The Rick Howe Show – 10 AM

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Posted Apr 24, 2015 08:16:20 AM.

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Friday April 24, 2015

92.9 Jack FM morning host Caroline Parker joins us in studio to tell us about her jury duty selection process experience. Television producer John Wesley Chisholm weighs in on the new tax credit deal between the film industry and the province. We review some of this week’s major news stories with senior reporter at Metro Halifax Ruth Davenport and Will Leroy from National Newswatch.

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