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After yet another tragic incident of gender-based, intimate-partner violence - experts remind us that violent relationships rarely start out that way. We take a look at one program from the Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre and Sexual Assault Services Association, called the Healthy Relationships for Youth program. It hopes to shift the culture by helping young people teach their peers to recognize the signs of an unhealthy relationship and to how get out before it leads to violence. Moraig MacGillivray is the operations manager of the association. She spoke with host, Jeff Douglas, about this initiative.

David Shipley, CEO and co-founder of Beauceron Security, talks with host Jeff Douglas about recent and ongoing cyber security breaches involving major US institutions, and about Canada's vulnerabilities.

Maggie Andrew had a pretty killer 2024: she was a Wavemaker at the 2024 JUNO Awards, won CBC Music's Searchlight Competition and put a song in the top five of the CBC Music Top 20... picked up an ECMA and two ANSMA Awards.

Maggie joins Jeff to talk about turning dreams into goals, manifesting success, and staying strong.

Terry Smith-Lamothe is the composer of the Nova Scotian Christmas carol, “Let’s Celebrate the Christmas Season" which first premiered in 1997. He stopped by the studio to tell host Jeff Douglas all about it. You can watch the Reedville, Virginia performance here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWPD3fFRm0g

One year ago, Café Caye Mangé open its doors on Main Street in Yarmouth. The restaurant boasts healthy options and gives visitors a taste of Saint Lucia. Alex Guye visited the cafe earlier this month, and spent the morning with owner and chef, Pamela Alexander Leonforde as she prepped for the day.

The latest Child Poverty Report Card for Nova Scotia show's the steepest increase in child poverty rates in a generation: Provincially, nearly 24% of children live in poverty.

Locally, that number can soar from over 30% to a staggering 66%.

Lesley Frank, the Tier II Canada Research Chair in Food, Health, and Social Justice at Acadia University, reflects on this perennial problem for Nova Scotia..

Freelancer and grade 12 student Damini Awoyiga drops into Studio A to tell Jeff Douglas what people are telling her about the impact of the phone ban in Nova Scotian schools.

If you're considering washing your Christmas tree, the Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia recommends against it. The CBC's Molly MacNaughton tells Jeff Douglas what she's learned about why some people are doing this, and how it can backfire.

Former Mainstreet host Stephanie Domet drops into Studio A, to reminisce about some of the amazing teen musicians who competed live on the radio in our School of Rock contests in 2010 and 2011, and tell Jeff what she's learned about where they are now.

In the US, some parents are suing Character.AI, alleging the AI companionship app has played a role in ruining their kids' lives, and in one case contributed to a 14-year old boy's decision to commit suicide. Teresa Heffernan talks with Jeff about longstanding concerns about technology that tricks people into thinking they're talking to a real person. If you're feeling suicidal, you can talk to a real person 24 hours a day by texting or dialing 988.