Hour 1: Jeff Karabanow, a professor at Dalhousie University and a co-director of Dalhousie’s social work community clinic, joins Todd to discuss the housing crisis. Stephen Kimber, Professor of Journalism at the University of King’s College in Halifax, outlines how a Nova Scotia judge approved an application Wednesday to protect Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper company from creditors as SaltWire Network Inc. tries to emerge from insolvency with a restructuring plan. David Beresford, an entomology professor at Trent University, shares how Canada’s warming temperatures signal the arrival of spring and blooming flowers, but they also stir ticks from their winter hiding spots, poised to latch onto unsuspecting hosts after months of inactivity. Corey Slumkoski, a member of PoP-NS, Protect our Province, says Nova Scotia Public Health fails to deal with COVID-19.

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Hour 2: It’s the Open Hour! Todd takes your calls!

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Hour 3: Jake Fuss, director of fiscal policy at the Fraser Institute, shares how Canada spent more than $50 billion on corporate welfare across provinces in 2022. Carolynn Dubé, Executive Director of Fertility Matters Canada, discusses a national petition urging the Trudeau government to expand fertility care. Ian Lee, Carleton University, tells us what we need to know about open banking and how it could be coming to Canada. Allegra Swanson, Chair of the 2024 Halifax JUNO Host Committee, gives us all the JUNO Week details.

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