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Q | Feb 28, 2013
Giorgi Gogia, from Human Rights Watch, on how a novel about a friendship between two Azerbaijani men and their Armenian neighbours made the author a target in his own country. Legendary Canadian comedian Martin Short on his life, career and unique role promoting Canadian talent. Writer Peter Frase on defending rude service.
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The Current | Feb 28, 2013
Head to YouTube and you can watch dozens of scenarios to a problem with older or elderly drivers. Statistically,drivers aged 80-plus almost have the accident rate of the most dangerous driving demographic ... the under 24s. And in Sudbury they are the target of a police tip-line urging other drivers to call in to report any seemingly erratic or dangerous elderly driver. Simple public safety in action? Or age discrimination?
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Mainstreet NS | Mar 1, 2013
A team led by our oceans guy, Boris Worm, has found that about 100 million sharks die every year, and the biggest preventable culprit is fishing. He explains the significance of his finding.
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And the Winner Is | Feb 26, 2013
As a boy in pre-war Austria, Georg Tintner played the piano, sang with the Vienna Boys Choir, and composed his own music. By the time World War Two broke out, he was also a conductor. But Georg Tintner was a conductor with Jewish roots. And so, after the Anschluss in 1938, he was fired. By 1942, Mr. Tintner made his way to New Zealand, and for the better part of the next forty-five years of his life, he served as a conductor across New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. But in 1987, he moved to Halifax, where he would leave his mark as the conductor of Symphony Nova Scotia. He died in Halifax on October 2, 1999.
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Tapestry | Feb 22, 2013
We take a look at how doubt and skepticism can be essential ingredients to faith. Mary meets Rabbi Rami Shapiro - a rabbi who says he isn't religious, but rather a curious, holy rascal. She also talks to Michael Shermer, the founder of Skeptic Magazine. He's held his own against Deepak Chopra in a go round on consciousness and quantum physics.
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Mar 1, 2013 | 8:06Mainstreet PEI Big Brothers Big Sisters Look For Volunteers AudioMainstreet PEI Big Brothers Big Sisters Look For Volunteers Mar 1, 2013 | 8:06Big Brothers Big Sisters is celebrating a hundred years... offering mentoring opportunities to meet the needs of volunteers, children and their families. We'll talk to some of the good people with Big Brothers Big Sisters PEI and learn about the upcoming Bowl for Kids Sake... an community fundraising event happening this weekend.
Mar 1, 2013 | 10:31Mainstreet PEI Dutch Thompson's Bygone Days - Ambrose Monaghan AudioMainstreet PEI Dutch Thompson's Bygone Days - Ambrose Monaghan Mar 1, 2013 | 10:31We're heading back to the bygone days with Dutch Thompson. Today, stories about one of his island heroes - Ambrose Monaghan, a blacksmith who bragged he never shoed a horse. He was a carriage-maker, an inventor, and he ran a funeral parlor. His ingenuity
didn't stop there... Ambrose also made a Threshing mill that ran on wind-power.
Mar 1, 2013 | 11:32Mainstreet PEI SpinTime - Sylvia AbiKhattar-Mutch AudioMainstreet PEI SpinTime - Sylvia AbiKhattar-Mutch Mar 1, 2013 | 11:32Sylvia AbiKhattar-Mutch knew from the time she was a child she wanted to be a singer. She played French Horn in University, but in her second year swtiched into voice... and after she was introduced to classical singing, she didn't look back. To Sylvia, music moves her on an emotional level. Now she's an operatic soprano, voice teacher, and is married to a music therapist. Sylvia picks the music as our SpinTime DJ.
Feb 28, 2013 | 8:14Mainstreet PEI Mainstreet on the Map - Tracey Hubley AudioMainstreet PEI Mainstreet on the Map - Tracey Hubley Feb 28, 2013 | 8:14We've been traveling to some exotic locations lately for Mainstreet on the Map. Talking to Islanders in places like Egypt and Delhi and Zurich. Today we're sticking closer to home. Tracey Hubley has been living and working in Ottawa for many years. She's worked for government but developed her own niche in the area of military procurement. Karen Mair reached Tracey Hubley at her office.
Feb 28, 2013 | 4:29Mainstreet PEI RCMP Investigate Vandalism Near Plan B Site AudioMainstreet PEI RCMP Investigate Vandalism Near Plan B Site Feb 28, 2013 | 4:29Monday morning, officials from Island Coastal discovered they thought looked like bullet holes through some of the windows of pieces of their heavy machinery parked in the Bonshaw area. The machinery is there for the Plan B highway realignment, but isn't being used right now. Island Coastal owner, Blair MacLauchlan, didn't want to do a taped interview...but estimates the damage is about 35 hundred dollars. The CBC's Patrick Faller spoke with one of the protestors who's been camping near the project, as well as the RCMP's Constable Jeffrey Dow about the vandalism.
