Mainstreet Halifax

In Antigonish, the drought has come with a certain smell to it and the lack of water is making their wastewater treatment facility smell worse. And where there's stink, our colleague Meig Campbell will follow. Here is her conversation with the mayor of Antigonish, Sean Cameron. 

Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza city. Michael Lynk is a professor emeritus of law at Western University and the former UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory. He shares his thoughts on this move with Jeff Douglas and gives us an update of what is happening in Gaza.

James Turk is director of the Centre for Free Expression at Toronto Metropolitan University. He tells Alex Guye about the recent deaths of Palestinian journalists in Gaza and the amount of journalists that have been killed since October 2023.

U.S. president also announced he's federalizing the local police and will launch a 'beautification" campaign that will remove homeless encampments. Robert Huish, an associate professor of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University, explains this and more to Jeff Douglas.

Tawny Stowe is a farmer at Nourishing Circles Farmstead in Oxford who experienced a blueberry crop failure recently. She tells Jeff Douglas about this and what the future might look like. 

You may have noticed brown leaves falling off your trees as the drought drags on. Our colleague Meig Campbell asked Crispin Wood, manager of urban forestry for the Halifax Regional Municipality, what is happening and how this will impact the trees long term.

Julia Davids is the choirs artistic director. Joel Tranquilla is the assistant conductor. They both spoke to guest host, Alex Guye.

CBC's Jane Sponagle spoke to Kings County Mayor Dave Corkum about the future project and partnering with the town's of Wolfville and Kentville.

Waggin' Wheels Mobile Dog Gym is a service in HRM that brings a mobile, indoor gym directly to your dog and provides a supervised workout for dogs on a treadmill inside a climate-controlled van. Rob Doublett met up with owner and operator Spencer Fry this morning to see the idea in action.

Dalhousie marine biology student, Geraldine Fernandez and Atlantic Shark Expeditions president, Neil Hammerschlag, tell Jeff about a great white shark encounter from earlier this week. Geraldine managed to captured an incredible photo of the shark curiously peaking out of the ocean near the tour boat.