been a big year for the pumpkin yield.

Conrad Niesten runs Hank's Family Farm in Millville.

He spoke to Yvonne LeBlanc-Smith earlier today about the harvest.

Listen (runs 5:26)

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Thursday October 18, 2012

The Exit Interview

Cecil Clarke

Posted by Robert Doublett

In the final days of the municipal election campaign people are voting for school board, municipal councillors and we have five candidates running for mayor.

We spoke to the candidates in both the beginning and middle of the campaign and as we round the corner to the last day of voting we've invited the candidates back for one last chat to talk about the weeks that were.

Listen (runs 15:09)

Categories: Blog

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Thursday October 18, 2012

Warm Water Deaths

Osborne Burke

Posted by Robert Doublett

Many of us enjoyed this summer's warmer ocean waters but that increase in temperature was deadly for hundreds of thousands of lobsters.

They were being kept in boxes in the waters along the Cape Breton coast.

Lobster buyers were holding onto them while they tried to find someone to buy them at a fair price.

But that delay getting them to market proved costly for processors such as Osborne Burke.

He's the general manager of Victoria Co-op Fisheries and today he told this story to members of the Nova Scotia's legislature's standing Committee on Resources.

Listen (runs 2:30)

Categories: Blog, Featured Stories

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Thursday October 18, 2012

Cape Breton Walk-in Clinic - Expanding Services

Barkaat Ahmad

Posted by Robert Doublett

As we all know, Monday to Friday the walk-in clinic is open on Kings Rd. here in Sydney to take your questions on cold and flu's.

Now they're adding Saturday hours. Barkaat Ahmad is the manager and owner of the clinic.

Listen (runs 5:48)

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Wednesday October 17, 2012

The Exit Interview

Rankin MacSween

Posted by Robert Doublett

In the final days of the municipal election campaign people are voting for school board, municipal councillors and we have five candidates running for mayor.

We spoke to the candidates in both the beginning and middle of the campaign and as we round the corner to the last day of voting we've invited the candidates back for one last chat to talk about the weeks that were.

Listen (runs 13:17)

Categories: Blog

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Tuesday October 16, 2012

The Exit Interview

Wilf Isaac

Posted by Robert Doublett

In the final days of the municipal election campaign people are voting for school board, municipal councillors and we have five candidates running for mayor.

We spoke to the candidates in both the beginning and middle of the campaign and as we round the corner to the last day of voting we've invited the candidates back for one last chat to talk about the weeks that were.

Listen (runs 10:36)

Categories: Blog

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Monday October 15, 2012

The Exit Interview

Glenn Jessome

Posted by Robert Doublett

In the final days of the municipal election campaign people are voting for school board, municipal councillors and we have five candidates running for mayor.

We spoke to the candidates in both the beginning and middle of the campaign and as we round the corner to the last day of voting we've invited the candidates back for one last chat to talk about the weeks that were.

Listen (runs 8:36)

Categories: Blog

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Monday October 15, 2012

No EI for Family Members

Darren Earn

Posted by Robert Doublett

Dozens of people in Bay St. Lawrence have found out, they won't be able to collect employment insurance this winter.

That's because the Canada Revenue Agency has determined, they were working for family members for a period of several years, and therefore were not entitled to benefits.

The president of a Manitoba company that helps family run businesses sort through the EI rules is weighing in on the issue. Darren Earn is the president of Grants International.

He says the rules that restrict family members from collecting EI benefits have been in place for many years - but very few Canadians know the rules, or understand them.

The CBC's Wendy Martin spoke with Darren Earn.

Listen (runs 8:58)

Categories: Blog

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Friday October 12, 2012

Road Trip!

St. Ann's Bay

Posted by Robert Doublett

It's our chance to take Mainstreet out of our studio and into one of our Cape Breton communities, and to find out what makes that particular community unique.

On the show today, we're on a road trip to St. Ann's Bay! We'll chat about the area's history, we remember when Lt. Governor MayAnn Francis toured St. Ann's Bay, and presented the area with her annual Community Spirit Award. We check out the Community Health Centre, and meet tons of people from musicians, to homesteaders and artisans.

