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Acadian community member and Information Morning Alum Louise Renault joins us with a new column, to tell us about the upcoming Acadian World Congress. Thirty thousand people are expected to flock to southwestern Nova Scotia in August, to take part in the big event!

We recently spoke with journalist and author Joan Baxter and Mi'kmaw grandmother, water protector and land defender Thunderbird Swooping Down Woman about the development of the Goldboro gold mining project. To respond to their criticisms, we reach out to an environmental assessor with the province.

Coming off their Olympics victory over New Zealand yesterday, the Canadian women's soccer team takes on host country France this Sunday. CBC is hosting a free watch party at the Halifax Central Library. We hear about that, and get reaction to the drone drama.

Movies Under The Stars is a free event this Friday at the Africville Museum. Khalilah Brooks will be there to present the CBC original series Aunty B's House. She joins Portia on the line to talk about that, and the recent success for her show.

This time of year, many young people are spending more time outdoors and less time on screens. That can be a good thing for their eye health and eyesight. For more on the link between screen time and eye development, we reach our house doctor Peter Lin.

More pharmacies are now requiring 24 to 48 hours notice to fill prescriptions. It's a shift pharmacies are making to help them respond to an increase in demand and a growing complexity of care. Allison Bodnar is CEO of the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia.