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Matrix CODE is a Halifax program designed to create career opportunities for young Black men, including those with criminal records. Derek Johnson, a past graduate of the program who's now a co-ordinator, can attest to that. He spoke with host Jeff Douglas about the program and how it helped him.

The lack of available housing in Nova Scotia is a huge issue and sometimes young people also face setbacks on their way to home ownership because of a lack of information. That's why Keonte Beals spearheaded three virtual info sessions to make sure friends and other people in his community know how to get on the right track. He shared his knowledge with host Jeff Douglas.

A report out of Dalhousie University attempts to answer the question: is greedflation helping drive prices higher at the grocery store? Authors Sylvain Charlebois and Samantha Taylor join host Jeff Douglas to talk about it.

Bob Bennett, executive director of Summer Street in New Glasgow, and Danny Graham with Engage Nova Scotia spoke with host Jeff Douglas about what survey data can tell us about how Nova Scotians with disabilities are doing. You'll also hear from Tracy Hermillon, a community advocate who is on the participant council at Summer Street.

Tuma Young has been chosen to be the pride ambassador for this year's Halifax Pride Festival. Tuma is a two-spirit L'nu lawyer and the co-founder of the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance.

Halifax Central Library will be hosting a workshop exploring narratives of Nova Scotia Gaels on Sunday. Michael Newton, a Scottish Gaelic scholar, researcher and teacher will run the workshop and he spoke to Mainstreet's Alex Guye about the importance of keeping the life and lore of the Gaels alive and correcting untruths about their language and traditions.

In May of 1972, queer people in Halifax were organizing. A month later, the Gay Alliance for Equality was established. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with the group's first chairperson, Tom Burns, about what it was like to be gay - and to feel invisible - half a century ago.

Artists Ursula Johson and Lisa Myers talk about their collaborative performance Decomposition, which was about longing for contact using mycelia as a metaphor. The performance happened Wednesday night at the Dalhousie Art Gallery.

The federal government will apologize for the racist treatment of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, a segregated First World War unit known as the Black battalion, in Truro on Saturday. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Nevin Jackson, a semi-retired education administrator who does contract work around diversity and equity, and Lynn Jones, who has family who served in the war, about the upcoming apology.

The first annual International Black Health Conference will be a three-day conference to talk about the best ways to address health disparities in Black communities. Ingrid Waldron. a professor and HOPE Chair in Peace and Health at McMaster University, is one of the organizers of the event that's coming to Halifax in October.