The St. John's Morning Show

The votes are tallied and Ward 3 has a new city councillor. Greg Noseworthy joined us on the line to talk about the win, and the issues he plans to tackle while in the position.

The U.S. presidential election was less of a nail-biter than most expected, and now we know the result: Donald Trump has been elected president of the United States. Memorial University political scientist Scott Matthews joined us to talk about the results, and how it could affect Canadians.

A stinky problem has popped up again in Paradise. Five years ago, a faulty sewage lift pump cost the town $1.5 million, and now it's caused a state of emergency. For more, we spoke with Paradise mayor Dan Bobbett.

Yesterday, the provincial government announced the location for a new hospital on Kenmount Road in St. John's. For a municipal perspective, we spoke with St. John's mayor Danny Breen.

Celia Glover, creator of the popular Facebook group Money Saving Mama, has started her annual toy drive for the Single Parents Association of Newfoundland and Labrador. She joined us on the line this morning to talk about it.

Hope Air has been helping patients with medical travel costs for decades, and there's a growing demand for those services. Morning Show reporter Darrell Roberts stopped by their Ham, Eggs and Hope breakfast at the Sheraton Hotel in St. John's this morning.

We spoke with former CBC St. John's colleague Dan MacEachern, who's now living south of the border, about his take on today's U-S presidential election.

Colorectal cancer rates might be dropping across Canada, but this province has the highest rates in the country. Touati Benoucraf is an associate professor of Genomics & Bioinformatics at Memorial University. He spoke about his research with the Morning Show's Sarah Antle.

A new study by pest control company Orkin has found St. John's to be among the 'rattiest' cities in the country. For more, we spoke with Orkin's area manager in Newfoundland and Labrador, Kenneth Penney.

Politicians are gearing up for the fall sitting of the House of Assembly. Morning Show reporter Darrell Roberts brought us up to speed.