Maritime Magazine with Pauline Dakin

Brian Stewart is a well-known, and long-time correspondant for CBC News.

He was the first to bring us the story of famine in Ethiopia in the nineteen eighties, something that changed broadcasting and humanitanian work forever.

Brian also covered the Falklands War among other conflicts, he told us stories from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East - and Margaret Thatcher's England.

During all that he felt his job was always to show how human beings not only fall prey to evil, but how they rise above it.

Brian was in Halifax to speak at the fortieth anniversary gala for the Atlantic School of Theology.

The Atlantic School of Theology was actually born during a time of dramatic change in the way people worship.

That was four decades ago, and the school, which is unique in the world, is celebrating its anniversary this week.

Margaret Sager is the chair of the board of govenors at AST.

His talks on YouTube have been viewed by millions of people in more than 150 countries.

He's considered one of the world's most influential thinkers on innovation and creativity...and he's even been knighted.

Sir Ken Robinson believes the public school system, with its reliance on standardized testing and narrow curricula, is stripping children of their natural creativity.

He was in Halifax recently and he sat down for a chat with Pauline.

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With music available a million different ways, on dozens of devices, the House Concert is a throwback to an older - very old - model of entertainment.

Music lovers throw open their doors to friends and strangers...all paying customers....and the artist performs in their living room.

It's an idea that's taken hold in the Maritimes and across Canada, and Shelley Thompson brings us a behind the scenes look at the pros and cons of house concerts.

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Teachers at Moncton High were noticing a disturbing trend among their students.
They seemed tired, anxious and disconnected with their community.
So the teachers decided to do something about it, to try and get their students back.
The CBC's Vanessa Blanch put together our documentary.

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When Dr F Clarke Fraser began his medical career, genetics were something you only studied in fruit flies and mice.

The young scientist from Nova Scotia was the first in Canada to bring human medicine and genetics together.

He was also the first to begin counselling families about genetic risks for birth defects.

Now retired at 91, Dr Fraser was recently inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, along with Terry Fox and several other medical luminaries.

Pauline went to visit Dr Fraser at his home in Bear River, near Digby.

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Jewish communities across the region have been shrinking over the last few decades.

It's especially true in Saint John, a city with a long, proud history of Jewish life.

Now the community is looking to an unlikely source for new members...Israel itself.

Freelancer Lorne Daltrop has the story.

(All the music in this story is courtesy of Roman Kekhman.)

It's the not the kind of story that usually makes headlines.

A group of young people in Atlantic Canada in friendly competition for a leadership award.

But one of those young people was Kandace Hagen, a staunch pro-choice activist who pledged to use her award to help more Prince Edward Island women get access to abortions.

PEI is the only Canadian province that does not perform abortions...women have to go off-Island to either Halifax or Frederiction.

A member of the Island's Right to Life association urged people to vote against Hagen, and instead vote for her nearest competitor, who is from New Brunswick.

Here is Ann Marie Thomlins...

Here is an interview with Ann Marie Thomlins.

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Kandace Hagen and Dr Colleen McQuarrie

It's probably won't surprise you to hear there are bullies in the work-place.

What IS surprising are the types of people workplace bullies typically target.

And it may actually shock you to hear how prevalent, costly and dangerous the problem can be.

The CBC's Jerry West speaks to people who have been bullied, people who admit to being a bully, and people who study the phenomenon, and it's effects.

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People who've recovered from cancer know many things are lost to the disease which can never be returned.

This week on Maritime Magazine, meet some people who say sex ISN'T one of them.

The CBC's Julia Cook introduces us to two people, both of them cancer survivors, who talk openly about the road back to intimacy.

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St. Francois New Brunswick used to be a happy community.

Now friends and neighbours, even family members, have stopped speaking to each other.

The CBC's Jacques Poitras tells us how a dispute over chickens is threatening to tear a town apart.

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