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Many Canadians will do whatever they can to avoid travelling to the USA this summer. Haliburton’s tourism manager confirms the summer travel trend. Flash flooding is getting more frequent in Montreal and elsewhere across the country and the world. An expert shares possible solutions. An ancient fish helps scientists understand the evolution of jaws and teeth. The Northern Pulp Mill in Liverpool, Nova Scotia has closed its doors. It...

Mount Allison political science student Phaedra Williams wins the Larry Collins Prize for best undergraduate essay in Atlantic Canada. A family of five grey wolves captures hearts at the Assiniboine Zoo. A cacomistle takes the plane and ends up 3,000 km away from home. It’s getting ready for the trip back. Toronto Fire upgraded its fleet with rapid-response rescue boats. And big crowds visit Fredericton’s Garrison Night Market, the...

From Riot to Parade: Protestors say Toronto Pride has lost its way. New Brunswick Premier Holt and Tourism Minister Thériault take the scenic route on a fact-finding mission to Murray Beach and Baie Verte. The Platform Pilsner comes to life as BC’s public transit experiments new funding models. We’ll meet up with a group of bat watchers in Montreal! Do you wonder what goes on in a Fire and Paramedic Station? We’re touring a new one...

Indigenous practices are used for the first time in a Canadian military court-martial. West coast seniors living on the west coast of Newfoundland are amongst the poorest in the country, according to a seniors’ advocate. A fundraising event in Manitoba becomes a springboard for important conversations about mental health, art, and accessibility. A Brewing Company in Smithers, B.C. is awarded Best Brewery in Canada. Musician Tom Wil...

A journalist’s meeting in Montreal was hampered by visa issues, as six of their guest journalists were denied entry. This as many Canadian activists were detained in Egypt during the “March to Gaza” event last weekend. We’ll also tell you a bit more about ourselves. FrequencyNews published its 5000th story this week! Summer is, for many of us, gardening time. In Fredericton, there is more demand for garden plots than there is avail...

The Canada-Wide Science Fair pulls-in hundreds of teenagers making novel uses of AI. Some BC journalists are raising funds to bring back a local news outlet, while the historic New Brunswick Courier newspaper is being relaunched in printed and electronic form. The organizers of a 2-day bike-a-thon managed to keep thousands of riders safe through the Southern Ontario smog. Dozens of Canadians will March to Gaza as part of a global p...

This week’s show will be quite different, as journalist Ian Gregg connects the dots between past and present as he investigates Prince George’s indie record retail scene. We will, for most of this half-hour, follow his footsteps, and let him guide us across town. Then, the N.D.G. “Art Hop” brings the public to local artists. And we’ll also meet up with some young Liverpool filmmakers who are creating quite a buzz in their hometown ...

Over 700 students from the Louis Riel School Division take learning out of the classroom and onto the land. Celebrating Grace Annie Lockhart, the first woman to receive a bachelor’s degree in the British Empire, 150 years ago at Mount Allison University. Grey divorces are on the rise across the country. And a junior dog handler from Port Medway will represent Nova Scotia at the Canadian Kennel Club’s National Junior Handling Champi...

We’ll go to Winnipeg, Manitoba, where the multi-million dollar da Vinci Xi surgical robot could change the game for the province. In Ontario, the Toronto Palm House Conservatory Green house reopens after a three-year-long restoration project. No walk in the park—An audit highlights pedestrian safety concerns around a new Nova Scotia library. We’ll stay on the East Coast, where 73-year-old Herb Nash has been fishing lobster for six ...

The Bishop representing the region of Cape Breton gives his blessing to new pope Leon XIV. Community consultations are being held over the growing number of cannabis greenhouses in Six Nations. June is Stroke and Aphasia Awareness Month. Loyalist Township opts in. Three thousand blankets and counting have been made by the Knitting for Warmth Group in Minden, Ontario. The Sackville Food Bank president has received a Coronation Medal...

The Cercle de Molière Theatre is celebrating a century of Francophone theatre in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba. The Queens County Transit system becomes the leader in rural rides in Nova Scotia. Ridership… up by 30%. Layoffs at GM’s Oshawa plant have the Ontario NDP demanding to know what the government is going to do to help workers and their families. Mi’kmaq commercial fisheries look for new markets for their seal oil for humans and ...

As the dust settles after the federal election, we’ll take a look at what happened across the country. We’ll turn to BC, Ontario, Québec, and the Maritimes. Cape Breton’s Incumbent Liberal MP’s are going back to Ottawa. Liberal Fancy-Landry unseats Conservative Perkins in South Shore-St. Margarets, in Nova Scotia. In Ontario, Conservative Philip Lawrence secures a third term in the Northumberland-Clarke federal election. Then to th...

Grief in three dimensions–Canadian composer and playwright Britta Johnson talks about Life After, the musical that grew up with her. Syrup for Soldiers. A father and son duo turn their Maple sweet success into a Haliburton County charity. And we’ll travel just next door, well some 250 km away, and full steam ahead to the Elliott Tree Farm to get a taste of its version of the maple gold. 

Our journalists this week: Mia Johnson, Eliza...

In Winnipeg, Manitoba, a workshop explores how theatre can be used to build leadership skills. The Award-winning Poetry Walk returns to Courtenay, British Columbia, with a new interactive twist. Liverpool’s Astor Theatre gets a “life-changing” donation from the J&W Murphy Foundation. And Chris Donovan’s upcoming book, The Cloud Factory, explores Saint John’s, New Brunswick’s, industry and community. 

Our journalists this week: M...

A Minden, Ontario, local eatery’s “Friday Favourite” fish & chips, will soon be featured in an international cookbook! Winnipeg’s new Green spaces Plan puts Indigenous knowledge at the forefront. The new policy aims to conserve and expand green spaces by 1,000 acres. Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds hopes that the Cobourg Council Committee will rename the Pond Arena, in honour of Grace Bowen, a child who lost her life to cancer ten...

Quebec’s expanding religious symbol ban sparks discussions about secularism. To Nova Scotia, where a Bookmobile delivers books, but also, a “sense of community” along Liverpool’s South Shore. In New Brunswick, a local historian publishes 1000 page-long book on the Canadian First World War cap badges! In Cobourg, Ontario, the Nightstop program is looking for volunteers willing to share their homes with homeless youth. And one person...

We’ll make our first stop in Montreal, Québec, as a record rent increase could soon become a reality. This as Quebec’s Tenancy Board permits record rent hikes. Tenants prepare for the worst. Then to Haliburton County, Ontario, where Intimate Partner Violence is considered to be an Epidemic. Out east in Nova Scotia: He left Burma in 1967 and retired four times. Dr. Mohan Virick, now 89 years old, lives in Cape Breton. He’ll soon rec...

We’ll spend most of our time strolling down the streets of Montreal’s Little Burgundy Borough, in the company of British photographer Andrew Jackson. And to the other end of the country: American flags are still flying high in the streets of Smithers BC leaving some residents feeling uneasy. They could soon come down. 

A big thank you to both our journalists this week, Jules Bugiel and Pamela Haasen. Our National Editors are Victori...

We remember the work and contributions of Montreal Standard Time’s journalist and Canadian author, Mavis Gallant. Therapists can come in all shapes or forms. A four-legged horse at Minden’s Walkabout Farm changes lives in the community. Sixteen zero-emission buses have been purchased as part of Winnipeg’s Transition Fleet Project. Last October’s atmospheric river poured on to BC, but had a positive effect : record salmon counts are...