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Medical First Responders and the Fitch Report?

Mike Nickerson is the Business Manager and CEO of IUOE Local 727 representing around 11-hundred Paramedics in Nova Scotia.

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Many of us first learned about Lake City Works in Dartmouth through their Tiny Home Lottery.

They are a social enterprise supporting adults living with mental illness on their path to meaningful employment. And with the fundraising campaign wrapping up, they have a new project: affordable and accessible housing.

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With a new Premier and a new Legislative Session, what should we expect to hear about poverty and paid sick days in the Throne Speech?

Christine Saulnier with the Canadian Center of Policy Alternatives takes on that topic on Thinking Out Loud with Sheldon MacLeod

Who decides who should be declared an essential worker?

ATU President Ken Wilson says transit operators should be moved up the priority list for COVID-19

February is Heart Month and SaltWire multimedia host Sheldon MacLeod talks about snow shoveling, business closures and cardiac arrest with the Coordinator of the EHS AED Registry Program Mike Janczyszyn.

Thinking Out Loud with Sheldon MacLeod for February 9, 2021

Who do you trust these days?

SaltWire multimedia host Sheldon MacLeod speaks with Narrative Research COO Margaret Chapman about the answers they got to their recent survey on that question.

Thinking Out Loud with Sheldon MacLeod - Friday, Feb. 5, 2021

Outgoing Premier Stephen McNeil made two major announcements about Long-Term Care homes in his last week as Liberal Leader.

How will the Life Partners in Long-Term Care Act, and the additional Long-term care beds help the 15-hundred seniors waiting for placement?

Michele Lowe, Managing Director of the Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association speaks to that and the moving parts involved with keeping couples together in care.

Ships Stayed Here: A delay in replacing the Halifax-Class Frigates.

SaltWire multimedia host Sheldon MacLeod speaks with journalist, military analyst and former Navy Commander Ken Hansen.

Ken discusses the possibility of layoffs at the Irving Shipyard because of delays in the final designs from the British Design Firm.

In 1946, Viola Desmond was found guilty of tax evasion and was forced to pay a fine and court costs of $26 for challenging racial segregation at a movie theater in New Glasgow.

The province pardoned her in 2010 and this week, they made a symbolic repayment to Viola's sister Wanda Robson. African Nova Scotian Affairs Minister Tony Ince says it's important to remember our history as we work towards ending systemic racism.

SaltWire Columnist John DeMont talks to Iain Rankin, one of three candidates who are competing to replace outgoing Nova Scotia Liberal leader and Premier Stephen McNeil.