Information Morning - Cape Breton

Nov 04 2024 153 ep. 11 mins 359
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CBC Radio's Information Morning Cape Breton helps listeners better understand and explore the challenges in our island's future, remember their past and celebrate their neighbours' accomplishments.

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How do you turn voter apathy into voter action?

Nov 04 2024 10 mins  
How do we turn voter apathy into voter action?  We tackle some big questions with a political science professor from Acadia. 

The proper use of poppies

Nov 04 2024 7 mins  
Remembrance Day is coming up and there is some online discourse over some memorials people would like to see in place for veterans.

Music as medicine with "Hospice Harmonies"

Nov 03 2024 12 mins  
Some say music is medicine and those at Hospice Cape Breton would agree. With the help of their music therapist, they've put together a song all about their summer memories in Cape Breton. 

"It's a place to call home again" - Pallet shelter resident

Oct 31 2024 10 mins  
We hear from people living in shelters at Pine Tree Park and how it's changing their lives. 

Controversy at the ECMAs

Oct 31 2024 12 mins  
A petition circulating online this month has created a stir in the local music community. Artists and industry professionals are weighing in on recent changes to the East Coast Music Awards. Namely, a big staffing shake-up and adjustments to the submission criteria. The CBC's Erin MacInnis is here to talk about some of the concerns outlined in the petition, and how the association

Favourite new spaces at the new BEC

Oct 31 2024 11 mins  
We hear more about some of the new spaces and equipment at the new Breton Education Centre.

A look at the new Breton Education Centre

Oct 30 2024 11 mins  
The new BEC opened its doors in September but it's just one part of the complex that's going to be in place in New Waterford. 

Acadian culture with Ronald LaBelle: tales of the supernatural

Oct 30 2024 9 mins  
This weeks Acadian Column is inspired by the spirit of Halloween.

$125-million land claim settlement for We'koqma'q

Oct 30 2024 10 mins  
There's a windfall on the way for We'koq'maq First Nation. Residents of the Mi'kmaq community will soon get their share of a multi-million-dollar land settlement. We hear from We'koq'maq Chief John Leonard Bernard later this hour. 

Coast to coast: "beach nourishment" in the Magdalen Islands

Oct 29 2024 9 mins  
Our neighbours in the Gulf are using beach nourishment projects similar to one that will be tried at Dominion Beach in the Spring.