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A globally-recognized local organization that helps people with disabilities find jobs is at risk due to federal government cuts. Avalon Employment Incorporated relies on government funding to keep operating.
The CBC's Mike Moore speaks to Christopher Michael Butler, who's been employed through the program for years.

In Bannerman Park and the Colonial Building in downtown St. John's, more tents are populating the grounds behind the building. Reporter Jessica Singer stopped by the encampment to speak with Laurel Huget, a volunteer with the Tent City for Change group, to discuss what happened with a tent that caught fire at the encampment on Sunday night.

Cancer survivor Paul Brace joins us in the studio today to discuss life after beating cancer, and why it can hold its own share of struggles.

A globally-recognized local organization that helps people with disabilities find jobs is at risk due to federal government cuts. Avalon Employment Incorporated relies on some of that money to keep operating. The CBC's Mike Moore spoke with Sean Wiltshire, CEO of Avalon Employment Inc in St. John's, and Gerry Byrne, the provincial Minister of Immigration, Population Growth and Skills.

Jack Whalen believes he spent 730 days in solitary confinement when he was a child at the Whitbourne Boys Home. Last week, Opposition MHAs read the same petition 10 times at the House of Assembly, 
calling on government to remove the Statute of Limitations on all forms of child abuse. Whalen spoke with CBC's Ryan Cooke outside Confederation Building.

Fear and worry gripped residents and town officials on Friday night after a blaze ripped through former airport buildings - and forced the evacuation of homes on several streets in the area. Mayor George Andrew joined us this morning to discuss the incident.