The St. John's Morning Show

Trying to meet new people can be tough. How about trying to meet new people, but with axes? Jim Russell owns 'Speed Dating Around Town.' He joined us in studio to talk about their events.

Back in June, the province struck a deal with fourth division soccer team AFC Barrow. For $171,000, the team will have "Newfoundland and Labrador" across the front of their jerseys. In a couple weeks, they'll be taking on global superstars Chelsea FC. For more on the significance of this match, the Morning Show's Lukas Wall spoke with Adrian Sousa, a soccer YouTuber based in Montreal.

Happy Valley Goose Bay's Silver Wolf Band are in town working on a new album. They'll also be play a handful of shows while they're here on the island. Jamie Jackman and Matthew Barrett joined us in studio for a chat.

The St. John's Board of Trade wrote a letter to federal ministers and the premier outlining deep concerns they have over a potential Air Canada strike. For more, we spoke with CEO AnnMarie Boudreau.

The Amazing Race Canada aired its season finale last night, and a pair of Newfoundlanders were in the finals. Colin Rose and Matt Roberts stopped by and talked about their experience working on the show.

This year's Terry Fox run is taking place this Sunday. For more details, we spoke with organizer Modeline Nicholas Longjohn and volunteer Jessica Ivany.

The federal fisheries minister ignored the advice of DFO scientists in reopening the commercial cod fishery. So what could that mean for the health of this province's cod stocks? We spoke Jenn Thornhill Verma, the author of Cod Collapse: The Rise and Fall of Newfoundland's Saltwater Cowboys.

A potential Air Canada pilot's strike shows there's more work to be done on Canada's Air Passenger Bill of Rights. That's according to local air travellers advocate Woodrow French. He joined us on the line to talk about the effects it could have on passengers in Newfoundland and Labrador.

The federal government is investing over half-a-million dollars to improve access to primary healthcare for transgender people in this province. Logan St. Croix is on the board of directors with Trans Support NL. He joined us on the line to talk about how they plan to use that money.

Vroom vroom! Targa is here. We spoke with founder and organizer Robert Giannou about this weekend's ceremonial start.