Podcast: The Todd Veinotte Show May 23rd, 2024
Posted May 23, 2024 01:00:00 PM.
Last Updated May 23, 2024 08:47:23 AM.
Hour 1: NSTU Presidential Candidate and Halifax County Local President Shawn Hanifen joins Todd to discuss the urgent need for action on school violence. Sandra Barss, President of Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, believes St. Patrick’s Church should be preserved and allowed to continue serving the Community. Dr. Jeanette Boudreau, Scientific Director, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Dalhousie University and conference co-chair, discusses the Canadian Conference on Ovarian Cancer Research in Halifax. Yarmouth mayor Pam Mood anticipates a strong year for CAT ferry as it returns to service.
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Hour 2: It’s the Open Hour! Todd takes your calls!
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Hour 3: Friends of Public Gardens is marking its 40th anniversary, and Judith Cabrita and Rick Rivers of The Friends of The Public Gardens give us all the details! Dr. Jeff Goodall, a veterinarian who runs the Sunnyview Animal Care Centre in Bedford, discusses how corporations are buying local vet clinics, raising questions about price, choice and quality of care. Dom Lucyk, Communications Director with SecondStreet.org, shares a new poll that found that 55% of Canadians believe the K-12 public education system has gone in the “wrong direction” over the past 20 years – up from 51% last year and 32% in 2020. Sara Vanderkaden, Special Projects Advisor with Oceans North and one of the coordinators of Ocean Week Halifax gives us all the details for Ocean Week Canada.
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