Listen (runs 88:40)

Categories: Blog, Road Trips

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Friday October 5, 2012

Trapper Boy

Hugh R. MacDonald

Posted by Robert Doublett

The novel is called "Trapper Boy" and it's published Cape Breton University Press.

It's the second title in the catalog they're building up for younger readers.

The author, Hugh R. MacDonald joined us in studio to tell us about the book.

Listen (runs 10:54)

Categories: Blog

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Monday October 1, 2012

Natalie MacMaster Remembers

Posted by Stan Kennedy

Natalie MacMaster was deeply influenced by Raylene and the Rankin Family. Natalie's career has taken her all over the world, but she isn't sure that would have happened without the Rankin Family making the way. Here's Wendy Bergfeldt in conversation with Natalie MacMaster.

Listen (runs 10:13)

Categories: Blog

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• April 2013
  • Mon., 22 – Family, friends gather to say goodbye
     
  • Mon., 22 – Big Pond church packed for Rita MacNeil's funeral
     
  • Fri., 19 – CBRM's Emergency Action Plan
     
  • Thu., 18 – Tommy Hunter remembers Rita
     
  • Thu., 18 – Larry LeBlanc remembers Rita
     
  • Thu., 18 – Friends Remember Rita MacNeil
     
  • Tue., 16 – Cash for Trash
     
  • Tue., 16 – Seeking Council - April 15th, 2013
     
  • Fri., 12 – Is There Enough Help?
     
  • Tue., 9 – Back to School
     
  • Mon., 8 – Seeking Council - April 08th, 2013
     
  • Fri., 5 – Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club Update
     
  • Thu., 4 – Recruiting for the IB Program
     
  • Thu., 4 – Anniversary Line Up
     
  • Thu., 4 – Les Miserables Update
     
  • Tue., 2 – Englishtown Ferry Update
     
• March 2013
  • Thu., 28 – Jay Smith
     
  • Wed., 27 – Cutting the "fluff".
     
  • Wed., 27 – Funding your Olympic dreams
     
  • Tue., 26 – From poverty to pottery
     
  • Tue., 26 – Mainstreet Council
     
  • Mon., 25 – Seeking Council - March 25th, 2013
     
  • Mon., 25 – Mayor Clarke reacts to the Federal Budget
     
  • Thu., 21 – One Woman's Story
     
  • Wed., 20 – The 300 million dollar capital plan to fix CBRM.
     
  • Tue., 19 – The feasibility of Iron Ore in Sydney
     
  • Thu., 14 – The difference between a Jesuit and a Catholic?
     
  • Thu., 14 – CBU's New Artist in Residence
     
  • Wed., 13 – In Studio - Kyle Mischiek
     
  • Tue., 12 – Cape Breton brings the party to ECMW
     
  • Fri., 8 – Wapikat
     
  • Wed., 6 – Canadian Independent Music Association
     
  • Wed., 6 – CBmic (Cape Breton Music Industry Cooperative)
     
  • Tue., 5 – The Mayor's Volunteer Task Force
     
  • Mon., 4 – The Freedom to Read
     
• February 2013
  • Thu., 28 – Yacht Club Historical Value
     
  • Wed., 27 – 2013 Divorce Expo
     
  • Tue., 26 – Frankie MacDonald on KISS 92.5 FM
     
  • Fri., 22 – More Beds, Sooner
     
  • Thu., 21 – Container Terminal - Discussion & Q&A
     
  • Thu., 21 – Bulk Commodities - Discussion & Q&A
     
  • Thu., 21 – Cruise Opportunities - Discussion & Q&A
     
  • Thu., 21 – 2013 CBRM Port Summit - Consultants Report
     
  • Tue., 19 – The Exit Interview
     
  • Mon., 18 – More ECBC Questions
     
  • Wed., 13 – Senior Snow Removal
     
  • Wed., 13 – Stuff We Wrote As Kids
     
  • Mon., 11 – The Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI
     
  • Fri., 8 – New Kids Gaelic CD
     
  • Thu., 7 – Ice Crash
     
  • Wed., 6 – The New Anne of Green Gables
     
  • Mon., 4 – Searchlight Kickoff!
     
