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Dave Johnson is the founder of MindSentinel, a Nova Scotia-based startup that is currently developing a “check engine light” mental health app. The app focuses on depression and is prevention-oriented. They are now at the stage in our development where they want to learn about the people in the target audience: individuals who have experienced at least one major depressive episode. David has personally dealt with depression over the past 20 years, with the idea for the app arising out of his own experience.

When Arlene Fougere from the Northern tip of Cape Breton took her dog to the Ingonish temporary Vet clinic for a sore paw last week, she had no idea her visit would end in catastrophe. Due to what she thinks was a series of missed steps, her otherwise healthy husky, Cooper was somehow euthanized before her very eyes. She is distraught, but found time to speak with us earlier today. Joining us on the call is her lawyer Jeff Mitchell. A word of caution, what you are about to hear could be disturbing for some listeners.

Plans are moving along for a big move for the North Sydney food bank. It opened at the former train station 26 years ago. The move would send them across town to the former Seaton school. CBRM Council has approved the idea once several conditions are met. The Food bank would go in one section of the school while the other part of the complex would be used for housing. Lawrence Shebib is Executive Director of the North Sydney Food Bank. He met with George Mortimer at the school to get an update for Mainstreet.

Our guest wanted nothing more than to be on the radio. Living with a disability, and trying to find a position in a shrinking industry made him decide to take matters into his own hands. Newfoundland's Bryan Tobin has developed a very popular podcast Tobin tonight. There he interviews popular musical stars and other celebrities. We spoke to him about his journey

From Cape Bretoners are everywhere file, we have a story about a Cape Breton playwright who has prepared a short run series for the Star Trek Deep Space 9 cast and fans in this time of COVID. Matt Campbell has been onstage as an actor, playwright and director. This is the first time he's created something for a fan base on Zoom. We will tell you where you can find the series based on your favourite Deep Space nine characters, but we wanted to know how this project got started in the first place.

The Pan Cape Breton Food Hub has purchased a building which will be the site of its processing facility. The building, located in Bras d’Or, was formally the Celtic County Market. “This facility will be a game-changer in our whole industry - Farmers and food businesses will be able to expand, and more people will get to eat Cape Breton grown food year-round,” says Alicia Lake, Executive Director of the Food Hub.

Cape Breton Canso MP Mike Kelloway discusseswhy he supports an inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting and what the process will look like.

After months of calls for answers... the provincial and federal government announced a joint independent review looking into the deadly mass shootings in Nova Scotia that left 22 people dead. We'll talk to investigative reporter Tim Bousquet about why that approach falls short of the public's demands.

Aselin Ettinger, a Cape Bretoner living in Digby that teaches at Digby Elementary School. She designed her gym class to be inclusive to kids with intellectual disabilities like being on the Autism Spectrum Disorder. Someone nominated Ettinger for the 2020 Rick Hansen Educator Difference Maker of the Year for the work she does in her gym class.

Local condiment company, Island Sauce Co., has been picked up by a number of retailers across the island. We spoke to one of the owners behind the company, Kevin Taylor.