The developer of the new Ethos Ridge retirement community project, Scott Walton explains his vision and responds to the issues raised by concerned community members.

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Ethos Ridge project

Front line staff at a harm reduction nonprofit in uptown Saint John are coping with a rise in injection drug use. Julia Dingwell is the executive director of Avenue B Harm Reduction in Saint John.

Front-line workers seeing spike in injection drug use

Peter Rowan speaks with host Julia Wright about Rick White’s cover of an iconic east coast song, Sloane's, Underwhelmed is this week's feature.

Music Column: Peter Rowan on Rick White

A former Canadian Forces sergeant from Saint John set a mission for himself to feed 50 families in need. Patrick Gordon speaks with host Julia Wright about Operation Feed SJ, how the effort got started, and his plans going forward.

A mission to feed more families

New Brunswick is second only to British Columbia for the highest prevalence of injection drug use in the country. Pediatrician Dr. Sarah Gander talks about the rising rates of opioid-related overdoses, solutions being brought forward, and what more can be done here in NB.

Harm reduction symposium looks for solutions

New Brunswick's Auditor-General Kim Adair-MacPherson.

Sobering thoughts for taxpayers in the latest report from New Brunswick's auditor-general

Health Minister Dorothy Shephard released the province's five year addiction and mental health plan yesterday. Julia Woodhall-Melnik is an assistant professor and director of the laboratory for housing and mental health at UNB Saint John.

The province's new five-year action plan for addiction and mental health services

Saint John councillors and city finance committee members, David Merrithew and Gary Sullivan.

Saint John has plans to reduce the property tax rate in 2022 by 1.5 cents

Professor Rod Russell is an immunologist and virologist in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland .

Analyzing the best way to protect against COVID-19 - shot by shot

Sylvain Charlebois is a professor and senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.

A reason why your butter is harder to spread nowadays.

The CBC’s Laura Fraser is covering the Desmond inquiry taking place in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia.

The Desmond inquiry continues after an 11-month break due to the pandemic

Dr. Janice Keefe is the chair of Family Studies and Gerontology at Mount Saint Vincent University and is also the director of the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging.

Rethinking the future of long-term care homes

Ted Harley grew up along the Kennebecasis River and has lived there his whole life.

Words of wisdom about the ice in the Kennebecasis River

Wayne Long is the MP for Saint John-Rothesay and Jesse Vergen is the chef and owner of the Saint John Alehouse, Toro Taco, Barred Rock Fried Chicken, McGills and the Smoking Pig BBQ.

Construction on the Fundy Quay project is set to begin this summer

Our final installment of the We Were Here series features Tallas Munro who plays the artist, Edward Mitchell Bannister. Munro finds parallels in his journey with that of a St. Andrews-born artist and member of the Black abolitionist movement. Mitchell Bannister spent most of his adult life in Boston. His award-winning work hangs in many fine galleries and museums.

We Were Here: Edward Mitchell Bannister

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