Maritime Noon from CBC Radio (Highlights)
Summary: Maritime Noon is a one-hour program devoted to delivering informative reports and interviews which explore issues that are of interest to Maritimers.
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Podcasts:
Flood victims in Perth Andover, NB, call for more help more quickly. Your feedback on a PEI man who was denied a lobster license for working in Alberta. We ask: should cell phones be banned in the classroom? Plus your feedback on youth unemployment.
A PEI man is denied a lobster license because he worked too long in Alberta in order to save up to buy the license. We ask what your thoughts are on youth unemployment. Plus, your feedback on lowering the speed limit on city streets to 30 km/hr.
Plans to put a wind farm on the North Mountain have Annapolis Valley residents worried. We ask you: should speed limits in urban areas be lowered to make walking and cycling safer? Plus, your feedback on proposed changes to EI rules.
Employment Insurance rules could be tightened up so that more Maritimers on EI are pushed into seasonal jobs now filled by foreign workers. Plus, Biologist Bob Bancroft takes your wildlife questions.
Former MLA Dave Wilson is in court today to be sentenced for fraud. Lawyer Julia Cornish takes your calls about spousal support, plus your feedback on whether the Hunger Games series is too violent for children.
Speaking to the memory, and murder, of Raymond Taavel. An update on the former New Page paper mill in Port Hawkesbury, CB. We ask: is there too much violence in the popular Hunger Games stories? And your feedback on the new tobacco warning labels.
Does it make sense for pilots to nap in the cockpit? Your thoughts on the new tobacco warning labels. Plus, the pros and cons of kids moving back in with their parents.
A 'swarm' of minor earthquakes in McAdam, New Brunswick has the village calling in experts. And Appliance Repair Expert Aaron Publicover answers your questions about broken appliances.
Workers at the former New Page paper mill in Port Hawkesbury, CB react to an offer from the proposed buyer. A NB hunter finds an animal that could be a wolf. Our experts take your home renovation questions. Plus your feedback on "workforce adjustment"
Government employees have started to get notice if their jobs are on the line. A cruise ship full of Titanic fans comes to Halifax. Your science questions. Plus, the rising costs of Girl Guide cookies.
After five years in drydock, one of the problematic subs Canada bought from the UK will return to the water today. Your questions on nutrition labels. Plus, your feedback on libraries and immigration.
A school superintendent responds to allegations that a teenager threatened a young girl on a school bus. Your calls on immigration rules. Plus, your feedback on cutting school librarians.
A school board in Nova Scotia decides it can no longer afford to have librarians in schools. Paint expert Jim White takes your questions. Plus, your feedback on gas prices.
As we head into a holiday weekend the price of gas is sky high. In honour of Easter, chef Craig Flinn shares some tips about eggs. And feedback about a mom who wasn't allowed into a doctor's examination room with her 12-year old.
A mother in Riverview, NB says she wasn't allowed into the doctor's examination room with her 12-year old daughter. Your stories on burnout at work. And your feedback on cuts to the civil service and graduated licences for seniors.