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On Thursday, history was made when Bill C-226, the National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act, successfully passed through the Senate. The act will support a national strategy to address, prevent and assess incidents of environmental racism. Host Jeff Douglas is joined by Ingrid Waldron, professor and HOPE Chair in Peace and Health at McMaster University, who has been key in getting this bill passed.

No matter what you think about June bugs, we have to deal with them every year. In what she refers to as "exposure therapy," the CBC's Jane Sponagle met with Paul Manning, assistant professor in biology and entomology at Dalhousie's Agriculture Campus. He thinks the bugs are an important part of the ecosystem — and are actually really cute.

New research from Stockholm University suggests that the concentration of PFAS or "forever chemicals" emitted from the spray coming off the ocean is higher than industrial polluters. The CBC's Rose Murphy spoke with lead researcher Ian Cousins, a professor of environmental organic chemistry, to learn more.

Despite the high cost of food at grocery stores, the National Farmers Union says farmers are not making any more money. In fact, the gap between what consumers pay and what farmers receive is only getting bigger. Host Jeff Douglas is joined by union co-ordinator, Eli Milton, to talk about why that is and how farmers are trying to manage.

A new book by longtime journalist Stephen Kimber chronicles a high stakes Canadian feud that underscores the perils of succession planning for a multi-million dollar family business. He joins host Jeff Douglas to talk about his new book, The Phelan Feud: The Bitter Struggle For Control of a Great Canadian Food Empire.

Members of the Canadian Parliament have voted unanimously to criminalize coercive control — a step towards protecting people from non-physical abuse, such as threats and financial manipulation. With the bill now going to the Senate, host Jeff Douglas is joined by Andrea Gunraj with the Canadian Women's Foundation, to learn more about what it would do.