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On this show Paul Martin interviewed Jen Hunter, the Green Party candidate for Ottawa Centre. They discussed the party’s platform on a range of election issues including tax shifts and green collar jobs. Then, John Wall prepared a report on an exciting and daunting part of what it means to be a grad student: . . . → Read More: September 18, 2008: Putting it Out There Election fever has come to Canada and Professor Jonathan Malloy of Carleton University’s Department of Political Science joined us to examine some of the issues facing Canada’s political parties and voters in the early days of Election 2008. In the second half of the show Carol Hunsberger shared some results of her recent research . . . → Read More: September 11, 2008: Election 2008 & Tana River Delta A full-bodied flavour with accents of chocolate, raspberry and oak… Matt Street savours the end of summer by serving as one of the judges for the Maitland Ribfest. On this show we went for a walk in the woods – but instead of deer and porcupines, we came across monkeys and parrots. Carol Hunsberger sent a report from the Kakamega Forest in western Kenya, where a group of youth volunteers is coming up with all kinds of creative ways to protect the . . . → Read More: August 21, 2008: Kakamega Forest On August 7, 1998, the US Embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam were bombed in a coordinated attack by Al-Qaeda. Hundreds of people were killed and thousands injured, most of them Africans. Looking back 10 years later, some see these bombings as a warning of terrorist acts to come – a warning that . . . → Read More: August 7, 2008: Bomb Blast Memorial How many bags of garbage do you think 4,000 people produce in two days at a summer festival? At the Art of Being Green Festival in Lanark Highlands, the answer is 6 and dropping fast. Paul Martin interviewed Beth Peterkin, one of the event organizers at this celebration of environmentally responsible living. Matt Street continues his look at the geography of music with this segment on the environmental footprint of summer music festivals. Here he takes an in-depth look at the annual Bluesfest that occurs at Ottawa’s Lebreton Flats. He spoke with Mark Monahan, the Executive/Artistic Director of the music festival, about what they are doing to . . . → Read More: July 10, 2008: Bluesfest Goes Eco-Friendly On this show we heard a report en français from Matt Street. He spoke with several people in Chicoutimi, Québec – or is that Saguenay? – about a controversial decision to change the official name of the area to Saguenay following a municipal amalgamation. He even managed to get his photo on the front . . . → Read More: June 26, 2008: “Inflexible” Two features on this show highlighted efforts that are being made to overcome tough obstacles. First, John Wall spoke with Deb Gleeson from the International Fund for Animal Welfare about threats to wright whales in Canadian waters and what’s being done to protect them. Then, John interviewed a representative of the Canada Haiti Action . . . → Read More: May 29, 2008: Against The Odds “Only tap water delivers.” What does this mean? Matt Street went inside the annual conference of the Ontario Water Works Association to find out. He prepared this report on how the OWWA and several other organizations are working together to deliver safe, clean drinking water in Ontario. |
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