The Central Newfoundland Morning Show from CBC Radio Nfld. and Labrador (Highlights)
Summary: CBC Radio's Leigh Anne Power in Gander hosts the Central Newfoundland Morning Show. The show provides news along with current affairs items and stories of local interest from urban areas and the diverse rural communities surrounding the two towns.
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Podcasts:
Musician Sean McCann has gotten creative with his merchandise and wants his fans to get creative too. The CBC's Melissa Tobin talks to him about his new colouring book, "There's a Place: a colouring book companion".
Clarenville Caribous general manager Ivan Hapgood talks about the dire straits the hockey team is facing and why players decided to play for free.
We catch up with our Twillingate astronomical expert Jim Gillard, who is upgrading his telescope this year.
A new survey says there is still a lot of stigma associated with a diagnosis of dementia. We talk with Mary Schulz, the manager of education for The Alzheimer Society of Canada.
With a shortage of airline pilots looming, we ask a Gander pilot what the job is really like and why so many fewer young people are signing up for flight school.
We take you to a senior's gymnastics class at the Airials Active Wellness Centre in Gander.
The Flat Bay Mi'kmaq community wants to separate itself from the Qalipu Mi'kmaq band. We speak to a chief and and elder to find out what's pushed them to this point.
Brendan Mitchell, the Chief of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq band, responds to the Flat Bay band's announcement they're planning to separate from Qalipu.
Author/broadcaster Jamie Fitzpatrick speaks about the stories he overheard as a child about the beginnings of Gander and how they shaped his new novel, The End of Music.
Heather Brown, vice president of long-term care and community health with Central Health, talks about the treatment of some seniors get.
We talk to Bert Twyne of the Embalmers and Funeral Directors Board of Newfoundland and Labrador about Afterlife.co, a website that is making money from online obituaries.
Sharon Goulding-Collin of Hare Bay is concerned about the care her mother is receiving in the long-term health facility in Gander, including the one-bath-a week policy.
There were three incidents of people falling through ice this week, with one dying near Mobile. We ask the province's Safety Council how to measure ice thickness properly to avoid having that happen to you.
Frazer Russell, the mayor of Clarenville, joins us to talk about how his community is committed to improving mental heath care, in the wake of the death of Victoria Best.
Our political panel of PC Tom Rideout, Liberal Sandra Kelly, and NDP Junior Downey talk about the year that was and what 2018 could bring for Newfoundland and Labrador politics.
