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A small group of people in Shelburne County has been feeding their community members for free, a couple times a month. Efforts began in the wake of Nova Scotia's largest recorded wildfire that ripped through the county. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Amy MacKinnon, the executive director of the Our House Youth Health Centre, to hear what kind of impact the meals have made.

The federal government recently tabled a national pharmacare bill that, among many things, would cover contraception. Access Now Nova Scotia has been advocating for this coverage, and its founder Kari Ellen Grant joins host Jeff Douglas to talk about how free access to birth control could save taxpayer money.

The federal government announced a $5-million grant for Dalhousie University's Canadian Battery Innovation Centre on Wednesday. Lead researcher Michael Metzger joins host Jeff Douglas to talk about how this new money will speed up experiments and innovations.

On Sunday, Halifax-born filmmaker Ben Proudfoot won his second Oscar for his documentary short, The Last Repair Shop. It profiles four Los Angeles craftspeople who keep more than 80,000 student instruments in good repair at no cost to the students.

Female couples and those with surrogacy arrangements can now register as both parents on their newborn's birth certificate in Nova Scotia. Krysta Hartlen Côté and her spouse were one of many affected by the previous regulations that prevented both names being added. Hartlen Côté spoke with Mainstreet's Alex Guye about their experience.

For traditional Mi'kmaw fishermen, winter eel fishing makes them feel close to their ancestors. The timeless, year-round food source is a major part of Mi'kmaw culture. The CBC's Sis'moqon ventured onto the ice atop an Antigonish river to learn more about what stands to threaten the future of this traditional fishery.

After decades of battling mood disorder and mental illness, Shelburne councillor Ben Nickerson joins host Jeff Douglas to talk about his experience using ketamine therapy — and how it's given him hope he's been fighting for for decades. 

Mi'kmaw artist Alan Syliboy has teamed up with the founder of Lunar Codex to send a piece of his art to the moon. Humpback Swimming in the Milky Way was sent to the moon on a SpaceX lunar landing in February, as part of an international project created by Toronto poet, physicist and archivist Samuel Peralta.

Host Jeff Douglas is joined by Dalhousie University sociologist Chris Giacomantonio to talk about an internal RCMP assessment of future threats, exaccerbated by climate change, technology and fraying of the social fabric.

A solidarity rally to support the efforts to have a Manitoba landfill searched for missing and murdered Indigenous women was held in Kjipuktuk (Halifax) on Friday. Advocates say the provincial and federal governments aren’t moving quickly enough to do so. The CBC's Sis'moqon spoke with organizers Martha Martin and Brandy Stanovich ahead of the event.