The Central Newfoundland Morning Show from CBC Radio Nfld. and Labrador (Highlights)
Summary: CBC Radio's Leigh Anne Power in Gander hosts the Central Newfoundland Morning Show. The show provides news along with current affairs items and stories of local interest from urban areas and the diverse rural communities surrounding the two towns.
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An angler on the Gander River caught an unusual fish recently - a pink salmon. We ask an expert in Scotland what it means to find this species of salmon on this side of the Atlantic.
The Gander branch of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association installed a new vending machine for ear plugs at the Steele Community Centre. We hear more about that, and a big award they recently received, from president Cal Carter.
Gander's Jeanne Dillon received the Atlantic Canada volunteer award at the 18th annual National Honouring Our Lifeblood event in Ottawa recently. She drops by our studio.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Beard and Moustache Club is making a 2018 calendar - with men dressed as mermaids. We speak with club member, Hasan Hai.
Earle McCurdy resigned as the leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP. We ask current MHA Gerry Rogers why she's interested in taking over.
A researcher at Memorial University is using old sailor bones to learn about life in Newfoundland during the 18th century. We talk to Banting fellow Dr. Madeleine Mant about her work.
A decades old legal dispute between the City of St.John's and Newfoundland Power is adding extra costs to rate payers. NL consumer advocate Dennis Brown explains.
A Kippens woman says she's been the target of what she feels is a harassment campaign by Statistics Canada. It turns out all the calls and demands to do surveys is perfectly legal. CBC's Martin Jones has her story.
We get an update of the digital and 3-D models from the Gander Airport Historical Society from president Jack Pinsent.
Aatif Baskanderi is touring Newfoundland with his talk "Salaam B'y - A story of a Muslim Newfoundlander".
The annual Take Back the Night Walk in Gander has been cancelled for this year, but the Women's Center and Roads to End Violence have a Plan B. CBC's Martin Jones gets the details.
To call Moira McGee a survivor is a bit of an understatement. She speaks opening about her struggles with suicidal thoughts.
A woman in Gander learned life was too short to NOT live your dreams - so she opened a candy store. The CBC's Melissa Tobin brings us her story.
The hopes of a new regulation field at Gander Elementary are gone and some residents are calling foul. Gander town councillor Rob Anstey explains the town's position.
Dr. Anne Kearney, a professor at MUN's School of Nursing, says we need to re-evaluate mammograms screening, because they don't reduce mortality rates.
