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  • How the climate crisis is changing farming in N.L.
    Nov 19 2025

    It's day three of Climate Week on The Signal. Today on the show we ask what do climate extremes mean for the future of our food? And we speak with local farmers about how they are adapting to climate change and what kind of support is needed.


    Guests: Aaron Rogers, farm manager O'Brien Farm; Rodney Reid, project lead with N.L. Living Lab; Stephanie Arnold with Climatlantic; Darryl Legge, Legge's Poultry Farm; Tom Angiers, Spruce Meadow Farms.

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    55 min
  • How does a province plan for a 'just transition'?
    Nov 18 2025

    It's day two of Climate Week on the show and today we are asking how does a province plan for a 'just transition'? Economist Jim Stanford has thoughts for Newfoundland and Labrador and shares them with host Adam Walsh at the N.L. Federation of Labour's convention. Adam also speaks with NLFL president Jessica McCormick about climate impacts on the workforce and other labour issues of note.

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    52 min
  • How climate ready are N.L.'s communities?
    Nov 17 2025

    Wildfires, drought, flooding, disappearing shorelines — these are the climate change impacts people living in communities across Newfoundland and Labrador are grappling with. Today on The Signal we start our third annual Climate Week with a look at how communities are trying to adapt to our climate reality. We start the show in Brazil with CBC International Climate Producer Jill English who gives us an update from UN climate negotiations at COP 30.


    Guests: Jill English, CBC international climate producer; Kathleen Parewick, the lead for Climate-Ready N.L. with Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador; Ashley Smith, managing director, Fundamental Inc.; Triffie Parsons, town clerk/manager, Hare Bay; Marsha Crocker, deputy mayor, Trout River


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    55 min
  • Art, racism and Islamophobia
    Nov 14 2025

    Show about the play Braiding Peonies, written by Sobia Shaheen Shaikh and directed by Santiago Guzmán.

    It’s a play revolving around a Muslim family in St. John’s after they faced a racist incident. It’s about why art and sharing those kind of stories matter - to make a difference, to build connections, for representation.

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    55 min
  • Why do food prices keep climbing?
    Nov 13 2025

    Josh Smee, CEO of Food First N.L.; Russell Williams, MUN political science professor; David Macdonald, senior economist with Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; Darrelle Bennett, whose family owns a couple of convenience stores in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

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    55 min
  • Alan Doyle in studio
    Nov 12 2025

    Alan Doyle stops in to talk about his new book 'The Smiling Land: All around the circle in my Newfoundland and Labrador'.

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    55 min
  • A Remembrance Day check-in with Andrew Hawthorne
    Nov 11 2025

    We check-in with Adam Walsh about the Remembrance day events at the War Memorial, and Terry Roberts reports a radio documentary from last year, that included areas just off the shores of our own province.

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    15 min
  • Live from CBN; communities rebuild after wildfires
    Nov 10 2025

    Today's show brings you coverage from CBN and speaks with residents about rebuilding efforts after a devastating summer of wildfires. The main question we ask- what does rebuilding a community look like?

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    55 min