Podcast appearances and mentions of jeff douglas

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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."

Alex Khasnabish is chair of the department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University. He studies social movements, radical politics and social and political theory. He speaks with Jeff Douglas about the current polarized moment with social movements and why we struggle to speak to one another when we have differing political and social views.

The award winning actor's film is having its debut at the Atlantic International Film Festival. Wayne Burns gives Jeff Douglas a bit of non-spoiler background ahead of the films showing.

Seana Jewer is Nova Scotia Health's community engagement lead with Roots of Hope. She speaks with Jeff Douglas about the project and what it means to talk a holistic community based approach to suicide prevention.If you or someone you know is struggling here is some resources you can access:The Provincial Mental Health Crisis Line can be reached at 1-888-429-8167 or if this is an emergency call 911.NSH's Mental Health and Addictions Program's Central Intake service at 1-855-922-1122The number for Talk Suicide Canada is 1-833-456-4566.You can call or text the national suicide crisis helpline at 9-8-8.The number for Kids Help Phone is 1-800-668-6868, or you can text them at 686 868.

Nancy Saunders' son, Ben Brennan, died by suicide in 2023. He was 29 years old. Nancy shares with Jeff Douglas what her son was like and about her efforts to advocate for change in Nova Scotia's mental health.If you or someone you know is struggling here's some resources you can access:The Provincial Mental Health Crisis Line can be reached at 1-888-429-8167 or if this is an emergency call 911.NSH's Mental Health and Addictions Program's central intake service at 1-855-922-1122The number for Talk Suicide Canada is 1-833-456-4566. You can call or text the national suicide crisis helpline at 9-8-8.The number for Kids Help Phone is 1-800-668-6868, or you can text them at 686-868.

Filmmaker Bretten Hannam and lead actor Blake Alec Miranda, tell Jeff Douglas about Sk+te'kmujue'katik (At the Place of Ghosts), which is showing at the Atlantic International Film Festival.

Josh Oulton is the owner of Tap Root Farms in Kings County. He told Jeff Douglas although funding is appreciated, it's too little, too late for the 2025 season.

Greg Morrow is the MLA for Guysborough-Tracadie and is Nova Scotia's Minister of Agriculture. He spoke with Jeff Douglas about the funding increase.

Brian Orde, the coordinator for Annapolis Regional Emergency Management Office (REMO) and Nadine McCormick is the public information officer for Annapolis REMO give an update to Jeff Douglas.

Sarah Lyon is the communications officer for the SPCA. She tells Jeff Douglas about how people can prepare to leave safely and efficiently during an evacuation with your pets.

Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza city. Michael Lynk is a professor emeritus of law at Western University and the former UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory. He shares his thoughts on this move with Jeff Douglas and gives us an update of what is happening in Gaza.

U.S. president also announced he's federalizing the local police and will launch a 'beautification" campaign that will remove homeless encampments. Robert Huish, an associate professor of International Development Studies at Dalhousie University, explains this and more to Jeff Douglas.

Tawny Stowe is a farmer at Nourishing Circles Farmstead in Oxford who experienced a blueberry crop failure recently. She tells Jeff Douglas about this and what the future might look like.

One of them is Karin Jafer. She spoke with Jeff Douglas about what this opportunity means to her.

NSCAD associate professor, April Mandrona, joins Jeff Douglas to talk about the subversive, survival mechanism that is art.

Branko Mizerit tells Jeff Douglas about his company Aerodome Canada, a new model for future food production.

Councillor Laura White, who represents Halifax South Downtown, tells Jeff Douglas her thoughts on HRM council voting to move ahead on a two-way bike lane design for Morris Street that would make the stretch one-way for car traffic.

There is a virtual event on this topic, Tuesday from noon to 1:30pm. It's part of a series of public talks called Emancipate Your Mind. Two of the panelists join Jeff Douglas. Here's more detail on the EYM series -- www.eventbrite.ca/e/emancipate-your-mind-a-virtual-conversation-series-tickets-1400289235799?aff=oddtdtcreator

She tells Jeff Douglas about the letters that inspired her new book, "The Golden Daughter: My Mother's Secret Past as a Ukrainian Slave Worker in Nazi Germany." It hits store shelves August 5, and is published by Anansi Press.

