The St. John's Morning Show

It's convocation at Memorial University. Hundreds of students collected their diplomas yesterday at the Arts and Culture Centre. The CBC's Madison Ryan and Sarah Antle dropped by to chat with a few of them.

Imagine welcoming a newcomer to the province with some good, old-fashioned Newfoundland hospitality, and maybe a few comforting words or phrases in their own language? The Morning Show's Sandi Noseworthy met up with Alla Melnychuk to get a Ukrainian language lesson.

It's been about a year since Bally Haly Country Club opened at the former Clovelly golf course. Morning Show reporter Darrell Roberts stopped by to see how the past year has been, and how this season is shaping up.

It's been just fifty years since the RCMP began accepting women into their ranks. This afternoon, women, veterans, and supporters will march in St. John's to celebrate that milestone. We spoke with Tracy Edwards, an Inspector with the RCMP.

In 1923, the Canadian government banned most Chinese immigration until 1947. We talked about the impacts of that policy with Catherine Clement, a community historian from Vancouver's Chinatown, as well as Gordon Jin, a member of the Chinese Canadian community here in St. John's. Catherine Clement is also the curator for a project called the Paper Trail at the Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver. She'll be at The Rooms to talk about the project at 7:00 Wednesday evening.

Things looked dicey for a while for this season for PerSIStence Theatre Company, but they pulled it all out of the ashes and can't wait to showcase new works this summer. We spoke with Producing Artistic Director Jenn Deon.

There are very few studies done on the experiences of trans people with cancer. Sevtap Savas is a Cancer researcher at Memorial University. She joined us to talk more about the effects cancer has on transgender people.

The character Wild from Paw Patrol is now voiced by a Newfoundlander. The CBC's Jen White caught up with ten-year-old Hawthorne Fowler, and his dad Calvin Powell, to chat about the new gig.

Keyin College in St. John's will host a "speed dating career fair" tomorrow geared towards disabled people who are ready to start a new career. We spoke with Courtney Abbott, a coordinator with MentorAbility, and Melanie Wells, an employment facilitator with Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work.

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services spent $91 million on travel nursing in 2023. Yvette Coffey, president of the Registered Nurses Union, says it undermines efforts to retain and recruit nurses.