The group representing funeral directors says its members should be required by law to check the identity of human remains before cremation. They're working with the province again to try to strengthen the rules after the second wrongful cremation in the province in 5 years.

Your candidates for Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier: the incumbent Kendra Coombes for the NDP, Joleen Magliaro for the Liberals and Darren O'Quinn for the Progressive Conservatives.

It's The Grinch Who Stole Glace Bay! We hear more about the dinner theatre that keeps selling out night after night.

Santa Claus is coming to town December 8th for his big parade in Sydney! We hear all about it and about a special fireworks display happening that night.

As election day approaches we analyze the provincial campaign so far with Political Science Professor Tom Urbaniak. 

We meet a Cape Breton woman who spent six days racing her dirt bike in Spain in one the longest endurance races in the world.

Your candidates for Richmond include the incumbent, Trevor Boudreau for the Progressive Conservatives, Rochelle Heudes for the Liberals and NDP candidate Marc Currie, who was was not available to take part. 

Could a province-wide light rail transit system be the answer to our traffic woes? A citizens' group says yes, and it could help us build more vibrant, walkable communities and reinvigorate our downtowns.

A Nova Scotia woman is speaking out after her dog-sitter filmed explicit videos in her home without permission, and uploaded them to an adults-only website. 

The incumbent in Glace Bay-Dominion is John White of the Progressive Conservatives. The Liberal candidate is David MacLeod. He's a lobster fisherman & former coal miner who worked at Donkin until the shut-down. The NDP candidate Kathy Chapman was not available to take part. 

An organization on the mainland is trying to branch into Cape Breton to empower residents to learn new skills but also get to know their community better.

When voters in Cheticamp cast their ballot this month, they'll be voting for an MLA for the riding of Inverness. Next provincial election, though, there could be an Acadian riding just for them. But as we've heard this week, there's a lot of legal work to be done between now and then. Following this week's Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ruling, we hear from Senator Rejean Aucoin. 

The candidates for Cape Breton East are Joe Ward with the Liberals, Isabelle Lalonde with the NDP, and Brian Comer with the PC's.

Some residents of Sydney and Whitney Pier have a rat problem. We hear what one man is seeing and what the municipality is doing.

There's a new space at On Paper Books to share your art or to take some home with you for free. 

The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia says the Provincial electoral boundary commission has to go back to the drawing board in deciding whether or not Cheticamp gets a special Acadian riding.

Two of the candidates for Victoria-the Lakes that took part in this roundtable, Liberal Stephen MacAskill and Diane Timmins for the PCs. There are three other candidates in this riding. The NDP candidate Samuel Stirling was not available to take part. The Green Party candidate Adrianna MacKinnon was also unavailable due to previous commitments. The independent candidate Stemer MacLeod declined our invitation to take part. 

This week Ronald introduces the linguist who produced the richest, most wide-ranging collection of Acadian folklore in existence, yet whose work remains almost unknown.

The Nova Scotia Nature Trust has just added to the conservation area around in the Margaree River Valley. 

An attempted break in at a Cape Breton Youth Centre has created added pressure as they prepare to enter a season of need.

The Ingonish Library needs a new home and the CBRL is looking at the local fire hall.

The candidates for Northside-Wesmount: Danny Laffin for the Liberals, Fred Tilley for the PCs and the NDP candidate Katelyn Armstong was not available to take part. 

We invite the three provincial party leaders to come on the show and talk about what they're offering voters. The NDP and Liberals agreed to join us - and we hear the second of those conversations, with Liberal Leader Zach Churchill. 

When people are struggling to put food on the table, sometimes other priorities get set aside, like getting a haircut. Clients of the North Sydney Food Bank will no longer have to make that choice.