  • Mon., 4 – Billdidit - NAMM Exhibition Floor.
     
  • Mon., 4 – RCMP Respond to Criticism.
     
  • Fri., 1 – Police News Conference
     
  • Fri., 1 – Cowl Bowl Pennies
     
• January 2013
  • Thu., 31 – How Much to Serve?
     
  • Wed., 30 – The Tom Miller Human Rights Award
     
  • Tue., 29 – ECBC Speaks
     
  • Tue., 29 – The 2012 Aviva Community Fund Winners!
     
  • Mon., 28 – This Was Not Preordained.
     
  • Fri., 25 – 2/11
     
  • Fri., 25 – EI for Multiple Births
     
  • Wed., 23 – Call for Review
     
  • Tue., 22 – Between a Wreck and a Hard Place.
     
  • Tue., 22 – The First Address
     
  • Mon., 21 – Hemorrhaging Faith
     
  • Fri., 18 – Preserving The Yacht Club
     
  • Thu., 17 – The Trouble with Transferable Credits
     
  • Tue., 15 – ECMA Noms
     
  • Mon., 14 – Skeete Sentencing
     
  • Fri., 11 – Remembering Peter Jack and Joseph Peter MacLean
     
  • Wed., 9 – Yacht Club Sale Questioned
     
  • Tue., 8 – Virtual Drop-in Center
     
  • Mon., 7 – Les Miserables Casting
     
  • Fri., 4 – History of the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club.
     
  • Thu., 3 – ECBC buying Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club
     
  • Wed., 2 – Municipal Issues
     
  • Wed., 2 – Idle No More
     
  • Wed., 2 – Call for Submissions!
     
• December 2012
  • Fri., 21 – Light Up A Life - 2012 Skating Party
     
  • Wed., 19 – St. Anthony Daniels Senior Parish Choir
     
  • Tue., 18 – Hear Me Out
     
  • Mon., 17 – Murder Arrests
     
  • Fri., 14 – Salvation Army Efforts
     
  • Thu., 13 – CBU Pet Therapy
     
  • Wed., 12 – Bowater Mersey Pension Fund
     
  • Tue., 11 – Best Christmas Gingerbread
     
  • Mon., 10 – Harbourside Elementary School - Kiwanis Kids
     
  • Thu., 6 – Disabled Housing Shortage
     
  • Wed., 5 – State of the Province
     
  • Tue., 4 – Amish Family Christmas
     
  • Mon., 3 – Aviva Community Fund
     
• November 2012
  • Fri., 30 – Lower Churchill Loan Agreement
     
  • Wed., 28 – the Robert J. Morgan Grant
     
  • Tue., 27 – Feed Nova Scotia
     
  • Tue., 27 – Broughton: A Return to Cape Breton's Ghost Town
     
  • Mon., 26 – Shaping Our Future in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality
     
  • Fri., 23 – The Hunger Count
     
  • Fri., 23 – The Hunger Count
     
  • Wed., 21 – CBRM Bravery Award
     
  • Mon., 19 – Cruel and Unusual
     
  • Thu., 15 – TeleFilm's Success Index
     
  • Wed., 14 – This ship has sailed.......again.
     
  • Fri., 9 – Steel Chef Cape Breton
     
  • Thu., 8 – Women In The Church
     
  • Wed., 7 – Another Stop Work Order
     
  • Tue., 6 – SPCA Resignation
     
  • Mon., 5 – Unsolved Murders - Reward Offered
     
  • Fri., 2 – Remembering Dave Harley
     
  • Thu., 1 – Farming Software
     
  • Thu., 1 – International Baccalaureate program update.
     
• October 2012
  • Tue., 30 – Health Spending
     
  • Mon., 29 – Detox Changes
     
  • Mon., 29 – Heart Healthy Kids
     
  • Fri., 26 – Jason Kenny Reaction
     
  • Thu., 25 – Stolen Goods Seizures
     
  • Wed., 24 – Long Shots
     
  • Tue., 23 – M.V. Miner Update
     
  • Mon., 22 – CBRM's New Councillor
     
  • Fri., 19 – A Bumper Crop for Pumpkins!
     
