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11 giu

Give June Bugs a Chance

Warm weather brings these big, clumsy beetles each spring. We chat with Maritime insect enthusiasts who share cool facts about the notoriously noisy, light-loving June bugs that many Islanders love to hate this time of year.

11 giu

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23 min
4 giu

Meet Alex Campbell, the P.E.I. premier who modernized the province

Canada has just honoured Alex B. Campbell by renaming the Charlottetown Airport after him. Mitch meets the province’s longest-serving — and perhaps most transformative — premier.

4 giu

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29 min
31 gen

B.C.-Alberta tension continues: “cordial” but also “treason”

B.C. Premier David Eby, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, met with the prime minister this week in Ottawa. Eby called the conversations "borderline friendly" - but he also used the word "treason" in response to Alberta separatists earlier this week. Our political panelists have thoughts about the word treason, and the current state of B.C./Alberta/Canada relations. Plus, they weigh in on the growing list of candidates in the race for B.C. Conservative leader. Hear political insiders Andrew Reeve (former press secretary and deputy director of communications with the BC Liberal and BC United parties), Elizabeth Cull (a former NDP cabinet minister), and Adam Olsen (former Green Party MLA, and a member of the Tsartlip Nation) speak with CBC host Gregor Craigie.

31 gen

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19 min
28 mag

What happens when a cruise ship plugs into P.E.I.’s power grid?

Port Charlottetown and Maritime Electric are developing a system to supply shore power to cruise ships while they’re docked in the capital. Mitch explores how a utility that warned the grid could fail during the winter plans to power a floating hotel during the summer tourism season.

28 mag

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21 min
18 mar

Toronto transit success story? Why demand for Bike Share keeps growing

Bike Share bicycles have become a fixture on Toronto's streets. But how can the program keep up with the demand? Jarrett McDonald oversees the program, and gives us a preview of how it's going to expand.

18 mar

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15 min
2 apr

An Island cabinet minister's fall

Premier Rob Lantz was quick to fire cabinet minister Gilles Arsenault and suspend the MLA from the PC caucus. Wayne Thibodeau takes us through what happened, and what's next.

2 apr

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19 min
29/05/2024

Calgary is a country music city, but how?

All that twang had to come from somewhere! Local ethnomusicologist Mike Tod offers us a history lesson, and Southern Alberta's own country star MacKenzie Porter joins us from Nashville to talk about today's country sound.

29/05/2024

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20 min
05/06/2024

How Calgary's "insane" housing market keeps defying logic

Another month, another bump in housing prices. Condos, duplexes, detached - doesn't matter. Real estate agent Nadine Faule walks us through what it's like to be a buyer out there.

05/06/2024

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16 min
26/03/2024

Learning traditional and cultural skills, plus English and social studies, while out on the land

In the qathet School District on B.C.’s north Sunshine Coast, a group of Indigenous high school students attend a special land-based learning program. They get many of their required subjects covered, while also learning traditional skills like hunting, fishing, and preparing community meals. Kathryn Marlow headed out on the water with the GIJE (Land) Program.

26/03/2024

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14 min
22 gen

This Esquimalt brewery says it’s too pricey to make beer

This week Lighthouse Brewing in Esquimalt announced it’s shutting down operations and selling its brand - saying it costs more to brew beer than they can bring in by selling it. On this week’s episode we hear from co-owner Ben Thomas about the difficult decision, and how the BCGEU strike was the breaking point. Plus, we talk to Chris Bjerrisgaard of Sidney’s Small Gods Brewing about how they’re managing to stay afloat as beer sales decline across the country. While you’re here, check out this previous episode of This is Vancouver Island, about how two local breweries are expanding into non-alcoholic drinks to adapt.

22 gen

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16 min

Diving into the essential, random, and occasionally infuriating issues and quirks that make the place you live, home.