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Emancipation Day and the legacy of the Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia were commemorated during a ceremony at Citadel Hill in Halifax on Thursday. Jamaican High Commissioner to Canada Marsha Coore Lobban spoke to those gathered about what the Maroons represent.

The 75th anniversary of the opening of Cape Sable Island causeway will be celebrated by people in southwest Nova Scotia. Guest host Preston Mulligan spoke to Eddie Nickerson, the warden of the Municipality of Barrington, about concerns that residents of the area have about the causeway.

Musician Melanie Doane has released seven albums and has several chart-topping hits. She chatted with guest host Preston Mulligan at the Mainstreet studio.

Part history, part fantasy The Time Keepers is a new children's book about a girl who travels back in time to the first Emancipation Day in Canada. Guest host Preston Mulligan chats with the author, Keisha Cuffie, about what she hopes readers take away from the book. 

A group of 45 American doctors and nurses who've been to Gaza wrote to the White House last week, about what they witnessed and why they think the number of people killed as a result of Israeli military action is far higher than the official estimate. Guest host Preston Mulligan is joined by Michael Lynk, a professor emeritus of law at Western University, who shares his perspective on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and what international law says about it.

Newfoundland's Alan Doyle is out and about on the road again. The musician has three sold-out shows at the Shore Club in Hubbards, N.S., on August 27, 28 and 29. Guest host Preston Mulligan spoke with Alan about career in Atlantic Canada and his latest album, Welcome Home, which was released in February this year.

The summer podcast series, Right of Way, offers a case study on how NOT to tackle a disagreement over access to Nova Scotia's coast. Co-host Hannah Harrison joins guest host Preston Mulligan to talk about what communities around the province can learn from a dispute in South Bar.

People who gathered to celebrate Africville on the weekend are in shock after violence erupted on Saturday night. Two men who were not part of the community's annual reunion exchanged gunfire in the park. Five bystanders were hit by bullets; one was seriously injured. The CBC's Gareth Hampshire spoke with Irvine Carvery, the president of the Africville Genealogy Society, who was nearby when the shooting happened.

A 14-day research cruise is happening in the Atlantic Canyons and the Gulf of Maine right now. A team of Canadian and American scientists is examining deep-sea corals to better understand where they're found and their environmental conditions to help improve conservation efforts. Mainstreet's Alex Guye spoke with Anna Metaxas, a Dalhousie University oceanography professor, to learn more about the project.

Torch the German Shepard was almost two years old when he died from water intoxication. The CBC's Molly MacNaughton spoke to his owner, Jule Cormier, about her loss. Guest host Preston Mulligan also spoke with a Dr. Taylor Whitcomb, a veterinarian at Metro Animal Emergency Clinic, to ask what pet owners should know about the condition.