Tuesday June 7, 2011
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June 07, 2011__Robin Hood Bay landfill stink
 | It may be an unpleasant smell right now... but this summer may be even harder on the ol' nose for people living near the Robin Hood Bay landfill in St. John's. We sit down with the councillor for Ward One to talk about why it's likely going to get smellier before it gets any better. (John Furlong with Danny Breen): |
Civil Service hiring spree
Naming the AHL team
Afghanistan E.R. doctor
Brigus property preservation
Manuels River interpretation centre
Save The Kyle
Topsail Beach swim
Civil Service hiring spree
The province's unemployment rate is going down, thanks in no small part to some big hiring by the provincial government. Our Provincial Affairs reporter drops by with a detailed look at the hiring spree in the civil service.
(John Furlong with David Cochrane):
Naming the AHL team
We've had a lot of suggestions about what to call our new AHL team. Today we speak to the man who had to name a former hockey team in St. John's for his opinion.
(John Furlong with Brad Dobbin):
Afghanistan E.R. doctor
Working in a war zone: We hear the experiences of the officer in command of a multinational medical unit in Kandahar who practiced for months in the thick of the violence in Afghanistan.
(John Furlong with Major Marc Dauphin):
Brigus property preservation
Citizens of Brigus are once again raising money to try to preserve a piece of land. We reach the president of the Brigus Historical and Conservation Society to find out more.
(John Furlong with Luanne Leamon):
Manuels River interpretation centre
We sit down with members of the Manuels River Natural Heritage Society and the Rotary Club of Avalon Northeast to hear about the new interpretation centre planned for the Manuels River.
(John Furlong with Doug Russell and Gary Gallagher):
Save The Kyle
The S.S. Kyle has been sitting in the bay in Harbour Grace for the past 44 years. Now, the daughter of the ship's last captain wants to save it. We reach her to find out what she has planned.
(John Furlong with Libby Earle):
Topsail Beach swim
A young man from St. John's has a date with the frosty cold waters of Conception Bay this morning... in fact every morning this month. Our roving-reporter headed to the beach to find out why he's putting himself through this daily icy dip in support of the "Read To Ride" program.
(Cecil Haire with Jonathan Norris and David d'Entremont):
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