  • Thu., 18 – The Exit Interview
     
  • Thu., 18 – Warm Water Deaths
     
  • Thu., 18 – Cape Breton Walk-in Clinic - Expanding Services
     
  • Wed., 17 – The Exit Interview
     
  • Tue., 16 – The Exit Interview
     
  • Mon., 15 – The Exit Interview
     
  • Mon., 15 – No EI for Family Members
     
  • Fri., 12 – Road Trip!
     
  • Thu., 11 – On Location - Coxheath Hills
     
  • Fri., 5 – Trapper Boy
     
  • Mon., 1 – Natalie MacMaster Remembers
     
• September 2012
  • Wed., 26 – Glenn Jessome Interview
     
  • Thu., 20 – On Location - Cabot Links
     
  • Tue., 18 – Sydney Port Development
     
  • Mon., 17 – Richmond Tax Decision
     
  • Fri., 14 – "..it's supposed to look like that."
     
  • Fri., 14 – Canso Causeway Protest
     
  • Wed., 12 – Pepper Spray Attack
     
  • Tue., 11 – Kin
     
  • Mon., 10 – NewPage is Hiring
     
  • Fri., 7 – Withdrawing from the Race
     
  • Thu., 6 – CBRM Mayoral Candidate
     
  • Wed., 5 – Youth Speaks Up
     
  • Tue., 4 – Funding Worries
     
• August 2012
  • Fri., 31 – Guilty
     
  • Thu., 30 – "..the right thing to do."
     
  • Wed., 29 – Kindermusik
     
  • Wed., 29 – Where's the Red Shoe?
     
  • Wed., 29 – CBRM Mayoral Candidate
     
  • Mon., 27 – Talbot House Changes
     
  • Mon., 27 – Talbot House Reaction
     
  • Fri., 24 – Talbot House - Public Forum
     
  • Thu., 23 – E-Cigarettes
     
  • Thu., 23 – Glowing Plankton
     
  • Tue., 21 – YMCA Sydney
     
  • Mon., 20 – Mobile Care New Waterford
     
  • Fri., 17 – Calling It A Day.
     
  • Thu., 16 – New Page Deal
     
  • Tue., 14 – Wake-Up Call Breakfast
     
  • Fri., 10 – J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport Improvements
     
  • Wed., 8 – Junebugs Baby!
     
  • Wed., 8 – MV Miner Removal
     
  • Tue., 7 – A Better Methadone Program?
     
  • Fri., 3 – Cape Breton Modern Drummer
     
  • Thu., 2 – Nova Scotia Tourism Strategy
     
  • Wed., 1 – Land Trust Donation
     
• July 2012
  • Tue., 31 – 70 George Street
     
  • Thu., 26 – Take Back The Night
     
  • Wed., 25 – 2012 Wine Spectator Award
     
  • Wed., 25 – Road Repair Request
     
  • Tue., 24 – Remembering Carol Kennedy
     
  • Fri., 20 – Calling it Quits
     
  • Thu., 19 – Residential Addictions Treatment CB?
     
  • Wed., 18 – the 'Lone Star State' Container Terminal
     
  • Mon., 16 – Nova Scotia wins Jazz jobs.
     
  • Fri., 13 – MV Miner - Departure
     
  • Fri., 13 – Muskrat Falls - Escalating Costs
     
  • Wed., 11 – Blueberry Honey Coconut Cups
     
  • Wed., 11 – The Paleo Diet
     
  • Mon., 9 – CBU - Refreshed Vision
     
  • Fri., 6 – MV Miner - Salvage Project
     
  • Thu., 5 – Government Jobs and Rural Communities
     
• June 2012
  • Thu., 28 – Fenwick MacIntosh victim
     
  • Thu., 28 – Cape Ann III Songwriting Contest
     
  • Thu., 21 – Disband the School Board
     
  • Tue., 19 – The Archbishop's New Home
     
  • Tue., 19 – Big Pond Beach: SOLD
     
  • Tue., 19 – The Beautiful Game
     
  • Fri., 15 – 2012 Canada 55+ Games
     
  • Thu., 14 – International Baccalaureate program reversed.
     
