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Melody Rose brings us last installment of her four part series, just in time for Halloween. This one is all about the the Cape Breton Hairy Man!

Peter German wrote two reports for the Attorney General of British Columbia, called Dirty Money, and Dirty Money Part Two. He's President and ED of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform, back in Halifax for a panel discussion called, "Money Laundering: Canada's Back Office of Organized Crime."

The organization focuses on engaging and educating men and boys to preventing gender-based violence, by promoting gender equality and healthy masculinities. CEO of White Ribbon, Humberto Carolo, tells Alex Guye how the non-profit has changed since it first began in 1991 and how shifts in technology have created additional spaces where their work is needed.

Jeff Douglas speaks with West Hants Pride the interim president Angela Grant. Find the group online at westhantspride.ca

Jeff Douglas talks about what happened with Asa McKercher, Hudson Chair in Canada-US Relations & an associate prof at the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, at St. FX.

Bruce Rainnie, President and CEO of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, speaks with host Jeff Douglas.

Gabrielle Bardall, co-chair of the Sainte-Marie Heritage & Development Association, tells Jeff Douglas how people came together to save one of the largest wooden structures of its kind in the world.

Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas speaks with Chris Lydon, Michelle Coffin, and Barbara Emodi, about politics in Nova Scotia and beyond.

Melody Rose brings us an East Coast favourite on this third installment of 'Explore the Lore'.

We hear some of the details from Justice Minister and Attorney General, Sean Fraser. Then Jeff Douglas speaks with Sheila Wildeman, co-chair of the East Coast Prison Justice Society, and a professor at the Dalhousie Schulich School of Law.

Pioneering artist Paul Wong is back in Halifax for a lecture at the Halifax Central Library on October 23rd. The award winning artist spoke with Alex Guye about his career, his most recent exhibit and why he continually pushes the boundaries of interdisciplinary storytelling.

This former teacher visited CBC Halifax, with Atefa Tabesh, to tell Mainstreet's Alex Mason how she became a target of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, how she escaped the country, and what Nova Scotia holds for her.

When Delphine du Toit bought her house eight years ago, she never imagined her well would run dry, forcing her to drive to Musquodoboit Harbour for potable water. She shares her experience with guest host, Alex Guye and explains although this drought is impacting her now, she's also worried about the future.

Being defrauded can have devastating impacts on a victim's finances, and so much more than that. But cyber-security expert David says this is also an issue of national defence. He's tells Jeff Douglas why.

Vic Ruzgys hosted an evening of Surfer Stories, as a fundraiser for the Lawrencetown Headland Project Association. We'll hear a few highlights, and then Vic tells Jeff Douglas what the Association is worried about as the province prepares to move part of the highway that runs past Lawrencetown Beach.

A fishing expedition, Canso Harbour, the year 1656 and a mysterious sea creature? That's where Melody Rose is starting things off for us in episode two of 'Explore the Lore'.

A bid to develop part of West Mabou Beach into a golf course has prompted a local group to try to put a stop to it. Concerned resident, Sivan Hobden, is part of the group Save West Mabou Beach Provincial Park.

And there's so much more. Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas asks social worker and criminology prof Robert Wright how he'd contextualize this for Nova Scotians.

Joe Murphy, Jim Ledbetter, and Lesley Choyce will be part of an event October 17 at 7pm, at 500 West Lawrencetown Road, called "Surfer Stories: Stories From Pioneer Surfers of Nova Scotia." It's a fundraiser for the Lawrencetown Headland Project

MBSR course teacher Tom Wigan and Healthy Minds Cooperative peer outreach coordinator, Dave Miller, tell Jeff Douglas about the opportunity.

Linguist Bernie Francis tells Jeff Douglas why the amendments made in Bill 127 to the Crown Lands Act feel like "we're on a merry-go-round", where the past is repeating itself and how the province has a duty to consult the Mi'kmaq before making decisions with the land and other resources.

