This has been a heartbreaking week in Nova Scotia. Indeed, throughout the Atlantic region we are feeling pain and frustrated by the physical distancing that doesn’t allow us to express our solidarity with those who have lost loved ones. Roy Ellis says feelings of anger, hopelessness, guilt, and sadness are perfectly normal after trauma. Roy is a grief counselor in Nova Scotia. Who says what we're feeling is "Anguish."

Today a new doc from former prison inmate Stephen Miller. It follows Great Big Sea co- founder Sean McCann on his recent visit to Her Majesty’s Penitentiary in St. John’s, where he spoke emotionally about his road to recovery from sexual abuse and addictions.

In this new two-part documentary, Rebecca Nolan follows musician and writer Richard Simas on his quest to trace the exact origin of the a beloved set of Newfoundland tunes called: The Portuguese Waltzes.

In this new two-part documentary, Rebecca Nolan follows musician and writer Richard Simas on his quest to trace the exact origin of the a beloved set of Newfoundland tunes called: The Portuguese Waltzes.

This week on AV, a conversation with mental health care clinicians at the IWK in Halifax where they’ve all but eradicated wait times for children and adolescents. Dr. Sharon Clarke and Karen Carey are my guests on the program. They’re going to tell us about the CAPA model and how it is changing mental healthcare in Nova Scotia.

This week on AV, Chicken Balls and Baymen, a new documentary from William Ping.

It’s an exploration of identity and culture that started when William found an old photo album that belonged to his grandfather. The album contained mysterious photos of take-outs, parking lots and restaurants.

Wanting to know why his grandfather would keep a whole album of restaurant pictures, William grabbed a tape recorder and went on this quest.

This week on AV, a brand new doc from PEI’s Isabella Zavarise. It’s the story of Visitation Place a unique space in Charlottetown - that may be the solution to the region’s many emptying convents. Visitation Place offers lodgings and a place for young university students to explore their faith and their role in the community. It’s the brain child of Sister Sue Kidd.

Fed Up is a reflection on food insecurity from NL with lessons for the Atlantic Region. A few years ago, NL was a poster child in how to successfully tackle food insecurity, It had a specific poverty reduction plan that indexed income assistance to inflation - The province no longer does that and now food insecurity rates are the highest in Canada. Hosted by Jane Adey, Fed Up is part of a CBC series looking at the causes, impacts, and solutions to food insecurity.

This week we’re bringing you a story about PTSD from the CBC NB podcast series The Hook.

In this episode, Harry Forestell introduces Myfanwy Davies to former a military sniper who survived Afghanistan, but has been battling PTSD ever since. Here’s I’m a Solider, Sheldon Roberts’ Fight for Life.

This week, Portia Clark brings us a panel of African Nova Scotian leaders in honour of African Heritage Month. You’ll hear the voices of singer-songwriter Reeny Smith, Halifax Councillor Lindell Smith, Psychiatry resident Dr. Cinera States and community leader Bradley Daye.