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Mainstreet NS | Dec 18, 2012 | 9:06

Our Oceans Guy talks to local microplastics researchers

Local scientists studying microplastics find them everywhere they look, from the air in their labs to the mud at the bottom of Halifax Harbour. Guest host Jackie Torrens asks our Oceans Guy Boris Worm what this means for the environment, and human health.

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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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