Radio Noon
with Ramona Dearing

Radio Noon is replaced by national programming on Victoria Day. But we're back on Tuesday with a gardening show with Kim Thistle of the Greenhouse in Little Rapids. Phone in for some terrific advice!

12:25-1:30 Nfld / 11:55-12 Labrador

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DEER LAKE WATERS on the rise: First we reach Deer Lake Mayor Dean Ball  then Homeowner Robert Cull. 

UNESCO warns that Gros Morne Park might be delisted as a World Heritage Site. That's if a fracking project goes ahead. Reaction from Environment Minister Tom Hedderson. 

CROSSTALK: As we head into the Victoria Day weekend, we want your trouting memories and stories: from the Newfie Bullet to perfect days at your secret spot. Ramona's guests are both avid trouters: Jeremy Meadus of OP Hunting and Fishing, and Craig Purchase, who is a fish biologist at MUN.

CROSSTALK: Should trustees with the Eastern School District have spent $10,000 on 2 parties? Ramona's guest is Nathan Whalen, the president of the Nfld and Lab Federation of School Councils.

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12:25-1:30 Nfld / 11:55-1 Lab

MARYSTOWN BLACK BEAR: Amy Drake tells us about her early morning experience with a Black Bear in the community of Marystown.

The sex trade: A customer's perspective:  If you caught Radio Noon on Friday, you might have heard an e-mail from a man in St. John's who believes prostitution should be decriminalized. His reasons are personal. Like most people, he's interested in being part of a romantic couple. But, he has a disability; and as he puts it, people don't see him as an ideal partner. That's where sex workers come in. He sees them as an alternative... a way to get some intimacy in his life instead of always being seen as an asexual person. He speaks with host Ramona Dearing.

Nain - Plastic bag-free for three years

Crosstalk: In advance of Mother's Day, we asked what makes your mother--or step-mom or nan or foster mom or special aunt or adoptive mom or another maternal figure--so special to you. And boy, did we hear stories. Ramona's special guest was Kim Stockwood, http://kimstockwood.com/ the singer-songwriter who is very close to her mother, Shirley.

Remembering Joseph Riche: The death of the former Grand Chief of the Innu Nation has hit a lot of people hard. Edward Nuna of Sheshatshui was a childhood friend.He shares his memories with Ramona:  

Crosstalk: Having a child with serious disabilities is extremely difficult, and as those children mature into adulthood, it can be even more difficult for older parents to care for them. Our question: Are aging parents of children with disabilities in NL getting the help they need? Charmaine Noble is a mom looking for more help for her adult son. And Sherry Gambin-Walsh is the Executive Director of the NL Association for Community Living. Listen in to what was an eye-opening phone-in.

Author Lyndsay Green on "The Perfect Home for a Long Life". Ideas very much worth thinking about for anyone who wants to stay out of a nursing home. 

CROSSTALK: It's a gardening day with Todd Boland of the Botanical Garden at Memorial University! Questions about moss, liming, pruning, seedlings, etc? Look no further!

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12:25-1:30 Nfld / 11:55-1 Lab

A Mother's Day Card from CBC Archives:  Christine Davies brings us back 50 years to an Interview with Ellen Horan who raised sixteen children with her husband Thomas.