• Art studio sit-in at NSCAD
    Sep 9 2025

    Students at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design held a sit-in last night, to protest the university's decision to reduce studio access this semester. We'll talk to the head of the student union to find out how it went, and why students want 24-hour access to those art spaces.

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    11 mins
  • Increased postpartum support for new parents at the IWK
    Aug 14 2025

    Researchers at Dalhousie University and the IWK in Halifax are trying to help parents with the overwhelming feeling of having a newborn. We hear about a new program that's aiming to increase postpartum support for new parents through text messages.

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    7 mins
  • A forest-lover shares how he's scratching the hiking itch
    Aug 12 2025

    Many of us are missing the forest right about now, as we hit peak summertime in Nova Scotia. Steve Skafte usually ventures into the woods searching for abandoned roads in the Annapolis Valley. But for now with the ban on forest activities, he's refocusing his efforts on another project: documenting shoreline access along the Bay of Fundy.

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    9 mins
  • Dealing with drought
    Aug 7 2025

    There's a lot of nervousness in rural areas of Nova Scotia as the days go by with no significant rain in the forecast. We check in with three people who have animals and crops that need water.

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    13 mins
  • The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
    Aug 5 2025

    Author Niko Stratis has launches her memoir "The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman," about how the music of Bruce Springsteen, The National, and REM, helped her to explore her own gender identity.

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    9 mins
  • Imagine taking a course taught entirely by AI
    Jul 24 2025

    University courses - entirely taught with AI, including avatars. Sound futuristic? It's actually happening now at a divinity school in the Annapolis Valley. he CBC's Richard Cutherbertson tells us about that.


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    11 mins
  • Halifax Pride event transforms old Harry Potter books into oyster mushrooms
    Jul 22 2025

    Former Potterheads are tossing their books in the wake of J.K. Rowling's comments about the trans community.

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    9 mins
  • An unlit buoy was involved in the death of a navy sailor in the Halifax harbour
    Jul 17 2025

    A rigid hull inflatable boat that capsized in the Halifax harbour in January struck an unlit buoy, according to documents obtained by CBC through a freedom of information request.

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    11 mins