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7024 - ‘There is this opportunity to change it for the next person, so let’s take it’: Daughter of 2020 N.S. mass killings victim on Mass Casualty Commission report
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  • 7024 - ‘There is this opportunity to change it for the next person, so let’s take it’: Daughter of 2020 N.S. mass killings victim on Mass Casualty Commission report

    For nearly three years, Nova Scotians have been waiting for answers surrounding the 2020 mass shootings in Portapique. On Thursday, they got some of them from a long-awaited public inquiry’s report. Matt Galloway speaks with Darcy Dobson, whose mother, Heather O’Brien, was killed that day; and Michael Scott, a lawyer representing Dobson and others who lost family members in the attacks.

    Fri, 31 Mar 2023 - 19min
  • 7023 - Using sound recordings to better protect North Atlantic right whales

    North Atlantic right whales are one of the most endangered mammals on the planet, and many of them spend their time off the coast of the Maritimes or in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Delphine Durette-Morin, an assistant scientist with the Canadian Whale Institute, tells us how she’s using sound recordings of the whales to better protect the species.

    Fri, 31 Mar 2023 - 23min
  • 7022 - N.S. Mass Casualty Commision report calls for sweeping reform to the RCMP

    The Mass Casualty Commission’s report calls for sweeping reform to the RCMP, and says intimate partner violence needs to be treated as a public health emergency in Canada. We hear from Michael MacDonald, chair of the Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission; and Dennis Daley, assistant commissioner and commanding officer for the Nova Scotia RCMP.

    Fri, 31 Mar 2023 - 23min
  • 7021 - The impact of reporting on a mass shooting

    Ahead of the Mass Casualty Commission’s final report on the 2020 mass shooting, we talk to CBC journalist Angela McIvor, who has been covering the story for three years.

    Thu, 30 Mar 2023 - 04min
  • 7020 - Facing Alzheimer's, this couple still finds time to dance, and seize joy in the moment

    Children’s author Sheree Fitch and retired journalist Gilles Plante built their dream home to grow old together in River John, N.S. But in the years that followed, Plante was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. The couple tell us how they’re coping, and why they’re determined to find joy every day.

    Thu, 30 Mar 2023 - 23min
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