Viewpoints

Former politician turned small business owner weighs in on the challenges of running a microdistillery in Québec. Slam poet and climate activist Quinn MacAskill wants to stimulate your “Climate Imagination” through a series of sessions, asking residents to “think big” and create a vision for Tantramar. She’s only 18! And Nova Scotia Health is calling more than 160,000 people, to verify if they still need a family doctor? 

Thanks to our team this week. Our journalists Derek Bullard, Erica Butler, and Rick Conrad. Our National Editors, Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. Host and producer, Boris Chassagne. 

Summer is all about the outdoors, isn’t it? So we’ll start things off in Ontario, where a “Living history museum” has been nominated for “Top Small Museum.” It tells the story of 19th century Peterborough County. We’ll follow the Round the Lake trail, one that is under construction on Hudson Bay Mountain, in the BC Bulkley Valley. And we’ll talk with an 11-year-old artist. Her name is Jola Willoner. Her work will once again be shown at the 7th annual Skeena Salmon Art Festival, in Terrace, B.C. 

Our journalists this week were Edward Sweeney, Pamela Haasen and Sabrina Spencer. Our national editors, Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the help of your local radio station. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. 

On today’s show, we will have only positive news and stories for you. In small-town Liverpool, Nova Scotia, big hearts raise $16,000 for cancer research. To Québec, where a local organization encourages people with disabilities, to conquer Mount Orford during the 5th Edition of the Everest-Orford Challenge. To BC, where a portion of the downtown village of Nanaimo is returned to the Snuneymuxw First Nation. And a horse-drawn theatre caravan finds its first summer home. Giddyup!

Our journalists this week, Lauryn MacKenzie, Derek Bullard, Brenda Little, and Rick Conrad. National Editors Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and your radio station. 

In Sackville, New Brunswick, EOS Eco-Energy, an environmental organization, faces an uncertain funding future. To Nova Scotia, where a pilot project concludes with flying colors. The YourHealthNS app will be expanded to all Nova Scotians. In Ontario, a citizen committee urges Kitchener’s City Council to declare social isolation and loneliness, as an epidemic. And we’ll stay in Central Canada where the Elora Singers are all smiles, as they celebrate the 45th Elora Festival and the 127,000 dollar boost they received from the Trillium Foundation. 

Thanks to Rick Conrad, Kate Stockmann, M. P. Holmes, and Erica Butler. To our national editors, Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer, Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and your local radio station. 

On this week’s show, we’ll be mellowing down, taking it easy in the company of three Canadian musicians. We’ll talk with Jamie Muir, the owner of Supercool Pedals, a Peterborough-based guitar effects store who received international recognition. To Vancouver to meet Sam Tudor, who’s on a tour to promote his new EP. And Alderville First Nation musician Cale Crowe is also releasing new music. He’ll be with us. 

Thanks to Louis Belcourt, Jeff Gard, and Edward Sweeney for their musical contributions this week. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and your local radio station. Remember to check out our other stories on frequencynews.ca. 
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In Quebec, the Premier’s comments, made last week, casts a shadow over Refugee Day celebrations. François Legault blamed immigrants for Quebec’s housing crisis. A pay-what-you-can food market collaborates with community gardens, for fresh produce. And it works! And women strike outside a Nanaimo Court House and across the country, to bring awareness about women’s rights.

Thanks to our journalists, Dan Kellar, Derek Bullard, Lauryn Mackenzie and Jules Bugiel. National editors Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and your local radio station. Host and producer Boris Chassagne.

Friday, June 21st, is National Indigenous People’s Day. A documentary on Indigenous astronomy expert, Wilfred Buck hits the screens in Kingston this week. Filmmaker, director and producer Lisa Jackson, will be with us. A UBC study probes managed retreat from Sumas Prairie to restore Sumas Lake. But the mayor calls it “ridiculous”. An art tour on the southeast coast of Nova Scotia dares to be different as a local glassmaker wants to transform the Queens County into an arts destination. And a Senate of Canada report urges action to protect our soils. If nothing is done by 2060, we could very well run out of productive farmlands. 

Thanks to all our journalists this week, Rick Conrad, Mike McCulloch, Kate Stockman, and Christena Lawrie. National editors are Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and your local station. 

We’ll first turn to the Province of Québec, where a vigil was held to mourn the deaths of Montrealers experiencing homelessness. Abram Benedict has been elected as the new Ontario Regional Chief. An American goshawk attacks Québec trekkers and prompts the temporary closure of the popular Kingsbury hiking trail. And in Sackville, New Brunswick, local artists want residents to create their own dummy or puppet for this year’s Sappyfest arts festival. Fifty giant puppets seated for a show. 

Our journalists this week are Erica Butler, Andrew Dow, Derek Bullard, and Jules Bugiel. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. National editors Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints, is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. 

In Ontario, some 200 students will have a brand new Catholic school. The Province invests $17 M in Drayton. In Montréal, Québec, the City is also investing this time, $21.4 M into four “affordable” student residences. Some 670 units up for grabs in a few years. Two women take advantage of the pandemic to gather old and recent stories about their community. Six hundred and forty pages later, their book hits the shelves. Back to Waterloo, Ontario, where City Council listened to suggestions from the community and amended its plan to build affordable housing. And enough of bricks and mortar. Nova Scotia lobster fishermen reflect on a good year as the season wraps up on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. 

Many thanks to our journalists this week, Kate Stockman, Jules Bugiel, Rick Conrad, Candice Vetter, and M.P. Holmes. To our National Editors Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer, Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. 

On today’s 111th episode of Viewpoints, we’ll travel to Québec, Ontario, and British Columbia. Our first stop will be in Laval, Québec, where 200 Amazon employees are the first to join a union in the country. Amazon is fighting back. Then to Ontario, where the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corp could soon become the largest Indigenous energy storage holder in North America. To Abbotsford, BC, where music fans are shedding a tear. The Sound of Music store is closing its doors after decades in business. The Irvings will close up shop in June. And finally to Cobourg, Ontario, where police recently collected more than 80 stolen shopping carts as part of the Shopping Cart Reclaim Project. 

Thanks to our journalists, Jeff Gard, Jules Bugiel, Mick Sweetman Andrew Dow, and to one of the newest additions to our team, Mike McCulloch. National editors Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Host and producer Boris Chassagne.