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with Ted Blades
Bobble-head Ted
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Friday February 10, 2012
Family Reaction
We hear an email written by Burton's parents and go to a rally at Confederation Building organized by Stephanie Frost, Burton Winters' aunt.
Friday February 10, 2012
Makkovik Reaction
Reaction from listeners, Merv Wiseman, the union spokesman for the workers at the Maritime Rescue Sub Centre in St. John's, and NDP MP Jack Harris to what DND and the RCMP had to say about their part in the search for 14-year old Burton Winters of Makkovik.
Friday February 10, 2012
Rose Blanche - Harbour Le Cou
Stats Canada says the population of Rose Blanche - Harbour Le Cou has dropped from 547 in 2006 to 118 in 2011. Ted speaks with the town clerk who says Stats Can is wron
Wednesday February 8, 2012
A Review into the Response to the Disappearance of Burton Winters
Excerpts of a news conference held by the Department of National Defence and RCMP on the findings of a review into the response to the disappearance of 14-year old Burton Winters of Makkovik.
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Wednesday February 8, 2012
Remembering James Chalker
Ted speaks with local lawyer Jim Thistle about his friend, colleague and mentor, James Chalker, a St. John’s lawyer who died this week.
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Wednesday February 8, 2012
85 year old Papergirl Eileen Hynes
Gavin Simms accompanies 85-year old Eileen Hynes on her paper route.
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Tuesday February 7, 2012
Jack Harris calls for a Full Investigation into Search and Rescue Response
Ted speaks with Jack Harris the NDP MP for St. John’s East, who wants a full investigation into when a Canadian Forces search and rescue team was deployed in the search for Burton Winters the 14-year old from Makkovik who froze to death last week.
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Tuesday February 7, 2012
Pictures of the Mill Baskets
Here are the mill baskets Nicole Penney is studying:
Ted speaks with Nicole Penney about the baskets men who worked at the mills in Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, and Stephenville used to carry their lunch to work in.
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Monday February 6, 2012
Your Thoughts on Sidewalk Clearing
Gavin Simms takes to the snow covered sidewalks of St. John’s to talk to pedestrians about what they thought of the City’s efforts at sidewalk clearing.
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Monday February 6, 2012
Email Scam
Ted received an email from “Gavin Will” asking, in broken English, for a great deal of money. So Ted, knowing it was a scam, called the real Gavin Will in St. John’s .
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