  • Wed., 13 – International Baccalaureate Program Review
     
  • Tue., 12 – Talbot House tender
     
  • Mon., 11 – Labour Movement in North America
     
  • Fri., 8 – Remembering Dave McKeough
     
  • Thu., 7 – Academy's International Baccalaureate Program
     
  • Wed., 6 – Academy's International Baccalaureate program
     
  • Wed., 6 – Academy's International Baccalaureate Students
     
  • Tue., 5 – Talbot House Supporter
     
  • Mon., 4 – Potential Greenfield Legal Action
     
  • Fri., 1 – Nova Scotia's electoral map
     
• May 2012
  • Wed., 30 – Auditor General's Report
     
  • Tue., 29 – Department of Fisheries Closures
     
  • Mon., 28 – CBCEDA Connector Program
     
  • Fri., 25 – From the murky depths it comes.
     
  • Thu., 24 – Eskasoni's Frist Female MD
     
  • Wed., 23 – CB Regional Victoria School Board Budget Cuts
     
  • Tue., 22 – ACOA cuts regional development funding
     
  • Fri., 18 – Drugstore Break-In
     
  • Thu., 17 – The Exit Interview
     
  • Thu., 17 – G20 Review
     
  • Wed., 16 – Greenfield Purchase
     
  • Wed., 16 – Membertou TCC - Fine Food Show
     
  • Tue., 15 – Concerns over Nova Scotia Power
     
  • Mon., 14 – Highschool football in CBRM.
     
  • Fri., 11 – Anti-Identity Phobia Day
     
  • Thu., 10 – I've Got A Crush On You
     
  • Wed., 9 – Westray Draggermen
     
  • Tue., 8 – Michique at Cannes
     
  • Tue., 8 – Human Smuggling Exercises
     
  • Mon., 7 – Music Monday 2012
     
  • Fri., 4 – Preaching Political Engagement
     
  • Thu., 3 – Loaves & Fishes
     
  • Tue., 1 – Loaves and Questions
     
• April 2012
  • Fri., 27 – Xstrata wants out.
     
  • Thu., 26 – Talbot House - Call for Resignation
     
  • Wed., 25 – Dancing Through History
     
  • Tue., 24 – Education Reform
     
  • Fri., 20 – St. Michael's Boys Choir
     
  • Thu., 19 – Next Big Thing Gets Bigger
     
  • Wed., 18 – Brakin' Tradition Reunion
     
  • Mon., 16 – Talbot House opposes report.
     
  • Fri., 13 – ECMA 2012
     
  • Wed., 11 – Cuts to Nova Scotia Libraries.
     
  • Tue., 10 – Why Men Lie
     
  • Wed., 4 – On Location - Canadian Blood Services
     
  • Mon., 2 – 1940's Championship Hockey
     
• March 2012
  • Fri., 30 – Provincial Decentralization
     
  • Wed., 28 – Reaching Out To Rwanda
     
  • Tue., 27 – The Language of This Land, Mi'kma'ki
     
  • Mon., 26 – St. Mary's Reprieve
     
  • Fri., 23 – Sydneys Artifical Reefs
     
  • Wed., 21 – Sense of Place
     
  • Mon., 19 – Trestle Traditions
     
  • Mon., 19 – Piano Accompaniment
     
  • Sat., 17 – Sydney Steel Museum Society
     
  • Thu., 15 – Violence Against Women
     
  • Thu., 15 – University Security Protocol
     
  • Wed., 14 – Community Services
     
  • Wed., 14 – Canadian Centre for Child Protection
     
  • Tue., 13 – The Hunger Games Panel
     
  • Thu., 8 – Tablot House closed.
     
  • Tue., 6 – Cape Breton Regional Council
     
  • Mon., 5 – Job Training Announcement
     
  • Thu., 1 – First Nations Song Writing Sessions
     
• February 2012
  • Wed., 29 – Coastalbraid.com
     
  • Tue., 28 – Ma's Meals
     
  • Mon., 27 – Miner's Manor resignation
     
  • Fri., 24 – Job Bank isn't working
     
  • Thu., 23 – Xstrata coal by barge.
     
