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A vibrant blend of top news stories, local weather, traffic reports, comedy, local music, and interviews about politics, science and culture. Tune into Mainstreet on weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m. Add your voice by calling us at 1-888-686-MAIN (6246) or e-mail mainhfx@cbc.ca.
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Co - Hosts and long time friends Matt Conrad and Mike Tobin meet at a pub or microbrewery each week with a special guest and enjoy an informal conversation over a cold beverage. Our show aims on bringing people together. Together We Drink! #afternoonpint #podcast #business #entrepreneur #society #culture #money #networking #beer #politics #entertainment #arts #canada #lifeincanda #canadian #random #ap
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This podcast is a collaborative project between the IWK Health Centre in Halifax and Capitalize for Kids to improve health outcomes for children and families across Canada. Each month, we host a webinar featuring a high priority topic in child and adolescent mental health and addictions. Experts will share best practices and answer questions from clinicians across Nova Scotia. It’s important to note that the practices discussed in this podcast are sensitive and only intended for qualified an ...
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Eh! We Started a Podcast

Jon Kizzy, King Tygga and DJ Laton

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2 ex-rappers and a DJ friend from Halifax, Nova Scotia discuss and review new music, share funny/crazy stories, and interview interesting people in the community and in the entertainment industry. From a deep dive review of a classic Notorious B.I.G. album to reciting Spice Girl lyrics to discussing mental health, you never know where the conversation will lead. Ride with us or Collide with us, either way it'll be a hell of a time.
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Church in the North

Briercrest College and Seminary

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The Church In The North (CITN) podcast brings you thoughtful, sometimes humorous, conversations with church leaders from north of the 49th parallel. We share the untold stories of ministry practitioners who God is using in diverse settings - from rural Saskatchewan to urban Vancouver, from the outskirts of Winnipeg to the rocky shores of Halifax. We’re listening and learning to what God is doing in and through the church in our current cultural moment. Contact us at podcast@churchinthenorth.ca
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Melanie, a single mom of two girls ages 8 and 11 living in Halifax, Nova Scotia was diagnosed with C-PTSD in 2019. This led Melanie on a journey of self-awareness since then in an attempt to figure out how to navigate the rest of her life in a healthy way. Melanie
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Dr. AJ is a Halifax family physician and assistant professor at Dalhousie University’s faculty of medicine. Today she begins a regular column for The Chronicle Herald which will explore health care reform with the aim of engaging Nova Scotians in finding ways to improve individual and population health, provide satisfying and high-quality care and build thriving health-care networks.
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The Fearless Practice Podcast is for anyone who is either thinking of starting a private practice or who needs help with growing their practice in Canada. Julia Smith takes you on her journey from starting as a counsellor to totally killin’ it and growing her own practice in Halifax. After starting in 2016, she battled to find resources and help that related specifically to building a private practice in Canada. Today, she's sharing her tips as well as her not-to-be-repeated mistakes for fel ...
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Be FUSED

Anthony Marotta

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The food people choose to put in their bodies has the power to hurt or heal despite all the efforts that educate consumers on the importance of making healthy food choices. Studies have shown that 80% of consumers are confused about food health information 59% of them doubting their choices. Who you seek food health advice from is as equally important as what you eat every day. The beef use podcast is a fusion of two ideologies. The culinary arts with the medical science centered on helping ...
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Charlene Pickrem, the host of, Mental Health - Let's Talk About it! CIOE 97.5 FM, is not a doctor, her perspectives are their own. Charlene's experience, education and lived challenges offer validity and credibility https://www.linkedin.com/in/pickempowerment/ The objective of the show is to have diverse guests share their awareness and perspectives on, Mental Health and Mental Illness, to empower other with potential strategies or resources to look after self/other(s). Three shows state "co ...
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The Insomnia Project is an podcast created by insomniacs for insomniacs, it features mundane conversation for you to Listen and Sleep. When you need that little nudge into relaxed drifting off then this is the podcast for you. Leave your worries, anxiety and sleepless behind as you relax and listen to the hosts talk at length about every mundane topic under the moon. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-insomnia-project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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People of Healthcare

Access Podcast Production

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People of Healthcare Podcast is brought to you by Access eForms, the technology that’s closing the paper gaps in your hospital. They believe you and your patients deserve better than paper.
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WorkShift

