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Our culture columnist Tara Lynn Taylor takes us to a theatre festival in Annapolis Royal, that features ten minute plays from around the world. Plus, a film fest featuring powerful stories from Grade 6 Halifax filmmakers.

In recent years, Nova Scotia lakes have faced a silent but persistent enemy, blue-green algae. Krysta Montreuil, with the Department of Environment and Climate Change, talks about what you can do to protect yourself and your pets.

HardyWares Preserves in Necum Teuch has been taking frantic calls from restaurants and shops across the province. They're all looking for one thing: green tomato chow.
Owner Margaret Hardy speaks with the CBC's Erin MacInnis about the chow frenzy.

Auditor general Kim Adair's new report finds that over the last seven years, reports of violent incidents in schools in Nova Scotia increased by 60 per cent. We're joined by Mallory Powell, a psychologist in private practice and a former school psychologist.

The federal government has been ordered to pay almost a billion dollars to former military and RCMP members, who are alleged to have been short-changed on their pension and disability benefits. Some people may be eligible for a payment, and not know it. Retired Colonel Michel Drapeau tells us about that.

Fifteen years ago, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission began hearing the testimony of residential school survivors. The TRC released the final report in 2015. Commissioner Marie Wilson has a new book that shares an insider's look at the journey.