Maritime Noon from CBC Radio (Highlights)

A dream come true: How a blind, sick young man from Newfoundland managed to meet his idol— Sidney Crosby. Would you be willing to pay tolls to twin highways? We hear your thoughts. Plus, genealogist Terry Punch answers your family questions.

Highway twinning advocate Bruce Hetherington on possibility of paying for roads with tolls Feedback to fire ant invasions Psychologist Stuart Shanker on self-regulating children's behaviour to reduce stress PEI beach walker builds structures out of the

NS MLA Brendan Maguire helps remove dumped couch from pristine lake Feedback on GPS failures Pest control Dave Holland's advice on fighting fire ants Feedback on NB beer price drop

Moosehead brewery reaction to NB decision to cut beer prices, to stop cross-border shopping Google Maps error leads hikers to woman's remote house Pension expert James Pierlot on the future of defined benefit plans Feedback on drinking pop

Head of Halifax taxi association suggests dash cams as a way of preventing assaults on women Health psychologist Dr. Michael Vallis on pop addiction Feedback on vacation disasters

PEI man starts petition to support application for a senators' job Pill effective in preventing HIV not covered by Maritime provinces Auto expert Doug Bethune offers advice

Member of NS advisory board processing applicants for Senator positions Reaction to a blind woman's fight to get the NB government to pay for prosthetic eyes Marjorie Willison's gardening advice Feedback on great cars

Cheryl Gillespie of Fredericton campaigns to have her prosthetic eyes covered by medicare Feedback on taking a gap year Author Kathy Buckworth joins phone-on vacation disasters Feedback on how kids spend summer

NB vet on provincial campaign to vaccinate wild animals against rabies Owner of Cape Breton store helps vacationers who lost their credit card St. Mary's University career counsellor Karen Schaffer offers advice on gap years Your memories of favourite

Woman describes being deliberately rammed by another driver Feedback about US couple facing deportation from NS Moncton classic car show organizer & listeners share stories of their favourite cars

US couple fighting to stay in Nova Scotia after moving back long after landed immigrant status expired. Paint expert Jim White offers advice Feedback on the possibility of industrial action at Canada Post

The impact of a possible Canada Post strike or lockout Charles Pascal, Psychology professor at U of T, talks about what to with children during the summer Cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon on being named to the Order of Canada

Son of Norwegian war veteran Petter Blindheim talks about finally moving his father into a veterans' hospital Luc Erjavec, Restaurants Canada and Karl Warne, owner of Tin Pan Alley foodtruck, talk about the food truck business Three female lobster capta

Landon Webb on ending of Incompetent Persons act and living with his own decisions\ Campground owner Deb Cameron on the ban on fires Arborist John Simmons phone-in guest on trees

Ohio family moving to Cape Breton loses everything in RV fire Silvia Jay's dog advice Feedback on last week's Ham Radio phone-in