Seaside A Cappella's music director and founder, Judy Comeau stops by to talk about the win after arriving back home.

Enchanted butter, mysteriously sick cows, allegations of bewitching?! That's all in the first of “Explore the Lore”, which was put together by folklore enthusiast Melody Rose for the CBC Creator Network.

Each year, the Mi'kmaw History Month Committee decide on a theme for the month of October and this year, storytelling has taken centre stage. Mercedes Peters is the Sharing Our Stories Coordinator with the Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre. She tells Alex Guye why this theme was a long time coming.

This is because even though they hold extreme exclusionary beliefs, incels do not necessarily adhere to views that other far right groups tend to emphasize about nationalism, ethnicity and race. Kayla Preston is the lead on this study. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto in the department of sociology. She shares the findings and methodology with Jeff Douglas.

Jeff Douglas speaks with Teresa Heffernan, Director of the Social Robot Futures Project, at Saint Mary's University.

Bill 127 covers changes to seven affects seven pieces of existing legislation and creates one new one. One of the changes was to the Personal Health Information Act and removes the word imminent from part of the disclosure section of the act. This allows health care workers to disclose information without a patients consent if doing so would avert or minimize a significant danger. This is something the group Nova Scotia Moms has been advocating for. Heather Spidell is one of the cofounders. She spoke with guest host Alex Guye just before Bill 127 received royal assent.

The Executive Director, Kathleen Martin, tells guest host Alex Guye why some sea turtles end up, cold-stunned, on Nova Scotia's shores.

Boris Worm drops by from Dalhousie University to explain new data to guest host Alex Guye.

Robert Huish talks with Alex Guye about a new analysis of 30 years of political violence in the US. It finds more incidents by left-wing attackers than right-wing attackers, so far in 2025 -- the first time this has happened in data they covered going back to the mid-1990s. Here's the analysis > https://www.csis.org/analysis/ideological-trends-us-terrorism

He speaks with guest host Alex Guye.

Elder and linguist Bernie Francis talks with guest host Preston Mulligan about Centralization. This policy, enacted in 1942, attempted to get all the Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia to locate in either Sipekne'katik or Eskasoni. Bernie says, before that, Mi'kmaq were documented living in more than 50 communities around the province. Recordings of now-deceased elders suggest centralization allowed church leaders to more effectively prohibit use of the Mi'kmaw language.

Nova Scotia Moms is a grassroots group of mothers and loved ones who have either lost children to suicide or they are supporting loved ones living with serious mental illness and addiction. Nancy Saunders and Heather Spidell are the groups cofounders. Cyndi Corbett is a member. The group hopes that with the passing of Bill 127, important changes to the language in the Personal Health Information Act would become law.

Our oceans guy, Boris Worm, tells guest host Alex Guye about the new Planetary Health Check from the Potsdam Institute. And about the available solutions to the problems we face.

Arad tells Mainstreet's producer Alex Mason how he ended up putting a satellite into orbit, and why.

The Mainstreet Spinbusters - Barbara Emodi, Chris Lydon and Michelle Coffin - drop into Studio A to talk with guest host Alex Guye.

Meg Hodges is the general manager of the Kings Transit Authority. She tells guest host, Alex Guye why this decision was made and what improvements will be coming for the service.

He speaks with guest host Alex Guye.

Find the Halifax Diaper Bank on facebook.

Catholic theologian David Deane drops into Studio A to speak with guest host Alex Guye

We use a clip sandwich to illustrate how Jimmy Kimmel got taken off the air, and who's taking credit. Then, guest host Preston Mulligan is joined by Robert Huish, from Dalhousie University. The introduction to the interview with Professor Huish features an extended version of the clip we broadcast of Brendan Carr from the FCC.

Both our items from today's show, marking the death this morning of retired Senator Donald Oliver. He was the first Black person appointed to the Canadian Senate. His memoir is called "A Matter of Equality: The Life's Work of Senator Don Oliver."