  • Wed., 22 – High School Robbery
     
  • Tue., 21 – Oxycontin out, OxyNEO in......for some.
     
  • Mon., 20 – Transportation Trades 11 - automotive training
     
  • Fri., 17 – Braemore Home's incoming CEO
     
  • Thu., 16 – Talbot House Incident
     
  • Wed., 15 – Dominion Beach Renewal
     
  • Mon., 13 – Courting the convention crowd
     
  • Mon., 13 – International Ports Tour
     
  • Thu., 9 – Robin's Demolition
     
  • Tue., 7 – 30 years later: Point Tupper Blast
     
  • Tue., 7 – The New SPCA - Renovations
     
  • Mon., 6 – The Kids and Learning First Plan
     
  • Mon., 6 – Mnohaya lita!
     
  • Wed., 1 – Live from the Flamingo
     
• January 2012
  • Tue., 31 – Tribute to the Carpenters
     
  • Fri., 27 – Canada's Country Gentleman
    Tommy Hunter
     
  • Thu., 26 – BrainScreen
    Scott Knight, executive director of BrainScreen
     
  • Thu., 26 – Canadian Coast Guard 50th Anniversary
    Executive Director: Captain Lise Marchand
     
  • Thu., 26 – Provincal Energy Ventures
     
  • Thu., 26 – Inverness Operating Room
    Nova Scotia's Health Minister Maureen MacDonald
     
  • Wed., 25 – CBC LIVE: The Haggis Taste Test
     
  • Wed., 25 – WITS
    RCMP Constable Andre Sparkes
     
  • Mon., 23 – Job Cuts - Centre for Policy Alternatives
    Senior Economist David MacDonald
     
  • Fri., 20 – The town of Canso will cease to be
    Troy Greencorn
     
  • Thu., 19 – The New SPCA
    Nova Scotia SPCA executive director, Kristin Williams
     
  • Wed., 18 – Federation for Scottish Culture
    Tom Wallace
     
  • Wed., 18 – There's coal in them thar waves!
    Dr. John Harker
     
  • Tue., 17 – Possible Church Closures.
    John MacEachern and Father Donald MacGillivray
     
  • Tue., 17 – Intelligence officer accused of passing secrets
    Debrief by Steve Puddicomb
     
  • Fri., 13 – As you've been hearing in the news...
    Andrew Feldstein, expert in Family Law
     
  • Thu., 12 – Marine Atlantic Fare Hike
    Marine Atlantic's Vice President of Customer Experience, Don Barnes
     
  • Wed., 11 – Paws Pause for the Cause
    Jenn MacNeil: Volunteer at PAWS Mart
     
  • Tue., 10 – JobsHere program lacks targets.
    Liberal MLA Geoff MacLellan
     
  • Mon., 9 – The Detroit auto show........
    Phil Edmonston
     
  • Mon., 9 – ACAP's Big Year
    Executive director Susan King and Education manager Hannah MacDonald
     
  • Fri., 6 – RCMP settle lawsuit in Simon shooting
    Brian Arbuthnot, director of operations with the Wagmatcook Band Council.
     
  • Thu., 5 – CBU = (annual operating grant - 3.1%)
    Dr. John Harker, President and Vice-chancellor, Cape Breton University
    and Chair, Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents (CONSUP)
     
  • Wed., 4 – Bishop Lahey gets time served for child porn.
    Brian Dubreuil
     
  • Tue., 3 – Emera Utility Services calls temporary lay off.
    Sasha Irving, Director, Corporate Communications, Emera Inc.
     
