Interview Archive October 2007
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5

Week 1


Monday, October 01

Self-defence

Westcott: Youth violence

LSPU funding

Poverty reduction

Legal graffiti

Tuesday, October 02

CBS assault

Air access to Europe

Hockey panel

Quidi Vidi women

Wednesday, October 03

Fear in St. John's

Medical transcriptions

Curmudgeon: Candidates

Jamie Hart sentencing

Artist explorer

Thursday, October 04

Rick Hillier's term

Entrepreneurs compete

Sheep farms

Friday, October 05

Home care support

Kenny's Pond complex

Drive-thru convenience

Monday, October 01

Self-defence
Participants in a martial arts class say whether you're a teen who's being bullied or a woman nervous about recent sexual assaults... there is training that can help.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 5:49)

Westcott: Youth violence
Hockey coach and commentator Craig Westcott talks about the minority that is causing major problems on the ice... and in "The Square."
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 3:36)

LSPU Hall funding
The artist-run LSPU Hall in St. John's seeks city cash to stay alive.  We have St. John's councillor Sandy Hickman drop by to assess its chances.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 4:16)

Poverty reduction
Is the Williams government living up to its commitment to reduce poverty in the province?  We head to Gander Bay to find out from a few people who should know.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 6:42)

Legal graffiti
We take you to Mount Pearl for a look at the first legal graffiti walls in that city.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 5:25)


Tuesday, October 02

CBS assault
The woman who says she was the victim of a rape on Circular Road now believes she was physically assaulted by the same man in CBS on Sunday evening.  We find out how that story unfolded for us on Monday.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 5:22)

Air access to Europe
A St. John's businesswoman wants to know why the loss of direct flights to Europe hasn't become a bigger election issue.  We'll hear what she told Danny Williams in an "open letter."
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 5:34)

Hockey panel
Senior hockey in Newfoundland loses a storied franchise; the NHL hands out one of the stiffest suspensions for on-ice aggression; the Fog Devils are off to a decent start... but does anybody care.  We reconvene our hockey panel of Randy Piercey and Tony Coumo to discuss the start of another season.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 8:03)

Quidi Vidi women
It's only happened a few times in Newfoundland political history: the three candidates running in Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi this time around are all women.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 5:43)


Wednesday, October 03

Fear in St. John's
A rash of assaults in the St. John's area has people talking.  We hear from some women and men who walk the trails, get reaction from the police -  and then we talk with a sociology professor about the situation.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 9:11)

Medical transcriptions
In July and August there was a massive backlog of diagnostic reports due to a shortage of medical transcriptionists.  Eastern Health now says they've nearly solved the problem.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 4:40)

Curmudgeon: Candidates
Run for the fun of it!  Our resident curmudgeon is flogging provincial politics as adventure tourism.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 3:11)

Jamie Hart sentencing
We hear some details about the murder of a developmentally delayed woman in Clarenville two years ago - and why her family is unhappy with the sentencing recommendations.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 4:38)

Artist explorer
From Baffin Island to Ramea... an artist in Pouch Cove shares tales of his latest excursion.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 4:16)


Thursday, October 04

Rick Hillier's term
Will Rick Hillier stay on as the country's chief of defence staff... or is the Newfoundlander on his way out?   We get the latest from the editor of esprit de corps military magazine.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 8:50)

Entrepreneurs compete
We meet two members of a team of entrepreneurs from Memorial University's business school who are getting ready to head to New York City for the World Cup of Business.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 5:19)

Sheep farms
Change is happening in the province's sheep farming industry.  We sent our roving reporter Cecil Haire to the Goulds... where he found a sheep farmer.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 3:38)


Friday, October 05

Home care support
We hear from a family who is unable to get the home care support they've been already approved for... and then the health minister responds to concerns raised by those in the home care sector.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 8:30)

Kenny's Pond complex
In-migration the hard way... when coming home to Newfoundland means you have to create your own job.  We drop in on the senior's complex development at Kenny's Pond in St. John's for details.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 6:11)

Drive-thru convenience
We have drive-thru coffee shops, drive-thru bank machines and of course drive-thru fast food outlets on the North East Avalon... but this one may top them all: A drive-thru convenience store.
Listen to this audio feature (Runs 3:55)