Podcast: The Todd Veinotte Show November 8th, 2023

The Todd Veinotte Show airs Monday thru Friday on CityNews Halifax

By Vanessa vandeNes

Posted Nov 8, 2023 01:00:00 PM.

Last Updated Nov 8, 2023 09:31:05 AM.

Hour 1: Don Desserud, UPEI Political Science Professor, joins Todd to discuss how Canada’s premiers united in their criticism of federal housing policy and carbon tax changes. Allan Reid, President & CEO of The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS)/The JUNO Awards & MusiCounts, is excited to share all the 2024 JUNOS news! Tommy Amirault, a fisherman from Pubnico and president of the Coldwater Lobster Association and Kris Vascotto, manager of the Nova Scotia Fisheries Alliance for Energy Engagement, discusses how fishermen in Maine lobbied to keep wind farms out of crucial fishing grounds. Will it happen in Nova Scotia? Dr. Heather Carr, Canadian Dental Association President, shares how cost and lack of insurance keep Canadians from seeing the dentist.

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Hour 2: House Calls with Dr. John Gillis.

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Hour 3: It’s the Mid-Week Meltdown.

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