Viewpoints

On today's Viewpoints:
Last year a 12 year-old from Knowlton Québec, grabbed his toboggan and trekked through the streets in search of items to give to those in need. He collected enough stuff to fill nine 26 foot trucks. He’s at it again this year. The Adams Family will soon take the stage at the Civic Theatre in Nelson, British Columbia, and perform their latest musical. Singer and songwriters, Rae Legere and Janet Crawford launched their new album “Foundry Town.” It’s dedicated to Sackville’s foundries. And a finger-licking good story from BC. The Black Jaguar Chocolate was named, World Finalist at the International Chocolate Awards.

Our team this week: National Coordinators Maureen McEwan and Stephan Benard. Our journalist, Erica Butler, John Rune, Taylor McClure and Louis Belcourt. Host and producer Boris Chassagne.Viewpoints is produced by the  Community Radio Fund of Canad. Please tune-in to all our stories on canada-info.ca. Find us on Twitter @Canada LJI.

On today’s show, a few feel-good stories:

As the end of the year celebrations approach, we take some time to talk with community movers, people who have been giving so much of themselves to help others.

We’ll first turn to the eastern provinces where Feed Nova Scotia has been assisting thousands of households in the Halifax area alone. We speak with Karen Theriault a long-time volunteer. A Terrace, BC resident has been recognized for his charity work by the province. Barry English was honoured with the Medal of Good Citizenship. Heather Haynes, a Gananoque artist and storyteller, receives the 2023 YMCA Peace Medal Award for her work in Democratic Republic of Congo. She sells her art to support vulnerable women and children.

Our reporters were Ryan Hunt, Karim Mosna, Morgyn Budden and Sara Gouda. National Coordinator Maureen McEwan and Stephan Benard. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Please tune-in to all our stories on canada-info.ca.  Find us on Twitter at Canada LJI. 

On today's Viewpoints:
We’ll go to Cortes Island, BC where we  talk with marine biologist Misty MacDuffee. She says the number of southern orca whales has been in constant decline over the past 20 years. In Ohsweken, Ontario, a rare variety of albino hummingbirds has been observed recently. A rare phenomenon. A group of water advocates headed to Lake Titicaca in Peru to participate in an international conference and talk about how climate change has affected their communities. And we leave the air, waters and forests to take to the ice as Hockey Nova Scotia is campaigning to shelter their referees from verbal and physical abuse.

Our reporters this week, Loni Taylor, John Rune, Andrew Dow and Ed Halverson. National coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Thanks to all the artists who grace us with their music. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Remember to tune-in to all our stories on canada-info.ca.

On today's Viewpoints:

Federal Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge is keeping an eye on Hockey Canada as she’s working to ensure a safe sporting environment for athletes across the country. Atlantic Canada's first transition house designed for Muslim women and children opens in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Controversy continues over New Brunswick’s Premier Blaine Higgs’ decision to axe French immersion in Canada’s only officially bilingual province. And Fisheries and Oceans Canada investigates the death of four humpback whales in Haida Gwaii, BC. This could strangely be  good news for the humpback population.

Our journalists this week are Morgyn Budden, Taylor McClure, Sara Gouda, David Gordon Koch. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. National Coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa.

On today’s show :  
A transcriber from Halifax has designed Canada’s first Indigenous Braille code. The Nova Scotia trades council is looking to help ex-military members transition into trades. Québec MNA and Sports minister Isabelle Charest has 1.5 billion dollars to play with to improve sports infrastructures across the province. And Toronto’s Reel Asian International Film Festival keeps its heading and its head out of the water as it closes its 26th edition.

Our journalists this week were Greg Osoba, Sara Gouda, Daniel Centeno, Taylor McClure and David Moses. National Coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne.Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa. 

On today's Viewpoints:

In Revelstoke BC the newly formed municipal council is an all men all white cast! Some worry they might have trouble thinking out of the box.  Should municipalities have to foot the bill to extend water and sewer services to privately owned housing developments? That’s the question Queens council is trying to answer.  The North Preston Community Centre received $120,000 from the Canada Community Revitalization Fund last October to develop a new Afrocentric community hub.  And in Nova Scotia, the white sands and clear blue waters of Carters Beach attract thousands of visitors. Will it stay open to the public or become a natural reserve? Some say shutting down the beach is almost impossible.

Our journalists this week are Meagan Deuling, Sara Gouda, Edward Halverson and Karim Mosna. National Coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Check out our website canada-info.ca. 

On today’s show we’ll take our time:  

Time to listen and to remember those who fought for us, as we pause for Remembrance Day. We will travel to British Columbia and meet Canadian war veteran Lawrence Allen Kerr. He’s 97 and was a gunner in the Canadian Navy.  And then to Kingston, Ontario where community radio station CFRC is running its Shortwave Theatre Festival that presents radio plays. We’ll dive into Haley Sarfeld’s play Half Past Lunchtime, inspired by a concussion she suffered.

Our journalists this week: Karim Mosna in Kingston, Ontario and Pamela Haasen in Smithers, British Columbia. National Coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa. 

On today’s show, we exceptionally make three consecutive stops out west before going ghost hunting:

In British Columbia the Klabona Keepers fight against industrial developments around their sacred headwaters, and win!  John Dooley has been Nelson’s Mayor for the past 19 years, and, at age 74, he’s stepping down after losing his last election.  Another elected official has been keeping his chair warm for the past 38 years. Revelstoke School trustee Alan Chell tells us why he likes his job so much.  And we finish things off with the paranormal, as three friends from the Six Nations community in Ohsweken Ontario, decided to go ghost hunting years ago and now their work is being featured on a TV show.

Our journalists this week were David Moses, John Rune, Meagan Deuling and Morgyn Budden. National Coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa. 

On today’s show:
Retired citizens get together in Prince Edward County. They are working on the LoveSong Seniors Housing project.  The Sunny Brae Farm founded in BC back in 1888 is still going strong and having the best blueberry season ever.  The Nova Scotia government is spending $102 million on the expansion of the IWK emergency care department in Halifax.  A Korean artist in Sackville New Brunswick is brewing up some rice wine for her Bubble, Burn, Gather event at the Sackville Community Garden.  And the Heritage Abbotsford Society in BC has announced that it will restore the 145-year-old Turner House and is in need of forgotten skills to get the project rolling.

Our collaborators this week: Erica Butler, Sara Gouda, Alexander Wright, Greg Osoba and Stephen Munga. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. National coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa.

On today’s show:

The Liverpool International Theatre Festival hits the mark. Troupes from around the world make  their way back with a smile.  After admiring his work for decades, local New Brunswick artist Robert Lyon gets to work on a famous Alex Colville painting.  In British Columbia, the Klahoose First Nation eyes expansion for its tourism businesses after a successful summer season. It operates the Klahoose Wilderness Lodge in Toba Inlet and the Gorge Harbour Marina Resort on Cortes Island.  The Hartley Bay community in Terrace, BC is celebrating the grand opening of its new community kitchen.  And through our Periscope we briefly travel to Kingston Ontario, Halifax Nova Scotia and Cortes Island, BC.

Our collaborators this week: Greg Osoba, Erica Butler, Ed Halverson, Karim Mosna, Morgyn Budden, Loni Taylor, and Sara Gouda. National coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa.