Podcast: The Todd Veinotte Show October 23rd, 2024

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Posted Oct 23, 2024 01:00:00 PM.

Last Updated Oct 23, 2024 09:07:52 AM.

Hour 1: Ash Avery, Executive Director of Feed Nova Scotia, shares how Feed Nova Scotia received provincial funding for the holiday season. 
Ben Eisen, Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, shares how public service is growing faster than the public sector. Dr. Purdy, the Clinical Dermatology Division Head at Dalhousie University, discusses new hope for Maritimers with the skin disease vitiligo. Jenny Saulnier is in Ottawa to present a petition for more support for Wildfire Firefighters.

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Hour 2: House Calls with Dr. John Gillis.

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Hour 3: It’s the Mid-Week Meltdown. Dan takes your calls!

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