Workers' Compensation Board of Nova Scotia

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It’s been said that we learn from experience. But we can learn a lot more when we add the experiences of others to our own. On WorkShift, we're putting leaders in workplace safety on the mic to talk health, safety, but most of all, leadership in a world that has changed forever. Hear the stories behind their successes, and their failures, and how they’re meeting the same challenges you may be facing. Whether you’re a leader or someone who enjoys inspiring conversations, WorkShift will change ...
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Modern Fitness

Bold Brave TV

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Modern Fitness delivers the most current and effective advice and information on Health and Fitness to help all types of exercisers be the most successful and fit versions of themselves! No matter your experience level, Modern Fitness is here to help you crush your goals! Let’s get it! Jonathan Ells is a Certified Personal Trainer, Precision Nutrition Coach and Fascial Stretch Therapist from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 2017, he took on a position as a National Instructor with the larges ...
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Heart Of The City

Samantha Beauchamp

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Host, Tova Sherman is joined by newsmakers and culture-shakers, poets and prognosticators-all with an opinion (and solution) on issues that impact our city every single day. Transmitting from the Halifax Central Library; the literal and metaphorical heart of our city. reachAbility is proud to be the title sponsor of Heart of The City (HOT City). Listen on CDKU 88.1 Wednesdays at 01:30 or find the show online at reachability.org/hot-city/
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Talking Radical Radio brings you grassroots voices from across Canada. It features in-depth interview with people involved in a wide range of activism, organizing, and other social change work, and gives them a chance to take a longer view as they talk about what they're doing, how they're doing it, and why they're doing it.
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Canada's premiers are meeting in Halifax this week and on Tuesday morning, outside the Westin Nova Scotian hotel, a group of people tried to get their attention in the hopes that mental health can rise to the top of the political agenda. They shared some of their thoughts with the CBC's Olivia Stefanovich.…
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Do you have a community of clients, peers, or professionals that you work alongside? How can communities open up new opportunities? Have you considered starting a community that isn’t focused solely on sales? Community is a bit of a buzzword in marketing and private practice these days, but it’s still truly valuable and a worthwhile investment to m…
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Send us a Text Message. Georges immigrated from Lebanon to Nova Scotia 17 years ago and fell in love with both Canada and Alexander Keiths beer. He worked his way from a job at Wendys and driving taxi, to opening his own restaurant and eventually building his own professional network, helping scale businesses, and teaches folks how to invest and gr…
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The Plastic Free Foundation promotes Plastic Free July as a movement to get people around the world to refuse single-use plastics in the name of a cleaner environment. Rachael Butcher and Krista McDonald co-own Wholesum Refillery Shoppe in Kentville, N.S. They're participating, but it's also their mission to minimize single-use plastics year-round.…
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Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet and playwright Cornelius Eady is in Cape Breton this week. He's doing a reading at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts on Wednesday afternoon. Guest host Jane Sponagle spoke with Eady about his work and what inspired him to hitchhike from New York to Cape Breton in the 1970s.…
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What can we learn from veteran youth workers who have served in youth ministry for over thirty years? For part three of this week's summer series, "Learning from the OLD Youth Guys," we speak with Cecil Rast, the Metro Vancouver East Regional Director with Youth Unlimited. There is no -pre-show for our summer series, but you can expect our team of …
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Cape Breton's Lucky Campbell played fastball and softball in the 1940s and '50s and he is remembered in part for the many roles he played on a four-man team called the Glace Bay Rockets. His daughter, Evelyn Sims, and Guysborough County councillor Mary Desmond join guest host Jane Sponagle to talk about why they want him inducted into the Cape Bret…
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Halls Harbour was one of the most dramatic scenes from last week's flash flooding in the Annapolis Valley. The causeway at the bottom of the road that loops around the harbour collapsed. That sent a torrent of water spilling over the road in the harbour. We check in with the owner of Halls Harbour Lobster Pound and Restaurant.…
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Nova Scotians in Kings County have spent much of Friday assessing the damage from the previous evening's torrential rains. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with officials in the area, including Kings County Councillor Dick Killam, Bernard Miles with the Hall's Harbour Community Development Association and Dan Stovel, the regional emergency management co-ord…
