The St. John's Morning Show

Syrians all over the world are celebrating after the fall of the Assad government this past weekend. Mona Khalil and her family fled Syria in 2013, and have since made St. John's their home. She joined us on the line with her reaction.

Denise Tapper-Blake is a Trauma Awareness Educator, and a certified Trauma Recovery Coach. She gave us tips on how to deal with survivors of trauma in the workplace.

A story we brought you this summer has a happy new chapter. Back in the summer, we introduced you to Janet Hong during her search for a new liver. In September, she finally found a match! The CBC's Katherine Crummey caught up with Janet post-transplant.

Ali Alhegaa's family is in Sweden with a new baby. They're stuck there until the baby can fly, with a lot of medical bills. Ali told us the story of how is new baby boy, Youssef, came into the world.

MUN's faculty association is concerned about the university's budget issues and resulting hiring freeze, and is calling for increased/restored government funding. We spoke with Russell Williams, the vice-president internal, with the university's faculty association.

Sherry Ryan Band has a pre-Christmas show coming up at the Ship on Dec. 15th, along with special guests Mick Davis and Shirley Dalton. She dropped by the studio to chat about that show, and her plans for 2025.

A group of parents is holding a fundraiser to build an outdoor classroom at Brother Rice Junior High, because there's so little green space around the school. For more, our Morning Show reporter Darrell Roberts stopped by.

Joy Chukwu-Osazuwa studied fisheries in Nigeria, but moved to Newfoundland in 2018 to pursue a PhD in marine biology. Now, she works on developing vaccines for the aquaculture industry. She joined us live this morning at Bannerman Brewing.

Celia Glover was on the show a few weeks back, to talk about what she’s doing to help out The Single Parent’s Association this year. She also has a bustling Facebook page called Money Saving Mama. Celia Glover joined us at Bannerman Brewing this morning - along with her 8 year old son Declan. Also ... Santa makes an appearance.

Lesley Burgess is the Executive Director of Bridges to Hope, and she joined us live at Bannerman Brewing this morning to discuss how the community can help with donations to the local food bank.