The Rick Howe Show – 9 AM

Posted Sep 4, 2014 08:22:19 AM.

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Thursday September 4, 2014

We discuss a possible wage freeze in the public sector and what that would mean with NSGEU President Joan Jessome. Robin Tress from the Ecology Action Centre and CEO of The Maritimes Energy Association Barbara Pike joins weigh in on energy minister Andrew Younger’s decision to ban fracking indefinitely. We discuss the Pictou pulp mill with Ann Emmett from the Clean Pictou Air group. Executive director of Nova Scotia Farmer’s Market’s Co-operative Keltie Butler tells us about the 50 percent local food club.

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