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with Bernard St. Laurent

Organic farming and trade

A Townships dairy farmer, Alex Brand, describes his organic operation while Matthew Holmes, executive director of the Canada Organic Trade Association, tells us about the growth in the organic market.

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'Startling finding' in the early detection of ovarian cancer

McGill's Dr. Lucy Gilbert says discovering that certain cancers start in the fallopian tubes will mean a much higher "rate of being cured" for women.

The researchers' findings were published Thursday in the medical journal, The Lancet.

80 per cent of women already have advanced ovarian cancer when they learn they are sick, according to Gilbert. With early detection, that will change. 

As another preventitive, the MUHC will set up 12 new ovarian cancer clinics.
For more information women can call 1 866 716 3267. 

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Are babies wanted in Parliament?

mi-mpbaby-300.jpgThe Speaker's office disagrees that NDP MP Sana Hassainia was asked to remove her baby from the Commons for a vote on Tuesday. Hassainia says the message being sent to women is 'choose between work and family.'

An official in the Speaker's office told CBC reporter Steve Rukavina babies are not barred from the Commons, but they mustn't be a distraction either.   

We asked our callers to comment. They're split:"Children should not be allowed in. Period." "Families should be welcome in the House of Commons."

Take listen:

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Should it be a crime not to disclose that you have HIV?

A woman from Quebec is at the centre of a case that will be argued before the Supreme Court tomorrow. She had sex with her partner without disclosing that she had HIV. She was convicted of aggravated assault and is now appealing.

Should it be a crime not to disclose that you have HIV to a sexual partner?

We hear from a man with HIV protesting the criminalization of HIV, a human rights lawyer, a professor, a doctor specialising in sexually transmitted disease and of course, Radio Noon listeners.

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Farm Panel: Tuesday, February 7

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Jeannie Neveu, a dairy farmer in Rawdon in Lanaudière, beef and sheep producer Bob Laberge in Danville in the Townships, and Hugh Maynard who's a specialist in agricultural communications and development and lives in Ormstown - join Steve Rukavina for Radio Noon's weekly farm discussion.

(Photo: Bobby Hidy)

 

 

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Rats in Montreal

old rat.jpgSome pest control companies are reporting an increase in the number of requests for rat extermination. Steve Bilodeau is the Operations Manager at ABC Pest Management.

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Will Schwartz's be sold?

The future of Montreal's venerable smoked meat shrine Schwartz's is up in the air today. The restaurant is about to be sold, but details are murky as all the major players have signed a confidentiality agreement.


hi-sandwich-852-8col[1].jpgThe rumoured buyers are a consortium that includes, among others, René Angélil and businessman Paul Nakis, who is involved with the Baton Rouge chain and Sir Winston Churchill's pub.

The question is -- will Schwartz's be franchised?

Hear what Radio Noon's listeners think:

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INSIDE RADIO NOON

Our blog about life behind the microphone...


MOST 'TEXTS AND CALLS' TOPIC OF THE WEEK: THE VERDICTS IN THE SHAFIA MURDERS

Monday: CBC reporter JUSTIN HAYWARD who covered the case for many weeks joins host Bernard St-Laurent in studio as our callers react to the first-degree murder convictions handed down to Mohammad Shafia, his second wife Tooba Yahya and his son Hamed.

 

si-300-shafia.jpg With a phone-in you never really know what aspect of a story is going to generate the most talk, the most debate.

 In the Shafia case, all three were handed first-degree murder convictions, meaning automatic life sentences of 25 years with no chance of parole. Not a problem for our listeners.

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 It took the jurors 15 hours to reach their verdicts. The speed of the verdicts? Again, not an issue for our callers.

 The only real debate: were these honour killings?
 
 LaPresse reporter MICHÈLE OUIMET joins the discussion  - describing her trip to Afghanistan to interview Tooba Yahya's sister, Soraya and her family. In their remote locale, they had no idea the three Shafia girls had been murdered, or that Tooba and others are on trial. Nor had they seen the dating and sexy photos of the girls.

Michèle tells us they were shocked and talk openly about honour killings "if you don't respect the honour of the family.". Soraya's husband even speaks of  "eliminating" his own girls in such circumstances.

Here's our interview with Michèle Ouimet:

 

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 After the program in our daily debrief, we sit in the control room as we always do, but we're all quieter than usual, thinking about what we've just heard and talking about the range of calls and how heartfelt they sounded.  
 It also seemed many people were working through their own thought processes and reactions right then and there on air.

  

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Quebecers don't want Boisvenu to resign: Leger poll

Leger Marketing VP Christian Bourque says 48% of Quebecers disagree with the 'rope in cells' comment made earlier in the week by Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu.

In a scrum with reporters Boisvenu said he was opposed to the death penalty but suggested that ropes could be left for serial killers in their prison cells so that they could decide whether to take their lives. The senator has since apologized.

Bourque says a fair number of Quebecers, 41%, supported the original statements and 64% did not want the senator to resign. The telephone poll of 601 Quebecers has a margin of error of 4%.

During our Radio Noon phone-in, a caller expressed her conflicted feelings at hearing that the murderer of her father had committed suicide. And, we heard from another caller who works with 'lifers'.

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A Muslim man from Laval is suing the SQ

Provincial police accused Saad Allami of being a terrorist after he sent a text urging his co-workers to blow away the competition at a trade show. Allami is seeking damages of $100k plus interest.

Ivan Slobod explains the ins and outs of the civil case to host Bernard St-Laurent. 

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