Maritime Magazine with Pauline Dakin
Monday February 6, 2012
The Chicken War
Posted by Christina Harnett
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.
Friday January 27, 2012
Mind the Gap - Teachers Edition
Posted by Christina Harnett
In our on-going series about education, two veteran teachers talk about the challenges they face, and what they think would make the system better.
Categories: Mind The Gap
Monday January 23, 2012
Finding His Voice
Posted by Christina Harnett
This week on Maritime Magazine a profile of Clyde Wray, a published poet, theatre director and the voice of a popular nighttime radio show in Saint John.
His story goes from an artistic household in New York, to Vietnam, to being homeless on the streets of America.
In the end it was art that saved him....and it's his incredible voice that leaves such an impression on the people in his adopted community.
Listen here
Friday January 6, 2012
Phoenix Rising Part Two
Posted by Christina Harnett
Pauline brings us part two of her documentary... Phoenix Rising.
We re-join a Halifax choir - which includes kids who've lived on the streets - as they get ready for a crucial performance.
It's their first home-town show!
Listen Here
Friday December 16, 2011
Phoenix Rising
Posted by Christina Harnett
This week on Maritime Magazine, host Pauline Dakin brings us a story about the power of music to transform lives.
The Phoenix Community choir is made up of kids who've spent time on the streets, along with volunteers and people who work with them.
This past fall, the choir hooked up with another group at Bishop's University in Quebec to play a series of extraordinary shows.
Here is part one of our documentary (part two will air in the New Year)
Tuesday November 29, 2011
The Colored Home
Posted by Christina Harnett
Opened in 1921, for many years the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children was the only orphanage in the province that would accept black children.
In fact children from across the region were sent there.
While the Home is a symbol of refuge and community spirit for many people, it's also the target of controversy.
Several dozen people have come forward to say they were abused and neglected by former staff and residents.
The claims have been slowly making their way through the court system for almost a decade.
Our story this week comes from freelance reporter, Bethany Horne.
Friday November 4, 2011
Ground Support
Posted by Christina Harnett
Soon the veterans of Canada's Armed Forces will once again gather at public squares and cenotaphs to mark Remembrance Day.
But not all of them will go home when the ceremonies are over.
Many of them don't have a home.
The CBC's Shaina Luck brings us a documentary about how some former veterans are trying to help their brothers-in-arms.
Jim Lowther, president of V.E.T.S. Canada. Photo: CBC News
Jim Lowther speaking with a homeless veteran. Photo: CBC News
Tuesday November 1, 2011
The Supers
Posted by Christina Harnett
This season on Maritime Magazine, we are focusing on issues in education and the public school system.
Recently we had a chance to speak with three school board superintendents, to ask them to respond to parent concerns.
We would also like to hear your questions or comments on what they had to say, and what you think about the state of public education in the Maritimes.
Categories: Mind The Gap
Monday October 24, 2011
Love for Gambia
Posted by Christina Harnett
In this episode we run along with Erin Poirer as she crosses the country of Gambia in West Africa.
Born on PEI, Erin usually works as a nurse at a high school in Halifax.
But this past summer she combined her love of running with her passion for Africa...she ran more than 400 kilometres and raised more than $34,000 for a charity that does development work in the Gambia.
She took a tape recorder along to record her impressions, and the stories of the people she met.
Thursday October 20, 2011
Two Planks, Twenty Years and Three Acts
Posted by Christina Harnett
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Nova Scotia's Two Planks and a Passion Theatre.
For most of that time, audiences and theatre professionals have been making the trek to a gorgeous, but remote spot on the North Mountain, in King's County.
That's where Two Planks' founders - and married couple - Chris O'Neil and Ken Schwartz have their Ross Creek Centre for the Arts.
The CBC's Carmen Klassen visited them there.
Maritime Magazine tells stories about issues and people throughout the region. We present documentaries prepared by Maritime journalists that take a thoughtful approach to the changes going on in our region. We talk about the things that pull us together as a region - and sometimes tear us apart!
