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A large collection of Mi'kmaw artifacts is getting closer to coming home to Mi'kma'ki. About 500 items, including regalia, quillwork and baskets, have been kept at a museum in the U.S. for many years. Now, a team from the Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre is working at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. to carefully catalog and conserve this history so it can return home. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Tim Bernard, the executive director of the centre, and curatorial associates, Kamden Nicholas and Basil Johnson.

It's been just over a year since the bodies of 215 children were discovered at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Last year, Thunderbird Swooping Down Woman, also known as Elder Darlene Gilbert, and others gathered to place shoes on the steps of St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica in Halifax in memory of the children. Gilbert spoke with host Jeff Douglas about the progress she's seen over the past year and what still needs to be done.

A Nova Scotia man is starting a recovery program for people with post-traumatic stress disorder. Mark Long, a former RCMP and Halifax Regional Police officer, was put on leave without pay after he developed PTSD. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Long about the new program and how it works.

Starting June 1st until June 8th, Charlotte Mendel will host the EN-ROADS Climate Action Simulation game. She took this simulation into classrooms in the UK, and now she's trying to bring it to Nova Scotian students.

Danny Graham, the chief executive director of Engage Nova Scotia, spoke with host Jeff Douglas about a new online interactive tool called The Wellbeing Mapping Tool.

Home 3D printing technology has become increasingly accessible to home hobbyists. Some people in Nova Scotia are selling their 3D-printed items and 3D-printing services through online marketplaces. Mainstreet's Erin MacInnis spoke with some of the people using 3D printing as a side hustle.

Of the roughly 1,000 members of the Third Jamaica Contingent aboard the SS Verdala, which was diverted to Halifax in the winter of 1916 on its way to England, 600 suffered acutely from frostbite and 40 developed gangrene. Hyacinth Simpson, an associate professor of English at Toronto Metropolitan University, has studied the tragedy and recently gave a lecture about it at the Jamaican military museum.

Sheila Wildeman is an associate professor at the Schulich School of Law and co-chair of East Coast Prison Justice Society. The society hears from people who are incarcerated in provincial institutions, and advocates on their behalf. She tells Jeff about the profound effects lockdowns have on inmates.

Mayor Amanda McDougall and L’nu advisor Tanya Johnson-MacVicar spoke with host Jeff Douglas about what led up to Cape Breton municipal council's unanimous decision to ask the Governor General to repeal the proclamation.

The Mi'kmaw Place Names Digital Atlas relaunched last month. Mainstreet's producer, Alex Mason, speaks with project director Tim Bernard, project manager Trudy Sable from SMU, and shalan joudrey who's used the website in her art. Here's a link to the atlas : https://placenames.mapdev.ca