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Craig Smith

2014-05-2930:00

Craig Smith was born and raised in the north end of Halifax. He was a youth worker and director of the community Y. At 35 he became a mountie and now specializes in race relations. Craig Smith is an author, a historian, an inspirational speaker and is

Colin Dodds

2014-05-2230:00

As President of St. Mary's University in Halifax, Colin Dodds has been a leader in attracting international students. Currently, one in four students at SMU is from outside Canada. These students not only help to build diversity on campus but are cri

Margaret McCain

2014-05-1530:00

As a stay at home mom in rural New Brunswick in the 1960's, Margaret McCain was very involved in her community. She became an activist in the quest to eliminate family violence. In 1994, she became Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and continued t

Dave Carroll

2014-05-0830:00

Musician Dave Carroll's life changed in July 2009 when United Airlines broke his guitar and refused to pay for it. He turned his customer service gripe into a video called "UNITED BREAKS GUITARS". The video went viral. Today, over 11 millio

Steve Blasco

2014-05-0130:00

As a marine geologist, Steve Blasco has a professional interest in ship wrecks. In 1990, he spent 17 hours in a small submarine studying the most famous shipwreck of them all, the unsinkable Titanic. On the 100th anniversary of the infamous marine disaste

Dr. Camille Hancock Friesen

2014-04-2430:00

As the Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the IWK Hospital, Dr. Camille Hancock Friesen has watched childhood obesity reach epidemic proportions. In 2005, she began the Heart Healthy Kids program. (H2K) has become an innovative initiative... encouragi

Harry Thurston

2014-04-1730:00

Harry Thurston is a biologist, poet, environmentalist and award winning nature writer. He writes about the world around him from the salt marsh in his own back yard to the oases of Egypt. His latest book 'The Atlantic Coast' is a sweeping explor

Measha Brueggergosman

2014-04-1030:00

Measha Brueggergosman grew up in Fredericton singing in the local Baptist church choir. She is now an award winning, critically acclaimed Canadian opera singer...her career takes her around the globe. This spring she came home for a series of sold out rec

Pete Luckett

2014-04-0330:00

Pete Luckett's career started with $250 worth of produce in a stall at the Saint John Market. Since then, 'Pete's Frootique' has grown into a multi -million dollar venture employing over 300 people. And Pete has become a father, grandf

John Johnston

2014-03-2730:00

For 23 years, John Johnston lived and breathed the history of fortress Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. The Government of France recently honoured Mr. Johnston with its highest civilian award, the Ordres des Palmes, in recognition of his contribution to

Dr. Afua Cooper

2014-03-2030:00

Dr. Afua Cooper is a scholar, author, and a dub poet. As the recently appointed Chair in Black Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University, her goal is to raise the profile of African Nova Scotian history to Nova Scotians and Canadians.

Amanda Sutherland

2014-02-2730:00

When Amanda Sutherland was just two years old she was placed in foster care. Over the next 18 years, she lived with nine different foster families. Now she is going to the Supreme Court to fight for access to her own government files.

Patrick McGrath

2014-01-3030:00

As a clinical child psychologist, Dr. Patrick McGrath knows the barriers that people face when dealing with the mental health system. His innovative 'Strongest Families' program is working to give families better access to the treatment they nee

Shaun Majumder

2014-01-2330:00

Shaun Majumder... actor, stand-up comedian and fiercely proud Newfoundlander. He lives in LA but wants to give back to the small town where he was born, Burlington Newfoundland. Shaun Majumder in conversation with Don Connolly At The Table.

Andrew Steeves

2014-01-1630:00

Andrew Steeves is the award-winning publisher of Gaspereau Press of Kentville, N.S. When one of Gaspereau's books won the coveted Giller Prize last year, Steeves raised eyebrows by sticking to his commitment to publish books the old fashioned way.

Bobby Smith

2014-01-0930:00

Bobby Smith knows a lot about hockey. At the age of 20, this Cape Bretoner was the first overall draft pick to the NHL and played against some of the best. In 1985, he took home the Stanley Cup for the Montreal Canadians. Today, he is the majority owner o

Marina Adshade

2013-12-2630:00

Marina Adshade says economics has a lot more to do with love and sex than people realize. The class she teaches on the subject at Dalhousie University is, not surprisingly, very well attended.

Frazer Hunter

2013-11-2830:00

Frazer Hunter has been a dairy farmer for 20 years. Where others see only despair in agriculture, Frazer Hunter sees opportunity. He challenges farmers to not just grow commodities but to produce products with added value.

David Coon

2013-11-2130:00

From saving whales to fighting pesticide spraying, David Coon has been fighting environmental battles for over thirty years. In spite of many victories he sees the environmental crisis going from bad to worse but says Maritimers can make changes.

Wendy Friedman

2013-11-1430:00

In the 1980's hundreds of Buddhists moved to Nova Scotia. They followed Trungpa Rinpoche, the founder of Shambhala and a pioneer in bringing the Buddhist teachings of Tibet to the West. Wendy Friedman was one of those to embrace Shambhala and NS and

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