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Halifax’s Scotiabank Centre says it will adopt Ticketmaster as its ticketing platform in a phased approach this summer. We hear why the change was made and what one concert promoter thinks.

The Journal of the American Heart Association has published a scientific statement linking cardiovascular diseases to chronic exposure to low and "low‐moderate" levels of lead, cadmium, and arsenic. Doug Mulhall, who wrote about these heavy metals and the risk they pose in his new book, Discovering the Nature of Longevity, tells guest host Preston Mulligan how people can protect themselves.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives wants to see improvements to the federal-provincial rent supplement program to address Nova Scotia's lack of affordable housing. Guest host Preston Mulligan spoke with Catherine Leviten-Reid, a research associate at the centre, about what her group is proposing.

Dartmouth came alive on Sunday when the city closed Portland Street to traffic — and opened it for fun! The event featured performances by Mi'kmaw drummers and Bahamian big band Rush Culture. There was even a motorized replica of the ferry! Mainstreet's Alex Mason was there to check it out.

Halifax-born Yanni Karmas, a masters student at the University of Ottawa, has written his thesis on the role of Greek dance in maintaining ethnic identity and a sense of belonging in a a multicultural society like Canada. Karmas spoke to Jeff shortly after defending his thesis.

The provincial government announced yesterday it will offer doctors a $10,000 incentive to accept at least 50 new "higher needs" patients. Michelle Thompson, Nova Scotia Minister of Health and Wellness, dropped by Studio A to speak to Jeff about what it will mean to the provincial registry of people looking for a primary health-care provider.

Eleanore Sunchild, a high-profile Cree lawyer from Saskatchewan, is calling for residential school denialism to be added to the Criminal Code alongside Holocaust denialism. Jeff spoke with Barbara Perry who is the UNESCO Chair in Hate Studies at Ontario Tech University about the line between free speech and hate speech.

Just ahead of National Indigenous Peoples Day, two new exhibits have been installed at museums in Halifax. CBC's Brett Ruskin visited " Revealing Chignecto", which is on display at the Canadian Museum of Immigration. And Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas went down to the Museum of Natural History to check out another called "Honouring Our Ancestors".

Pam Glode-Desrochers, the executive director of the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre, joins host Jeff Douglas in Studio A to discuss the 2023 edition of their Mawita'jik Competition Pow Wow and plans to host some events during the upcoming North American Indigenous Games.

The Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs is calling on the federal government to reinstate a ministerial order that would allow safe fish passage by opening the aboiteau gates in the Windsor causeway. That order was first issued in 2021 but expired earlier this month, without being renewed. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Twila Gaudet, the initiative's director of consultation, to learn more.