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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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Feb 12, 2013 | 6:40The Trailbreaker Relationships and Money AudioThe Trailbreaker Relationships and Money Feb 12, 2013 | 6:40Our Money Coach is back again with a look at relationships and money.
Feb 4, 2013 | 5:38The Trailbreaker Life at the Rayuka AudioThe Trailbreaker Life at the Rayuka Feb 4, 2013 | 5:38The Rayuka Inn and restaurant in Norman Wells have closed after nearly forty years in business. We'll hear from some of the people who worked and played there over the years.
Jan 31, 2013 | 14:30The Trailbreaker The Long Road to an Inuvik-Tuk Highway AudioThe Trailbreaker The Long Road to an Inuvik-Tuk Highway Jan 31, 2013 | 14:30The highway from Inuvik to Tuk has passed its Environmental Assessment. Hear from Tuktoyaktuk Mayor Merven Gruben, and Jim Stevens of the Department of Transportation.
Jan 28, 2013 | 6:06The Trailbreaker Antarctic Recovery Called Off AudioThe Trailbreaker Antarctic Recovery Called Off Jan 28, 2013 | 6:06The Trailbreaker's Joslyn Oosenbrug speaks with Peter West of the National Science Foundation about the twin otter airplane that crashed in Antarctica with three Canadians on board. The U.S. Government Agency manages the U.S. Antarctic program, and is co-ordinating recovery efforts with New Zealand. Over the weekend they made the call to leave the plane where it crashed. The wreckage is largely embedded in snow and ice on a steep mountain slope.
Jan 11, 2013 | 7:06The Trailbreaker Citizen Science AudioThe Trailbreaker Citizen Science Jan 11, 2013 | 7:06Results are starting to come in from Christmas bird surveys across the Northwest Territories. These counts couldn't happen without the help of citizen scientists -- regular people who don't necessarily have any formal training in bird identification. Bob Farmer is a researcher who's been looking into how experience levels affect the quality of the data collected.
Jan 8, 2013 | 1:25The Trailbreaker Attawapiskat Audit AudioThe Trailbreaker Attawapiskat Audit Jan 8, 2013 | 1:25Pam Palmater of the Centre for Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University reacts to a leaked audit of Attawapiskat First Nation finances.
Jan 8, 2013 | 7:19The Trailbreaker Attawapiskat Audit AudioThe Trailbreaker Attawapiskat Audit Jan 8, 2013 | 7:19The Ottawa Bureau Chief for the Canadian Press, Rob Russo, talks about the leaked audit of the Attawapiskat First Nation.
Jan 8, 2013 | 7:00The Trailbreaker Oilsands Pollution AudioThe Trailbreaker Oilsands Pollution Jan 8, 2013 | 7:00There's more evidence of pollution from the oilsands. This time researchers traced atmospheric emissions back decades using sediment cores from lakes in Northern Alberta. Joshua Kurek is the lead author on a new study out of Queen's University.
Dec 19, 2012 | 7:43The Trailbreaker After the Caribou AudioThe Trailbreaker After the Caribou Dec 19, 2012 | 7:43Caribou outfitter Malcolm Jaeb talks with CBC reporter Elizabeth McMillan about his family's struggles to adapt to the shrinking caribou herds and the government hunting ban.
Dec 18, 2012 | 4:00The Trailbreaker What's Next for Phone Service in the North? AudioThe Trailbreaker What's Next for Phone Service in the North? Dec 18, 2012 | 4:00The conclusion of Joslyn's conversation with Andrew Robulack, a telecommunications analyst based in Whitehorse.
Nov 28, 2012 | 11:53The Trailbreaker Selling the Deh Cho Bridge AudioThe Trailbreaker Selling the Deh Cho Bridge Nov 28, 2012 | 11:53Former Yellowknifer Ter Hamer talks about how he drummed up support for a Deh Cho Bridge back in the 1970s by selling shares in the project.
Nov 20, 2012 | 8:15The Trailbreaker The Mothers' Milk Bank AudioThe Trailbreaker The Mothers' Milk Bank Nov 20, 2012 | 8:15Janette Festival of the Calgary Mothers' Milk Bank descibes how the bank works, and what sets it apart from efforts like the milk drive in Yellowknife that provided breast milk to a baby in Edmonton.
Nov 19, 2012 | 1:21The Trailbreaker A Mother's Milk AudioThe Trailbreaker A Mother's Milk Nov 19, 2012 | 1:21Ashley King of Edmonton describes how she ended up receiving breast milk for her baby girl from women in Yellowknife.
Nov 19, 2012 | 1:46The Trailbreaker A Mother's Milk AudioThe Trailbreaker A Mother's Milk Nov 19, 2012 | 1:46Kayley MacKay is the woman who coordinated the breast milk donation to Ashley King in Edmonton.
Nov 16, 2012 | 3:30The Trailbreaker NorthWords Reading - Jordan Carpenter AudioThe Trailbreaker NorthWords Reading - Jordan Carpenter Nov 16, 2012 | 3:30
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