This is Nova Scotia

This Hour Has 22 Minutes is in its 32nd season, and still finding humour in a particularly difficult news cycle right now. For head writer Jordan Foisy, it's all about keeping pace with the rapid political changes, and trying to offer a little catharsis (a collective sigh, if you will) at the end of a long news week. He tells guest host Preston Mulligan about the role of comedy news shows at a time when people might be feeling a little burnt out by traditional news.

Reporter Frances Willick looks into a brewing question at the heart of the Canadian identity. 

Christina Callegari from the Ecology Action Centre tells us why it's so difficult to confidently "buy local" when you're talking about seafood. 

The Houston government has been trying to change the way Freedom of Information works in Nova Scotia. Outgoing privacy commissioner Tricia Ralph weighs in on that, and the challenges facing her successor.

Meteorologist Jim Abraham joins us to look at how Donald Trump's political agenda will affect Canadian weather forecasting. 

Liz Ingram-Chambers owns Le Bistro by Liz in downtown Halifax. She tells what she's had to do, to adjust to Donald Trump's trade war.

Nova Scotia native Larry MacInnis tells us about The Pro Bono Group's work on a Buy Canadian campaign. 

NSGEU presdent Sandra Mullen tells us about government efforts to take Communications Nova Scotia employees out of the union, and new legislation that says they could be fired at any time, without cause. 

The man who led the expert panel on hydraulic fracturing shares his thoughts on Premier Houston's push to exploit Nova Scotia's onshore natural gas.

Legal expert looks at the Nova Scotia's government's recent moves to consolidate power.