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Remnants of post-tropical storm Beryl swept through the western part of Nova Scotia Thursday evening, and Nova Scotia RCMP has reported that a youth has died in Wolfville after being swept away in the floods. MLA for Kings South Keith Irving joins host Jeff Douglas to talk about how his constituents are feeling after the tragedy.…
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Halls Harbour was one of the communities in Kings County that was hit hard by Thursday's torrential rains, with a section of bridge being washed away. The CBC's Amy Smith spoke with engineering consultant Daniel Houghton about the damage caused. Then, host Jeff Douglas is joined by Kings-Hants MP Kody Blois to talk about what can be done to address…
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A new street outreach team started its work in Truro, N.S., this week. The provincial government announced Thursday that it's providing about $500,000 for the new five-person team run by the Truro Housing Outreach Society. Mainstreet's Alex Guye spoke with Davy Rose, the Truro outreach co-ordinator, to talk about how the team will support people ex…
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A growing trend on TikTok is all about improving your facial structure. The videos seem aimed at boys and men who want to achieve a more 'masculine' appearance. They feature tips for sharpening your jawline.To talk about how these trends could affect oral health, we talk with Dr. Claire Karst with the Nova Scotia Dental Association.…
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Saturday night at the Light House Arts Centre in Halifax, an affiliate of Wu-Tang Clan called Wu-Tang Killa Beez will perform. But before that on Friday, there will be a community workshop about trauma and art, in which members of Wu Tang "will breakdown and analyze their songs, explaining how trauma and artistic expression intersect for communal h…
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The Insomnia Project: Halifax Wanderers Take You to Dreamland (Maybe) Ever wondered how a city could resemble a shoe? Tonight, we set sail for the Canadian Maritimes with guest James Covey! James gives Marco a geography lesson, transforming Halifax , Nova Scotia, into a footwear fashion show, so to speak. But wait, there's more! We lace up for anot…
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It can be easy to get caught up in looking at everyone else’s journey when instead it’s important to focus on your own. When you take private practice at your own pace, and when you incorporate your talents and passions and allow yourself to be guided from one spot to the next, you can more easily find your way in private practice instead of trying…
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A report released Wednesday by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization finds that fisheries around the world are likely to take a much bigger hit from climate change if global warming gets up into the 3- to 4-degree range, compared to 1-and-a-half, or 2 degrees Celsius. Host Jeff Douglas is joined by Dalhousie University biologist Der…
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As part of its annual Shark Week extravaganza, the Discovery Channel will air its first-ever Canadian-made shark week program on Wednesday evening. It's called Great White North and comes from executive producer Edward Peill, director P.J. Naworynski and legendary Shark Week underwater cinematographer Andy Casagrande. Shark expert and enthusiast Ch…
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What's more exciting than watching Team Canada advance through the Copa America? Watching Nova Scotia's Jacob Shaffelburg shine on the world soccer stage. We connect with his former coach in New England, to find out what he thought of last night's semi-final game and how far Shaffelburg's come since his school days.…
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SailGP has confirmed that Halifax will not be hosting the international sailing competition in 2025. It's disappointing news for everyone who took in the exciting foiling races in Halifax Harbour in June. SailGP Canada team manager Jen Hall talks about the future of Team Canada, and Halifax as a venue, in the racing series.…
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For decades, health professionals and policy makers have been sounding the alarm about an epidemic of childhood obesity. Some experts say that fixation on childhood weight has led to increased stigma from peers, parents, teachers, and even doctors. Our nutrition columnist Jennifer Brady explains.
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Send us a Text Message. Sean Meister is a great guy to know if you’re eager to learn about what’s going on in the province of Nova Scotia. His love for his home province blossomed into founding a digital global community and podcast called Global Bluenosers. He also works with tech incubator Volta Labs Inc as Director of Strategic Partnership. If y…
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As we mark Mainstreet Halifax's 40th year on the air, we've been talking to folks about how music has evolved during that time. MCJ and Cool G are credited as being the first Canadian rap group to be signed to a major label. They grew up in Halifax and moved to Montreal in 1988. Host Jeff Douglas is joined by James McQuaid, also known as MCJ, to lo…
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If you need help starting a campfire or staying safe in bear country, and you don't want to just trust whatever you see on social media, you can now get expert advice through Scouts Canada's toll-free hotline. It opened on Monday, 24/7, for the entire summer. Host Jeff Douglas is joined by Matthew Coe, a volunteer and long-time scouter.…
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