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Mainstreet NS - Suspicious Packages in HalifaxMay 24, 2013 | 6:46Mainstreet NS Suspicious Packages in Halifax Audio
Mainstreet NS Suspicious Packages in Halifax May 24, 2013 | 6:46Constable Pierre Bourdages of the Halifax Regional Police gives us his take on what seems to be a preponderance of suspicious packages in town lately.
Mainstreet NS - Mall Denies Buggy to Child with AutismMay 24, 2013 | 9:31Mainstreet NS Mall Denies Buggy to Child with Autism Audio
Mainstreet NS Mall Denies Buggy to Child with Autism May 24, 2013 | 9:31The parent of a six-year-old boy with autism who often bolts in public is unhappy with the way her family was treated on a recent trip to the Halifax Shopping Centre.
Mainstreet NS - Not ChurchMay 24, 2013 | 7:40Mainstreet NS Not Church Audio
Mainstreet NS Not Church May 24, 2013 | 7:40Producer Alex Mason finds out what appeals to a group of people in Dartmouth about a religious gathering that's decidedly Not Church.
Mainstreet NS - Charlie Parker on the NDP's energy platformMay 23, 2013 | 16:38Mainstreet NS Charlie Parker on the NDP's energy platform Audio
Mainstreet NS Charlie Parker on the NDP's energy platform May 23, 2013 | 16:38Charlie Parker is Nova Scotia's Minister of Energy.
Mainstreet NS - The thrill of a Mill Village worm raceMay 23, 2013 | 10:52Mainstreet NS The thrill of a Mill Village worm race Audio
Mainstreet NS The thrill of a Mill Village worm race May 23, 2013 | 10:52From our archives, Alex Mason reports from the 34th annual worm race at Mill Village Consolidated School on the south shore.
Mainstreet NS - Kids at Basinview Drive School make CDMay 23, 2013 | 15:41Mainstreet NS Kids at Basinview Drive School make CD Audio
Mainstreet NS Kids at Basinview Drive School make CD May 23, 2013 | 15:41Katy Parsons talks to elementary students about what it was like working with Hawksley Workman, Joel Plaskett, David Myles, Meaghan Smith, and others.
Mainstreet NS - Andrew Younger on the Liberal energy platformMay 22, 2013 | 16:02Mainstreet NS Andrew Younger on the Liberal energy platform Audio
Mainstreet NS Andrew Younger on the Liberal energy platform May 22, 2013 | 16:02Andrew Younger is the Liberal energy critic in the Nova Scotia Legislature.
Mainstreet NS - What to do with the Senate...May 22, 2013 | 15:39Mainstreet NS What to do with the Senate... Audio
Mainstreet NS What to do with the Senate... May 22, 2013 | 15:39Stephanie talks Senate reform with NDP MP Peter Stoffer, Liberal MP Geoff Regan, and Conservative MP Eve Adams.
Mainstreet NS - A poet, a pastor, and a philosopher on lossMay 22, 2013 | 11:56Mainstreet NS A poet, a pastor, and a philosopher on loss Audio
Mainstreet NS A poet, a pastor, and a philosopher on loss May 22, 2013 | 11:56Stephanie talks about the disaster in Oklahoma with Roy Ellis, Sue Goyette and Bill Wood.
Mainstreet NS - Classical composers with checkered pastsMay 22, 2013 | 9:50Mainstreet NS Classical composers with checkered pasts Audio
Mainstreet NS Classical composers with checkered pasts May 22, 2013 | 9:50Max Kasper reveals the skeletons in classical composers' closets in a series of library concerts by Symphony Nova Scotia.
Mainstreet NS - Jamie Baillie on the PC energy platformMay 21, 2013 | 15:36Mainstreet NS Jamie Baillie on the PC energy platform Audio
Mainstreet NS Jamie Baillie on the PC energy platform May 21, 2013 | 15:36While we wait for the Maritime Link hearings to begin... the first in a series of conversations with the three main political parties in NS on their plans for energy policy.
Mainstreet NS - Do your jeans have a "pantina"?May 21, 2013 | 7:35Mainstreet NS Do your jeans have a "pantina"? Audio
Mainstreet NS Do your jeans have a "pantina"? May 21, 2013 | 7:35Mainstreet's Alex Mason talks to his brother-in-law Tony Benattar about why Tony didn't wash his jeans for months on end.
Mainstreet NS - Skydiving accident survivor walks marathonMay 17, 2013 | 8:34Mainstreet NS Skydiving accident survivor walks marathon Audio
Mainstreet NS Skydiving accident survivor walks marathon May 17, 2013 | 8:34In 1997, Carol Murray-Rodriguez's parachute malfunctioned while she was skydiving. She fell almost one thousand meters at a speed of 90 kilometres an hour. Carol survived and this year she is walking the Blue Nose Marathon. Hear her inspiring story.
Mainstreet NS - Chalkmaster DaveMay 17, 2013 | 9:39Mainstreet NS Chalkmaster Dave Audio
Mainstreet NS Chalkmaster Dave May 17, 2013 | 9:39Chalk artist Dave Johnson is on an operation to chalk the nation. He's kicking off a 'chalkumentary' project here in Halifax to document what it's like to see the country from its sidewalks.
Mainstreet NS - City Slickers Take KejiMay 17, 2013 | 8:44Mainstreet NS City Slickers Take Keji Audio
Mainstreet NS City Slickers Take Keji May 17, 2013 | 8:44A couple from the city is following their dream of opening a small business. And they've moved way out of town to do it.

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