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At a time when healthcare providers are in short supply, our healthcare columnist Mary Jane Hampton looks at preventive medicine and recommends some helpful online and navigational resources to guide your way.

Last Friday, Dawn Perrier was walking on a trail when she came face-to-face with a black bear. Dawn's a big hiker, but this was an experience she'd never had before. Luckily, she came prepared. Dawn tells us what happened and what she did to stay safe.

World Press Freedom Canada, a non-profit that advocates for freedom of the press, recently awarded its local journalism certificate of merit to LighthouseNOW reporter Keith Corcoran for his 'dogged' pursuit of search warrant records in the Nova Scotia courts.

Hear the results of a pilot project to reduce the work week to 32 hours. Stephanie Gilbert had the job of evaluating how a four-day work week went for four non-profits in Nova Scotia. She's an associate professor of management and marketing at Cape Breton University.

Our culture columnist Tara Lynn Taylor takes us to the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival, shines a light on the making of a new shadow show, and tees up a staged reading of an original musical about a Black porter from Nova Scotia.

Grayley McWatters and his family are trying to restore a spring nesting spot for Nova Scotia's provincial bird on their Beaver Harbour property. The treetop perch for ospreys was destroyed by Fiona in 2022. Now, the McWatters are trying to make the birds' nest liveable again.