  • Sun., 1 – Your Health with Dr. Brian Goldman
     
  • Sun., 1 – Technology with Anshuman Iddamsetty
     
• December 2011
  • Fri., 30 – Big changes at Sydney's Loaves and Fishes
    Executive Director Adrienne Cogswell
     
  • Thu., 29 – Accreditation
    John Malcom, CEO for the Cape Breton District Health Authority
     
  • Thu., 22 – Never let him go
    Sam Moon
     
  • Tue., 20 – Community group's appeal dismissed
    MEA Co-Chair, Neal Livingston and Environment Minister, Sterling Belliveau
     
  • Fri., 16 – The WeirdBeard Puppet Troupe
    Joannie Cunningham
     
  • Fri., 16 – The Gaelic College responds
     
  • Thu., 15 – Doormen rescue elderly woman.
    Kareem Foster, Michael Postlewaite and Charles Brockett
     
  • Thu., 15 – Our nation's worst driver, drives in Cape Breton
    Shirley Sampson
     
  • Wed., 14 – The dancers response
    Highland Dance Instructor, Kelly MacArthur
     
  • Wed., 14 – Cape Breton business man asks for skating oval
    Owen Fitzgerald
     
  • Wed., 14 – Provincial bailout for NSCAD
    Reporter, Jennifer Henderson
     
  • Tue., 13 – Feeding Feed Nova Scotia
    Dianne Swinemar
     
  • Tue., 13 – The pipers debate
    Maureen Carrol
     
  • Mon., 12 – The first Christmas . . . Tour
    Matt Minglewood
     
  • Fri., 9 – Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh cleared of all charges
    Joan Weeks
     
  • Thu., 8 – The birth of Feed Nova Scotia
    Dianne Swinemar
     
  • Thu., 8 – A journey to food banking
    Dianne Swinemar
     
  • Thu., 8 – Surprise! It's Dave Gunning!
     
  • Thu., 8 – A celebration of women
    Kelly McNenly, Kay MacKinnon and Hazel Latimer
     
  • Wed., 7 – Developing a strategy for safe teen dances
    Chief Peter MacIsaac
     
  • Tue., 6 – Sext Education
    CB Centre for Sexual Health, Executive Director, Cathy Penney
     
  • Mon., 5 – Sexting Students
    CBRP Chief, Peter MacIsaac
     
  • Fri., 2 – Optimistic about New Page sale
    RBC analyst, Paul Quinn
     
  • Thu., 1 – Sydney animal shelter is not going anywhere
    Danny Ellis and Leo MacIsaac
     
• November 2011
  • Wed., 30 – Social networking for musicians
    Charlie A'Court and Rose Cousins
     
  • Tue., 29 – Wine on a budget
    Natalie MacLean
     
  • Tue., 29 – An olive branch for the SPCA?
    SPCA provinicial executive director, Kristin Williams
     
  • Mon., 28 – LIVE IN STUDIO
    David Francey
     
  • Thu., 24 – Protest songs of Cape Breton Isle
     
  • Wed., 23 – Provincial SPCA plans legal action
     
  • Tue., 22 – The SPCA standoff
     
  • Mon., 21 – The welfare of Cape Breton's children
     
  • Mon., 21 – Nova Scotia SPCA executive director, Kristin Williams
     
  • Fri., 18 – SPCA shelter audit
     
  • Thu., 17 – The magical world of silversmithing
     
  • Wed., 16 – M/V Miner discussed in Ottawa
     
  • Wed., 16 – Doc Walker brings 16 & 1 to Glace Bay
     
  • Tue., 15 – Be cool, don't do drugs at school
     
  • Tue., 15 – They've occupied our minds
     
  • Mon., 14 – The Golden K, Sydney's ambassadors
     
  • Wed., 2 – Smokes and Mirrors
    RCMP Inspecrtor John Ryan
     
  • Wed., 2 – Jim Charters.....effective immediately.
    John Ryan - CBU's director of athletics
     
• October 2011
  • Mon., 31 – It was a dark and stormy night....
    David Rhodenizer
     
  • Fri., 28 – Red Brick Row
    Marcia Smith
     
  • Thu., 27 – Halloween Fire Safety
    Fire Service Instructor Stephen MacVicar
     
  • Tue., 25 – What we found.
     
