A new study being released this month is taking a look at how food is classified as processed or unprocessed. And Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab says it's complex and we all need to educate ourselves on some of the misconceptions.

April is national Cancer Awareness Month. And while the pandemic has caused them to pivot, the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is investing in potentially disruptive research to radically change cancer care. Dr. Judy Bray is the Vice President of Research with the CCS in Ottawa. She discusses what they are working on and how the pandemic and vaccination program might help, and how daffodils are still helping make that possible.

With only one regional children's hospital, it's not unusual for families to have to travel long distances to bring their kids to the IWK. And the Ronald McDonald House Charities are looking to double the number of rooms available to Maritime families. We speak with CEO Lori Barker about the campaign and the plan to start building their new house in Halifax.

The Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) was asked to investigate whether there was criminal misconduct by police during the period before the appeal of Glen Assoun's conviction. He's the Nova Scotia man who spent 17 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Former SIRT director Ronald J. MacDonald is heading up this investigation with his current team of The Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IIOBC). And of note, unlike SIRT in Nova Scotia, the IIOBC team is made up entirely of civilian members.

An incident caught on video has lead to an officer being placed on administrative duties while an investigation is held into his actions. Police Chief Dan Kinsella says the comments were unacceptable and incidents like this can be deeply damaging to police community relations. Lindell Smith weighs in as an HRM councillor and the chair of the board of police commissioners.

Letters and phone calls weren't working, so a young Nova Scotian activist has been on a hunger strike to try and get government to stop clear cutting in the province. He started it on March 8th and 19 days in, we speak about the cause he's fighting for and the effect it's had on him.

Health care advocates are calling for national standards for Long Term Care facilities in Canada. Chris Parsons from the Nova Scotia Health Coalition lays out what they are looking for. Michele Lowe is the Executive Director of the Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association and she weighs in with her thoughts.

After a campaign by industry and others, Premier Iain Rankin has made significant changes to his first big piece of legislation connected to the environment. What role do politics play in the protection and the destruction of biodiversity in Nova Scotia? I speak with Lisa Mitchell, Executive Director & senior lawyer at East Coast Environmental Law.

Nova Scotia's government says it can't wait on Northern Pulp to live up to its obligation to clean up sludge from the former Boat Harbour effluent treatment facility aeration stabilization basins. What does Environmental Lawyer Jamie Simpson think about this?

The family of retired, esteemed physician David Gass is remembering his life, work and accomplishments. But they are also shining the light on pedestrian safety concerns in HRM. And that's a issue Norm Collins has been pushing council on as President of the Crosswalk Safety Society of Nova Scotia because one pedestrian death is too many.