Episode 12: The Speaker's Choice
In 1978, Bob McCready saved Premier Richard Hatfield's government. McCready was a Liberal MLA who was appointed Speaker of the Legislature by the Prog...
The Hook
Share:
Listens: 116
About
The Hook delivers New Brunswick stories that capture your attention and make you want more. The stories might be humorous or serious or just entertaining. But they will always be thought-provoking.
Episode 11: The Brophy/Lidstone case
In January 1978, RCMP officers Perry Brophy and Barry Lidstone were escorting Bonita Crombie to a trailer in Hoyt, N.B., where her estranged husband l...
Episode 10: Behind the Walls
For more than a year, the family of 33-year-old Matthew Hines believed he died from a seizure. The true story of his final two hours inside Dorchester...
Episode 9: The Pepsi Lobster
Karissa Lindstrand made headlines when she found a lobster with what appeared to be a Pepsi logo stamped on its claw last fall. The curiosity surround...
Episode 8: I'm a soldier: Sheldon Roberts' fight for life
Ten years after returning from Afghanistan, Sheldon Roberts is still fighting for his life. Roberts discusses his biggest battle, the battle with post...
Episode 7: Searching for Snow Crab
Until North Atlantic right whales started dying in frightening numbers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, there was little talk of the lucrative snow crab f...
Episode 6: Hungry for answers
Across New Brunswick, there are dozens of food banks and soup kitchens feeding people who are struggling. But after nearly 40 years of fundraising and...
Episode 5: Avoiding the next devastating flood
Now that New Brunswick is shifting out of crisis mode following the devastating flood, it's time to start looking at the big picture. This week's epis...
Episode 4: Secret Agent Nelson Cloud
Spies, intrigue, Cold War politics: It all came to Saint John in 1974 when some well-meaning people tried Marxist Leninist politics on for size. But a...
Episode 3: Finding Max
The CBC's Viola Pruss takes you on a journey as she searches for clues about her great grandfather Max Pruss, the captain of the Hindenburg airship. T...