Viewpoints

On today’s show:

A COVID 19 outbreak hits the Six Nations community in Ontario. Cases on the rise, new measures implemented. COVID-19 has also hit Sackville’s Mel’s Tea Room. It will be closing its doors on a 77 year history. CFRC Radio celebrates its 100th birthday. The Executive Director of the Community Radio Fund of Canada was there. And Revelstoke, BC will soon get its first electric school bus. Meagan Deuling takes us for a ride. A Silent Disco DJ offers neighborhood-friendly dance parties on Cortes Island British Columbia. And Indigenous organizations in British Columbia will be working together to reduce diesel use in remote communities.

Our collaborators this week: Erica Butler, David Moses, Loni Taylor, Morgyn Budden, Meagan Deuling and Karim Mosna. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Our national coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa.

On today's Viewpoints:

In Nelson, BC locals gather for truth and reconciliation. The Surrey Art Gallery’s newest exhibit showcases VideoPoetry. Liverpool International Theatre Festival returns with live performances. Organizers say its the only festival of its kind in eastern Canada. Students and their instructors are enthusiastic about early stages of the Cortes Island Academy pilot program. No bricks, no walls.

Our collaborators this week: John Rune, Ed Halverson, Stephen Munga, and Greg Osoba. Our national coordinator Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is an original idea and produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa. 

On today’s show, we’re exploring visual arts, literature and culture.

We’ll first go to Revelstoke, BC where artist Johny Bandura produced a series of portraits in memory of the 215 children whose graves were discovered at the former Kamloops Residential School last summer. Just in time for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. And then to the other end of the country to Sackville, New Brunswick where the Owens Art Gallery needs help to reunite a series of 100 portraits produced by artist John Murchie.  And we have some literature in the mix. The Kingston WritersFest investigates what’s under the surface. Finally, the Six Nations’ Longhouse will be rebuilt after being destroyed by fire. A one million dollar fundraiser has been launched.

Before we leave today, to those of you who are listening on September 30th and after this date, we would like to recognize and honour our fellow citizens on this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Orange is the color to wear to pay  tribute to the survivors of the residential school system and, of course, to honour the memory of all the children who did not make it home. This on behalf of all our collaborators this week, Andrew Dow, Karim Mosna, Meagan Deuling, Erica Butler, our national coordinator Maureen McEwan, your host and producer Boris Chassagne, and the entire team at the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa.

We’ll start things off today with two stories from British Columbia where a string of bear-human conflicts shakes the province. The BC government will be spending a one-time 60 million dollar envelope to help families who are struggling with inflation. The CRFC Radio in Ontario will turn 100 in a few weeks. One of its volunteers has been on air for 40 years. He’s a jazz buff and we’ll spend  some time with him.  And through our Periscope we’ll take a peek at what’s been going on in Québec, Ontario, and in the northwestern part of British Columbia.

Our journalists: Karim Mosna, Meagan Deuling, John Rune, Andrew Dow, Morgyn Budden, and Taylor McClure. National coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. 

On today's show:

Canadians will soon need more hours to qualify for Employment Insurance.  The measures implemented during the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic come to an end on September 24th.  Cost of living is straining households and volunteer organizations across Canada. In Revelstoke BC, they are also feeling the pinch.  A Metis artist travels to different parts of the country to present her #hopeandhealingcanada installation.  She makes her 108th stop in Kingston, Ontario. Karim Mosna had a moving conversation with her.  And on Periscope we’ll take a peek at stories produced by our journalists posted in Ontario, Québec and New Brunswick.

Our journalists this week: Karim Mosna, Meagan Deuling, Ed Halverson, Taylor McClure, Erica Butler, Andrew Dow, and Sara Gouda. National coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. 

On today’s Viewpoints:

In British Columbia, the Kootenay Insurrection for Safe Supply says it bought drugs off the dark web as a statement in support of a safe supply of drugs. Queen’s University SNOLAB receives 102 million dollars for its research on dark matter and neutrino particles. Dalhousie University researchers just received a $4.8 million grant in their efforts to battle a very invasive and  fatal brain cancer. And through our Periscope this week we’ll take a peek on what’s been going on in BC, Sutton, Québec, and Sackville, New Brunswick.

Our journalists this week were Karim Mosna, Sara Gouda, John Rune, Erica Butler, Taylor McClure, Meagan Deuling, Sara Gouda and Loni Taylor. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. National coordinator Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. 

On today's Viewpoints:
We’ll first go to Halifax to meet up with community workers taking part in the International Overdose Awareness Day. Kitselas Geothermal Company has entered into an agreement with Shell Canada. They will work on their Fuel for Reconciliation geothermal drilling projects. We’ll pull up the Viewpoints Periscope and go story hopping to Québec, British Columbia, New Brunswick and Ontario. And we’ll also take a long walk in the Revelstoke forest for some fresh air and mushrooms.

With our journalists, Karim Mosna, Sara Gouda, Morgyn Budden, Meagan Deuling, Taylor McClure, Loni Taylor, Surjit Atwal. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. National coordinator Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the  Community Radio Fund of Canada.

On today’s Viewpoints:

Tiny homes could help solve the housing crisis on Cortes Island. But regulations keep getting in the way.  More than half of the people in Canada are struggling and feeling the inflation crush, according to a recent survey.  A local food bank in Ontario, managing to keep its head over the water.  High cost of living and staff shortages are also hurting Halifax businesses.  The Oysterhead Tavern will stay closed for quite a while.  A Dalhousie University student gets $50,000 for his innovation and will represent Canada at 2023 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.  And Canadians don’t need to worry about abortion laws being repealed but vigilance is needed to secure abortion rights says a Halifax doctor. 

Thanks to our reporters Sara Gouda, Erica Butler, Greg Osoba, Ed Halverson and David Moses. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. National Coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa.

On today's Viewpoints:

In British Columbia, young students learn to talk about how they feel and the issues they face through the restorative justice program. A farm located in Frelighsburg, Québec has been working for years to introduce niche organic Asian vegetables. And it works.  In Halifax, the 200 year old Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica will get a helping hand as it receives $380,000 in federal funding.  And the unusual journey of Oriane Lee Johnston, a Cortes Island  author who just published The Geography of Belonging, A Love Story. A memoir of her travels between Canada, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Thanks to our reporters, Sara Gouda in Halifax, Greg Osoba on Cortes Island, British Columbia, Taylor McClure in Knowlton Québec and Morgyn Budden in Terrace, BC. National coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada in Ottawa. Boris Chassagne. Catch up with all our news on-line at canada-info.ca.

On today's show:
We go green with all Electric and Solar news. A Nova Scotia camping ground becomes the first net zero installation of its kind in Canada. Canada’s first commercially available electric boat and marine charger were recently launched in Kingston,  Ontario. The Voltari 260 now silently cruises Lake Ontario. The construction of a 117 km bi-directional, underwater electricity transmission line has been shelved in Ontario. The Lake Erie Connector Project was set to run between Haldimand, Ontario and Pennsylvania, USA. You can now ride solar while you drink, eat and tour some of Halifax's best spots, with Atlantic Canada’s first solar powered pedal bus. And the Kingston East Community Centre will go green and install 460 solar panels on its grounds. This will provide 96% of the centre’s energy needs. 

Our reporters this week were Karim Mosna, Andrew Dow, Ed Halverson and Sara Gouda. National coordinator, Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.  Follow us on Twitter @canadaLJI. Read all our stories on canada-info.ca.