Christianne Boudreau, co-founder of Mother for Life, has spent the past six years thinking about how people get radicalized and how to reach out to them. She spoke with host Jeff Douglas about her son Damian Clairmont who died in 2014 in Syria.

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How to talk to loved ones about extremism from a mother whose son died after joining ISIS

Joyce Carter, president and CEO of the Halifax International Airport Authority and Chair of the Canadian Airports Council, spoke with guest host Preston Mulligan about the state of the city's airport during COVID-19.

Halifax's airport was gearing up for its busiest year ever — then COVID happened

Tom and Carol Anne Johnson from Eskasoni spoke with host Jeff Douglas about their family's project to overdub the movie Chicken Run in Mi'kmaw, and how it's helping them share the language with the next generation.

Why an Eskasoni family spent many, many hours overdubbing Chicken Run in Mi'kmaw

Nova Scotia Community College is now offering a program that covers up to 100 per cent of tuition and fees for former youth in care, regardless of their age.

NSCC waiving tuition for former youth in foster care

Host Jeff Douglas spoke with our Spinbusters: Chris Lydon, regional senior vice president at M5 Public Affairs, Barbara Emodi, who used to teach communications at Mount St Vincent University and Michelle Coffin who teaches political science at Cape Breton University.

Mainstreet's Spinbusters on the race to replace Stephen McNeil — and how the pandemic is complicating things

Niambi Carter, an assistant professor of political science at Howard University, spoke with host Jeff Douglas as protesters backing President Donald Trump breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

'Our democracy is fragile': What violence in Washington says about state of U.S. democracy

We called up Kevin Deveaux to see what he makes of the situation south of the border. He's a former NDP member of the Nova Scotia Legislature who left politics to work with the United Nations and other organizations concerned with the state of democracy.

Governance expert weighs in on Trump's attempts to cling to power

Vaccine researcher Dr. Iris Gorfinkel and Dr. Lisa Barrett with Dalhousie University spoke with host Jeff Douglas on Monday about when Canadians can expect to get immunized, and why it's OK to get the asymptomatic test more than once.

The latest on Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout and asymptomatic testing in N.S.

It's been a challenging year for Atlantic Canada's largest city. Mayor Mike Savage spoke with host Jeff Douglas for a look back on the year and what's ahead for 2021.

Halifax mayor Mike Savage addresses affordable housing, police reform in year-end interview

91-year-old Betty Murray, a retired public health nurse in North River, shares memories of vaccinating Canadians for the polio virus. We'll hear how that went, and how things have changed with vaccine immunization today.

Retired nurse who vaccinated against polio encourages Canadians to get COVID-19 vaccine

Premier Stephen McNeil spoke with host Jeff Douglas last week for a year-end interview, which also coincides with his final days as premier before a new leader is chosen.

Stephen McNeil looks back on 17 years in politics

Jeff Douglas' trip to North Preston, including songs Keonté recorded with his sister Carleena Smith for a new Christmas EP. This downloadable copy does not include Anne Johnson-McDonald's musical performances, but you can hear those in the streaming copy available at cbc.ca/mainhfx

Keonté Beals takes us on a tour of North Preston and talks about Christmas in his community

Amelia Penney-Crocker, a student at Citadel High in Halifax, followed up with host Jeff Douglas at the end of her year-long campaign to urge action on climate change.

Why this Grade 10 student spent 2020 writing letters to the prime minister

A new report on poverty in Nova Scotia shows the province is doing poorly across the board when it comes to reducing child and family poverty. Some of the highest rates can be found in Sipekne'katik First Nation. Host Jeff Douglas spoke with Lesley Frank, who co-authored the report, as well as Chief Mike Sack and Rosalie Francis from Sipekne'katik.

Child poverty in Canada is decreasing — but not in Nova Scotia

Beaked whales are among the most mysterious and least understood mammals in the world and some types have only been seen when they've washed up dead on a beach. So there's a lot of excitement about a recent beaked whale encounter in California and Mainstreet spoke with marine ecologist Boris Worm about that.

A rare sighting of a beaked whale

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