The Signal

Newfoundland Quarterly's new issue theme is Earth. The previous one being water. This time around - the connection to the earth, physical in mining, harvesting, to emotional - our foundation, our roots. Today we explore the pages with this quarter's contributors. 

Guests: Joan Sullivan, managing editor Newfoundland Quarterly; Jessica Richardson, writer; Katrina Taliana, multimedia artist; Greg Morgan, writer-producer 

Father's Day weekend is coming, so today on the show we talk all things gardening and planting for this time of year. We talk tips and take calls from folks updating us on their grow season progress. 

Guest: Dan Rubin, author of 'Sun, Seed & Soil: Tips and techniques for a northern garden'

Equality in the boardroom? Not by a long shot. Today on the show we talk about why we still need to have this conversation in 2025. Our guests are local women changemakers who will talk challenges and positive changes. 

Guests: Carolann Harding CEO SmartICE; Laura Aguirre Polo, manager, Amal Unite & Empower; Dawn Dalley, president and CEO of CAA Atlantic; Colleen Kennedy, Gros Morne Cooperative Association

We took the show to the right hand edge of Canada to talk about the 50th anniversary of Parks Canada at Cape Spear. We chat history, lighthouse keepers, baked goods and more. 

Today on the show we talk about wildfire season in Newfoundland and Labrdor. We talk about the current state of wildfires, the intensity and their frequency, and what people and communities are need to do to prepare and adapt. 

GUESTS

Kathleen Parewick Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador community collaboration and development officer; Fred Hollett, fire chief of Portugal Cove-St. Phillip’s; Therese Greenwood, author and survivor of the Fort McMurray wildfires back in 2016; Duane Antle, fire chief for the town of Come By Chance and president of the NL Association of Fire Services; Amy Coady, Grand Falls-Windsor councillor and president of MNL; Ron Barron, mayor of Wabush; Myrna Goosney, town manager of Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook

Today on the show we talk about the cost of travel for specialty health care and a charity that's trying to fill the gap. Spend the hour with us as we fly with folks connected to Hope Air and talk about their role in health-care equity.

Guests: 

Jaclyn Sullivan director of external relations, Atlantic Canada Hope Air; Cindy Hickey, a parent whose family has gotten assistance from Hope Air; Jim Burton previous chair of the Hope Air Board of Directors; Mark Rubinstein, CEO Hope Air 

It's June, which means it's all systems grow for the gardens of Newfoundland and Labrador. Check out the show for gardening tips and to hear from folks about their grow season aspirations. 

Guest: Meghan McCarthy, assistant horticulturist, Memorial University Botanical Garden 

The Signal crew took the show on the road to the Village Mall's food court to dig into a conversation about starting a business and new life chapters for newcomers. We chat with folks from the Ukrainian diaspora about their journeys, as well as some old friends of the show in the hair styling business. 

It's National AccessAbility Week. Today on the show we ask what does accessibility really mean? And we talk about the what role a disability advocate could play in Newfoundland and Labrador. 

Guests: Nancy Reid, executive director COD NL; Joanne MacDonald accessibility advocate and Paralympian; Paul Power, Power Productions; Paul Walsh, CEO, Autism Society, Newfoundland & Labrador; Valerie Maidment, advocate and author; Steve Denty manager, commercial development and customer experience with St. John's International Airport.

It's late May and we are talking gardening on the show with horticulturist Todd Boland.