Dr Christopher McMaster is a co-author on this research. He's a professor of Pharmacology at Dalhousie University, and scientific director of the Institute of Genetics, at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He speaks with guest host Preston Mulligan.

Jeff Douglas speaks with the Spinbusters about the Nova Scotia provincial election results. Michelle Coffin teaches political science at CBU. Chris Lydon is President at m5 Public Affairs. Barbara Emodi taught communications at Mount St Vincent University, and writes books, and a substack.

Last night Nova Scotia Health Palliative Care and Nephrology Services teams hosted one of their bi-annual memorial services. To tell us more about it, and the importance of these services, Jeff Douglas spoke with Eric Newson. He is the health service manager for Nova Scotia Health's palliative care program in HRM.

Addy Strickland and Emma Kuzmyk tell Jeff Douglas about the new book, "This Wasn't on the Syllabus: Stories from the Frontlines of Campus Activism Against Sexualized Violence."

The book is called 'From the Enlightenment to Black Lives Matter: Tracing the Impacts of Racial Trauma in Black Communities from the Colonial Era to the Present', released today. To hear more, Alex Guye reached the books author, Ingrid Waldron. She is a professor & the HOPE Chair in Peace and Health at McMaster University. Here's part of their conversation, starting with Ingrid explaining why the book begins during the age of enlightenment.

Omisoore Dryden is an associate professor and the James R. Johnston endowed chair in Black Canadian Studies in the faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University. Her new book, Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation, released earlier this month, and there will be a launch event for it Monday, November 25th at Venus Envy. She shared some of the contents of the book with host, Jeff Douglas.

Chris Lydon, Michelle Coffin and Barbara Emodi join host Jeff Douglas for one last conversation during Nova Scotia's 2024 provincial election campaign.

Naomi Shelton from Elections Nova Scotia tells us everything we need to know about voting in the provincial election.

Piya Chattopadhyay is the host of CBC's The Sunday Magazine. She stopped by the studio today to tell host, Jeff Douglas, about this years panel, and what her goal as moderator will be tonight.

Deputy Clerk Jennifer West tells host Jeff Douglas it's part of the town's bid to officially become bird friendly.

The report titled, 'Predictive gene expression signature diagnoses neonatal sepsis before clinical presentation', was published in in the journal eBiomedicine. Host Jeff Douglas speaks to Dr. Tobi Kollmann, who is a senior co author of the report, to hear more.

Dr. Matthew Clarke is an emergency physician at QEII Cobequid. He stopped by the studio today to talk about why an increased incidence of bacterial pneumonia this fall is sounds a lot scarier than it is.

On November 19th, the first of three panels about violence and harassment in politics will take place. It will detail the barriers women, and gender diverse politicians face at all levels. Several organizations have pulled together to make this happen, one of them is Nova Scotia's Be the Peace Institute, which is a non-profit dedicated to ending gender based violence, to ultimately achieve gender equity and social justice. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with the organizations executive director, Sue...

James Hughes is president and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission in Montreal...Quebec's largest organization serving people who are experiencing homelessness. He edited and contributed to a book called, "Ending Homelessness in Canada: The Case for Homelessness Prevention. in this excerpt, James shares some 'Eviction Prevention' policy strategies.

James Hughes is president and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission in Montreal...Quebec's largest organization serving people who are experiencing homelessness. He edited and contributed to a book called, "Ending Homelessness in Canada: The Case for Homelessness Prevention. He is in Halifax for a symposium on about housing issues. This conversation starts on the explosion in homelessness in Canada - James tracks it to the years since 2020, and says it is beginning to define the urban spaces in...

Alex Marland is a political scientist at Acadia University. He spoke with host Jeff Douglas about the election debate between Nova Scotia's three main political party leaders, and whether debates actually have much of an impact on voters.

Renowned Halifax-based artist, Tom Forrestall, passed away at the age of 88. He is best known for his realism paintings...such as "Island in the Ice". While studying art at Mount Allison University, Tom was taught by Alex Colville, introducing him to egg tempera painting. Tom's work can be found in art galleries across the country including the National Gallery of Canada. To speak on his legacy, host Jeff Douglas reached writer and curator, Ray Cronin.

The guideline is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The lead author on this updated is Igor Yakovenko. He is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the Department of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University, where he studies addictive behaviours. Mainstreet's Alex Guye. To hear more about the update and what changes were made to its recommendations, Alex Guye gave professor Yakovenko a call. Here's part of their conversation.

Jeff Douglas speaks with Suzy Atwood in Barrington, Shelburne County, and Catherine Falconer in Toney River, in Pictou County.

James Hughes is president and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission, in Montreal. It's Quebec's largest organization serving people experiencing homelessness. He speaks with Jeff Douglas, as he prepares to visit Halifax for a symposium on housing issues put on by the Housing & Homelessness Partnership, and the Nova Scotia Non-Profit Housing Association.

What might President-elect Trump's enthusiasm for tariffs mean for Nova Scotia's exports of tires and lobsters, and how will Canada respond? Jeff Douglas asks JP Deveau, President and CEO of Acadian Seaplants. He led the One Nova Scotia Coalition's working group on global competitiveness and improving exports, in the wake of the 2014 Ivany Report.

Barbara Emodi, Michelle Coffin, and Chris Lydon talk about developments in Nova Scotia's provincial election campaign, with Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas.

Jonathan Fowler drops by from the Department of Anthropology at Saint Mary's University, to tell Jeff what he and a team of landscape archaeologists and digital cartographers learned from this work. See their findings for yourself at MapsOfMemory.com

Brian MacDonald is the former executive director of Aman Lara, an organization of volunteers and veterans that perform 'extractions' from Afghanistan. That began in 2021, following the collapse of the Afghan government and the return to power of the Taliban. So at first, the organization's main focus was helping Afghans escape their country. This work expanded in 2022, to helping people get out of Ukraine. Two years ago, Brian stepped away from his role at Aman Lara, to start an organization...