  • Mon., 24 – Boat Rescue
    Chief Lenny Barrington - New Waterford Fire Department
     
  • Fri., 21 – On the Road Again
    Don Shebib
     
  • Fri., 21 – Cape Breton's Worst Driver
    Shirley Sampson
    Nominated by daughter, Janis
     
  • Wed., 19 – Sydney Harbour Silt Plume
     
  • Tue., 18 – Braemore's licencing
    Community Services Minister Denise Peterson-Rafuse
     
  • Mon., 17 – Cape Breton District Health Authority Budget Cuts
    CEO John Malcolm
     
  • Fri., 14 –
     
  • Fri., 14 – Rachel Davis & Buddy MacDonald
    Cape Breton
     
  • Fri., 14 – Celtic Colours 2011 - Ashley MacIsaac
    Knox Presbyterian Church
     
  • Thu., 13 – Crowdis Bridge
    Cape Breton
     
  • Thu., 13 – Cabot Gypsum
    Reg MacLeod
     
  • Wed., 12 – the Alan Kelly Gang
    Ireland
     
  • Wed., 12 – What to do with all that zucchini....
    Sandra MacPherson
     
  • Tue., 11 – CBRM Crime Stats
    Chief Peter MacIsaac and Deputy Chief Lloyd MacCormack
     
  • Tue., 11 – April Verch Trio
    Ontario
     
  • Mon., 10 –
     
  • Mon., 10 – Blazin' Fiddles
    Scotland
     
  • Wed., 5 – Ingonish Grief Councling
    Debbie MacIsaac
     
  • Tue., 4 – A New Appointment for Cecil Clarke
    CBRM Council
     
  • Mon., 3 – Harbour Dredging Begins
    manager of dredging operation for Sydney Ports Corporation: Jim Wooder
     
  • Sat., 1 – CBC Cape Breton 75th Anniversary Open House
     
• September 2011
  • Fri., 30 – Council Meeting
    Nova Scotia Premiere Darrell Dexter
     
  • Mon., 26 – Sydney Harbour Relocation Project
    Bruce Hatcher
     
  • Fri., 23 – Paying Unsecured Creditors.
    Danny Ellis
     
  • Thu., 22 – Dance-4-Lindsay
    Richard Young & Dawn MacDonald
     
  • Wed., 21 – Frailty
    Dr Greg Hirsch
     
  • Tue., 20 – The Exit Interview
    Russ White
     
  • Mon., 19 – Catch and Release
    Melanie Sampson: Sydney Harbour Fishermen's Association
     
  • Fri., 16 – Not Running Anymore
    Kim Desveaux - CBRM councillor for District 6
     
  • Thu., 15 – The latest for New Page
    Premier Darrell Dexter
     
  • Tue., 13 – Dave Wilson Pleads Guilty
    Brian DuBreuil
     
  • Mon., 12 – Greek Default
    Craig Alexander
     
  • Fri., 9 – Keeping forestry workers employed
    Premiere Darrell Dexter
     
  • Thu., 8 – Cape Breton Film Production
    Claude Nearing
     
  • Wed., 7 – New Page -vs- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
    Joan Weeks
     
  • Wed., 7 – The Antagonist
    Lynn Coady
     
  • Wed., 7 – Power Rates in Nova Scotia
    Leader of the PC Party of NS, Jamie Baillie
     
  • Fri., 2 – Lexon Communications
    Co-owner of Lexon, Earl Johnston
     
  • Thu., 1 – Live in Studio
    Carleton Stone
     
• August 2011
  • Wed., 31 – Remembering Bob Muir
    Ron MacDonald & Cecil Clarke
     
  • Tue., 30 – Uncle Sam Wants You!
    Terry Ritchie
     
  • Mon., 29 – Are you recieving?
    Stephen Guiton; Vice President and Cheif Regulatory Officer of the CBC
     
  • Fri., 26 – Ringside World Championships
    Brad Ross & trainer Rudy Putchie
     
  • Thu., 25 – Michael Anthony's
    Lucy MacNeil & Susan MacLean
     
  • Wed., 24 – Right Some Good
    Alvin Leung - The Demon Chef
     
  • Tue., 23 – Bob MacEachern
    101.5 The Hawk: New Page Reaction
     
  • Tue., 16 – Nick Beaton
    the Comedian
     
• April 2011
  • Tue., 19 –
     
• March 2011
  • Fri., 25 – Road Trip - Port Morien
     
• December 2010
  • Mon., 20 –
     
• November 2010
  • Mon., 22 –