CJMP Podcast : CJMPNews Powell River Community Radio Society

Snow! And interviews with Shawn Cator, operational manager for the city of Powell River, Caitlin Bryant of Expose Yourself and Chris McDonough of Villa Soccer.
We also feature "silver linings" on this "Positive Friday"
 

On today's episode we covered BC Premier Christy Clark's visit to Powell River. We also talk to Phil Russell and John Louie who are two people behind the Spirit of Reconciliation project. 

For this episode, we’re going to focus on one person in this community who has been a leader for many.   
She received an honourary doctorate from Vancouver Island University in 2010. Received a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Historical Association. The book Written as I remember It: Teachings from a Sliammon Elder, published in 2014, won several awards. We are of course talking about Dr. Elsie Paul of the Tla’amin Nation.  
Here she is speaking to Drewen Young in the 2015 on Elsie’s patio. Elsie had just come back from the Truth and Reconciliation closing ceremony in Ottawa. She talks about that and her experience growing up in the era of residential schools.

We're talking about Fentanyl and harm reduction today on CJMP News. Tune in to hear interviews with a number of people from the community who are involved with preventing overdoses, health providers, and including someone who has personal experience with harm reduction.

Notice of error: On this episode we stated that there was a report of a death related to a marijuana joint laced with Fentanyl. This is not true and has not been substaniated by BC RCMP. The audio recording will be edited to reflect this. For more information about Fentanyl linked to marijuana see: https://is.gd/c7yvCD. We apologize for this error.

On this episode we talk to two in-studio guests; we talk to local resident Francine Benoit about the petition she started in favour of carriage housing, and we also speak to Susan MacKay, founder of the Wild Ocean Whale Society comes in to tell us more about recent coastal activity, and the dolphins and whales that make this area home. 
 
Photo by Michelle Pennell

On today's show we look back through 2016 at some of the newsy highlights through the year, including a few of CJMP dj's top trax for 2016.