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The Next Chapter | May 20, 2013
Shelagh sits down with actor Graham Greene and finds out what books he has loaded onto his e-reader.
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Quirks and Quarks | May 18, 2013
Longhorn beetles survive -40C by making their own internal antifreeze.
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The House | May 18, 2013
This week on The House, with Senators Wallin and Duffy out of the Conservative caucus, we get reaction from NDP Ethics Critic Charlie Angus. We also hear from Senator Patrick Brazeau. And we speak with B.C. Premier Christy Clark after her stunning victory
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Writers and Company | May 19, 2013
Irish writer Colm Toibin was this year's grand prize winner at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival in Montreal. His latest, “The Testament of Mary” takes place twenty years after Jesus’s death.
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In the Field | May 19, 2013
A young Mom tell her story of surviving the sinking of the Queen of the North. Exploring the personalities behind musicial keys. A profile of D-flat major. And two transgendered youth from UPEI talk about gender identity and how the world treats them.
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May 13, 2013 | 5:39Information Morning - Cape Breton Hockey NS Bans Body Checking AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Hockey NS Bans Body Checking May 13, 2013 | 5:39The medical evidence against body checking in hockey scored a big win the weekend -- Hockey Nova Scotia voted to ban body checking at the pee-wee level. Darren Cossar, the Executive Director of Hockey Nova Scotia, explains the decision. (runs 5:39 May
May 13, 2013 | 9:38Information Morning - Cape Breton Hemochromatosis - What Is It? AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Hemochromatosis - What Is It? May 13, 2013 | 9:38If you're of northern European descent, you are at higher risk for a genetic disorder called hemochromatosis. To find out what exactly that is, we've asked Bob Rogers, executive director of the Canadian Hemochromatosis Society, and Ivan Doncester, a CBRM
May 10, 2013 | 10:05Information Morning - Cape Breton Louisbourg Shipwrecks AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Louisbourg Shipwrecks May 10, 2013 | 10:05Archaeologists are diving in Louisbourg Harbour peering into old shipwrecks. Reporter Wendy Martin speaks with David Ebert, manager of cultural resources for Parks Canada in Cape Breton, and Jonathan Moore, senior underwater archaeologist with Parks Canad
May 10, 2013 | 8:12Information Morning - Cape Breton Stand-Up For Mental Illness AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Stand-Up For Mental Illness May 10, 2013 | 8:12Did you hear the one about... the stand-up comic who teaches people with mental illness how stand-up comedy can be used as therapy? Seriously. Meet David Granirer and one of his Cape Breton protegees, a member of the Crossroads Clubhouse in Sydney, prepa
May 10, 2013 | 8:19Information Morning - Cape Breton Biomass Plant Status AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Biomass Plant Status May 10, 2013 | 8:19Full steam ahead... the Biomass plant in Point Tupper will soon be up and generating power. We contact Mark Sidebottom, the Vice President of Power Generation and Delivery for Nova Scotia Power, for an update of how exactly that's going to happen. (runs
May 10, 2013 | 5:10Information Morning - Cape Breton NewsQuiz 0510 AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton NewsQuiz 0510 May 10, 2013 | 5:10Quiz master Don Munro is a man who knows you can't believe everything you hear -- but you can repeat it. Steve Stutherland and David Burke join Don Munro for the latest edition of The NewsQuiz. (runs 5:10 May 10, 2013)
May 9, 2013 | 9:09Information Morning - Cape Breton Donkin Open House 0509 AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Donkin Open House 0509 May 9, 2013 | 9:09Even though it's no longer interested in opening a mine, Xstrata held an Open House in Donkin to update people on the future, and explain how the company plans to deal with any environmental problems it may encounter as the project unfolds. Val Istomin is
May 9, 2013 | 7:33Information Morning - Cape Breton Heritage Gas AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Heritage Gas May 9, 2013 | 7:33We contact the President of Heritage Gas, Jim Bracken, to learn more of their proposed extension of the pipeline in Pictou County, and ask him if Cape Breton might expect natural gas distribution. (runs 7:33 May 09, 2013)
May 9, 2013 | 8:14Information Morning - Cape Breton The Weddin' Dance AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton The Weddin' Dance May 9, 2013 | 8:14A new Cape Breton musical is being staged this weekend in Mabou. Meet the playwright, Brenda Dunphy, and one of the performers, Barry Fougere, who offer a preview of "The Weddin' Dance". (runs 8:14 May 09, 2013)
May 8, 2013 | 8:48Information Morning - Cape Breton Natural Gas In CB AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Natural Gas In CB May 8, 2013 | 8:48Lots of Nova Scotians have the choice to use natural gas or not. But, natural gas is not an option for us in Cape Breton. We ask one industry expert why not? Lucia MacIsaac is an Instructor in Petroleum Engineering Technology at Cape Breton University.
May 8, 2013 | 7:02Information Morning - Cape Breton Pulp Truckers Protest AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Pulp Truckers Protest May 8, 2013 | 7:02Companies that sell wood to the Port Hawkesbury Paper Mill are protesting by NOT delivering wood to the plant until a better price is negotiated. Claude Bourgeois, head of the North Eastern Pulp Truckers Association, explains their actions. (runs 7:02
May 8, 2013 | 6:26Information Morning - Cape Breton Rhyme Time AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Rhyme Time May 8, 2013 | 6:26The Cabot Trail Writers Festival invites you to special day of poetry this Saturday in Sydney. Poets Basma Kavanaugh and Sue Goyette will host writing workshops during the day, and a reading at night. Basma Kavanaugh tells us about "A Day of Poetry". (ru
May 8, 2013 | 8:05Information Morning - Cape Breton Jim St. Clair - Mysterious Visitor AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Jim St. Clair - Mysterious Visitor May 8, 2013 | 8:05Before the dark days of the First World War, a murky character came to Cape Breton from Europe with unclear intentions. Historian Jim St. Clair brings us the story of Baron William de Ropp on "Then and Now". (runs 8:05 May 08, 2013)
May 7, 2013 | 7:28Information Morning - Cape Breton Tribute Concert Remembering Rita AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Tribute Concert Remembering Rita May 7, 2013 | 7:28More than five thousand people attended a tribute concert at Centre 200 for Rita MacNeil called "Home I'll Be: Remembering Rita". All the proceeds from the concert will go to a new scholarship in Rita's name at Cape Breton University. Here's some of what
May 7, 2013 | 4:47Information Morning - Cape Breton Mental Health And Music AudioInformation Morning - Cape Breton Mental Health And Music May 7, 2013 | 4:47As Mental Health Week continues, a renowned Canadian journalist tells us how music helped her cope with her depression, Jan Wong has written a book about her experiences - called "Out of the Blue: A Memoir of Workplace Depression, Recovery, Redemption and