Charmaine Nelson, who runs the Slavery North Initiative, speak with Jeff Douglas.

The Senator drops into Studio A to speak with Jeff Douglas, and uses her own family's experience to illustrate what culturally responsive health care looks like. This story also includes audio from an event Mainstreet's Alex Guye recorded earlier this month, with the voices of Terry Lewis from Dal's School of Social Work, and Sue Bookchin from the Be The Peace Institute.

Jeff Douglas goes to City Hall.

Jeff Douglas visited the AVSSC on its annual family day, and got a tour from past president John Robinson.

Jeff Douglas talks with Atefeh Tabesh, a Nova Scotian who grew up in Iran.

On June 13, in Ottawa, Governor General Mary Simon presented Nova Scotian artist and advocate, April Hubbard with the award. She spoke with Jeff Douglas about the experience.

They speak with Jeff Douglas ahead of this year's Move For Sight fundraiser. Find more info at https://fightingblindness.akaraisin.com/ui/MOVEFORSIGHT2025

Ken Hansen is a former naval commander, former chair of the Maritime Studies Program at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, and an independent defence analyst. He speaks with Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas.

Jeff Douglas talks with Paul Service, the chief director of Halifax Search & Rescue, about a fake GoFundMe that says $100,000 is needed to cover the cost of drones to search for Lilly and Jack, and any leftover money will go to Halifax Search & Rescue.

Peter Gregg tells Jeff Douglas about the ransomware attack Nova Scotia Power has been the victim of. He confirmed that the hackers who stole the data have published it to the dark web.

Susan Fraser is a certified High Performance Equestrian coach who has spent decades training and caring for horses. She tells Mainstreet host, Jeff Douglas, about the condition of the horses at Ross Farm Museum when she was asked to evaluate them back in November.

Jeff Douglas spoke with the Premier on the afternoon of May 22nd, in his office in Halifax.

The co-executive director of the AfterWords Literary Festival drops into Studio A to talk books, with host Jeff Douglas.

If bad news makes you feel bad, this podcast is an alternative just for you! Jeff Douglas finds out how Morris Green connects with teenage boys when Jeff drops into a GuysWork class at Millwood High. Then, we travel back to the year 1995 to hear how Randy Bachman ended up making a split-single vinyl 45 with The Hardship Post. Jason Buxton talks about his made-in-Halifax film 'Sharp Corner,' opening May 9th across the country. And Alex Guye finds out about why the BCG vaccine may prove to be a Swiss Army knife of vaccines.

He listens in, and talks with Morris Green who founded GuysWork. It's a made-in-Nova Scotia program. Find more info at www.guyswork.org

Alonzo talks with Jeff Douglas ahead of his performances at the Halifax Comedy Fest.

He speaks with host Jeff Douglas.

She speaks with Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas.

If bad news makes you feel bad, check out these conversations Jeff Douglas had with Alex Guye about the return of the house hippo, Colin Meagher in an Export Report about a new product line at a fifty year old company in Lockeport, comedian DJ Demers who's coming to Halifax for the All Access Comedy show May 11th, and Michelle Sylliboy who is transforming a hundred acres into an Indigenous healing art school.

Kate Swanson is the Canada Research Chair in International Peace, Security and Children and a professor at Dalhousie. She shares her thoughts and expertise Jeff Douglas about what migrants in the U.S. are facing when it comes to deportation and whether the U.S. should still be considered a safe third country.

Chris Lydon, Michelle Coffin and Barbara Emodi talk with host Jeff Douglas.

Troy Muise, founder and CEO of Microline Homes, talks with Jeff Douglas.

Nyesha Sparks has made it her mission to foster greater understanding, connection, and acceptance of autism in her community of East Preston. She tells Jeff Douglas about the Autism Acceptance Fair she organized.