Feb 27, 2013 | 6:39Mainstreet PEI Grow-A-Farmer - Lucia Stephen AudioMainstreet PEI Grow-A-Farmer - Lucia Stephen Feb 27, 2013 | 6:39The organization Acorn has been working with farmers in the Maritimes to guarantee a future for farms. Acorn is the acronym for Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional network. The result is something called Grow-A-Farmer. It's a chance for current farmers to mentor and for potential farmers to get hands-on experience. Lucia Stephen is the Program Coordinator with Acorn and we reached her earlier.
Feb 27, 2013 | 8:20Mainstreet PEI PEI Screenwriter's Bootcamp Seeks Participants AudioMainstreet PEI PEI Screenwriter's Bootcamp Seeks Participants Feb 27, 2013 | 8:20Any of your favorite movies or TV shows started with a good story. And if you've been inspired by the recent awards handed out for film and TV - well now's your chance. The PEI Screenwriter's Bootcamp is looking for participants. It's a chance for people in Atlantic Canada to work on their idea or their script with industry professionals. Louise Lalonde is the program coordinator and I reached her earlier.
Feb 26, 2013 | 5:34Mainstreet PEI "Just Passing Through" Comedy Series Creates Jobs AudioMainstreet PEI "Just Passing Through" Comedy Series Creates Jobs Feb 26, 2013 | 5:34A new maritime comedy series is being shot right here on PEI. The series is initially planned for the web - but the producer has other hopes for the show as well. "Just Passing Through" has received provincial government funding and is providing jobs for dozens of Islanders. Sara Fraser talked with Jeremy Larter. He's the co-creator, director and producer of the series.
Feb 25, 2013 | 8:27Mainstreet PEI 3rd annual Mahjong Learning Day and Tournament AudioMainstreet PEI 3rd annual Mahjong Learning Day and Tournament Feb 25, 2013 | 8:27People had the chance to take part in some cultural fun and games. The PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada held its 3rd annual Mahjong Learning Day and Tournament. It was held at Murphy's Community Centre but Karen Mair had a head start. Nancy Clement, Yvette Doucette, Nicole Lee and Joe Burn set up a table in the studio to demonstrate the game and discuss Sunday's event.
Feb 25, 2013 | 8:59Mainstreet PEI SpinTime - Mark Carr-Rollitt AudioMainstreet PEI SpinTime - Mark Carr-Rollitt Feb 25, 2013 | 8:59He plays in the band The Count and the Cuban Cocktail and has a passion for world music - So tune in to hear which tunes Mark Carr-Rollitt will pick as our SpinTime DJ.
Feb 25, 2013 | 5:03Mainstreet PEI Richard Raiswell - Branding PEI AudioMainstreet PEI Richard Raiswell - Branding PEI Feb 25, 2013 | 5:03Lately the PEI headlines that have gone viral in the news have to do with Senator Mike Duffy's place of residency and the discovery of many seals killed on one of our beaches. Not exactly the kind of images that draw tourists or say the Gentle Island or Come Play on My Island. Our political columnist has been thinking about the new opportunity to brand PEI and Richard Raiswell sees an opportunity.
Feb 25, 2013 | 5:03Mainstreet PEI Richard Raiswell - Branding PEI AudioMainstreet PEI Richard Raiswell - Branding PEI Feb 25, 2013 | 5:03Lately the PEI headlines that have gone viral in the news have to do with Senator Mike Duffy's place of residency and the discovery of many seals killed on one of our beaches. Not exactly the kind of images that draw tourists or say the Gentle Island or Come Play on My Island. Our political columnist has been thinking about the new opportunity to brand PEI and Richard Raiswell sees an opportunity.
Feb 22, 2013 | 7:17Mainstreet PEI Chef Domenic Serio - Buying Local On-line AudioMainstreet PEI Chef Domenic Serio - Buying Local On-line Feb 22, 2013 | 7:17We've heard a lot in recent years about the merits of buying local. Now a new website is encouraging people to buy local food products on-line. Domenic Serio is the Chef at the Inn At Bay Fortune and
had the opportunity to take part in foodiepages.ca and he joined Karen Mair in the studio.
Feb 22, 2013 | 6:35Mainstreet PEI Searchlight Competition - Jolee Patkai AudioMainstreet PEI Searchlight Competition - Jolee Patkai Feb 22, 2013 | 6:35One of Mainstreet PEI's entries in our Searchlight competition has just released her second CD. Karen Mair talked to Jolee Patkai, Originally from Burlington, PEI, who grew up on a dairy farm and came from a musical family. She was nominated for Country Recording and Female Vocalist of the year for 2007 with Music PEI and has recorded a new CD entitled “Going Home”. She dropped in to our studio.
Feb 21, 2013 | 7:29Mainstreet PEI Revue Dinner Theatre - New York After Dark AudioMainstreet PEI Revue Dinner Theatre - New York After Dark Feb 21, 2013 | 7:29It's dinner along with sketch comedy, music and improv and it's coming to PEI beginning this week. Revue Dinner Theatre opens it's latest production this week in Charlottetown. Six actors take you to "New York After Dark" - along with serving a gourmet meal, improvising sketches and singing songs. Sherri-Lee Darrach is the director and Adam Macgregor does the musical direction and they stopped by Mainstreet PEI for a chat.
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