The St. John's Morning Show

Imagine it's the eighteen hundreds (1800s) in the dead of winter, and you're shipwrecked in the island of Newfoundland. That's the premise of a new mini-series debuting soon. It was directed and co-written by filmmaker Ben Noah, who joined us in the studio this morning.

A local tech company focused on AI coaching will be taking part in a big league startup program this winter. Trophi AI will be participating in SPEED RUN – a coveted accelerator program happening in San Francisco next January. In the studio with us this morning was the head of Trophi AI, Mike Winter.

PC Leader and incumbent Premier Tim Houston took a landslide victory in yesterday's Nova Scotia election. There's a chance this could influence an election in Newfoundland and Labrador. We've reached Alex Marland, a professor in the Department of Politics at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, to talk about this.

The Taylor Swift Eras Tour was a night well spent for many, however some fans were welcomed with unexpected bills when they arrived in Toronto. Our Morning Show's Sarah Antle spoke with one woman, Shelley Collier, who travelled from Whitbourne to see Taylor Swift, only to find out her hotel reservation was cancelled in July -- which meant she had to make another, more expensive booking to stay the same three days.

The Grand Slam of Curling is not stranger to this province, having done two stops in CBS pre-pandemic. The event features the top 32 teams in the world -- and they all played right here in St. John's. One of the folks behind the event, Nic Sulsky, joined us in studio this morning to talk about curling, plus a bit of running he's doing today.

MUN's director of student residences says students want a single room, and that's leaving beds empty in the midst of a housing shortage. Bruce Belbin is the director of student residences, and ancillary operations, at Memorial. He spoke with the CBC's Jenna Head.

The Kioti National curling championships are kicking off at the Mary Browns Centre today, and The Newfoundland Embassy is serving up breakfast across the road from the action. Morning Show reporter Darrell Roberts met up with Niall Hickey, one of the co-owners of the Newfoundland Embassy.

The Town of Paradise ended their State of Emergency on Friday. Paradise mayor Dan Bobbett gave us an update this morning.

Georgina's Law, aimed at creating intimate partner violence strategy, is expected to pass through the Senate later today. We spoke with the woman behind the bill, Georgina McGrath.

The Salvation Army's kettle campaign is a Christmas staple at many malls across the country. But this year is the last time you'll see them at the Avalon Mall. CBC's Jessica Singer brought us that story.