Weekend AM

<p>Weekend AM is CBC Radio One's province-wide, Saturday and Sunday morning show across Newfoundland and Labrador. You'll meet creative people up to all sorts of things that keep life in Newfoundland and Labrador interesting.</p>

Living the dream at the Salt and Sail Cafe.

Sarah Norris and John Feltham have returned home from Alberta to take over the former Norton's Cove Cafe in Wesleyville, now reopened at the Salt and Sail Cafe 

11-23
10:31

When it rains, it pours for the founder of the Mernini raincoat

Maria Halfyard, founder of the Mernini raincoat, talks about the explosion in sales of her popular rain gear.  

11-21
10:04

Local beef is good for your skin

Shay Landin, the founder of Newfound Tallow, explains how she turns locally sourced beef tallow into a skincare line.

11-17
07:24

Kung Fu in Newfoundland and Labrador

Peter Duchemin teaches and practices a traditional type of Kung Fu called Hung Gar in St. John's 

11-16
05:57

Saturday breakfast: Filipino Silog

Chef Christopher Bojocan and Cesar Ambrocio, the co-owner of Bistro on Roe in Gander, provide Weekend AM's Melissa Tobin with a taste of a traditional Filipino breakfast, Silog. 

11-16
11:11

Spirit of Newfoundland's surprising find at Gower Street United Church

Kathie Hicks of Spirit of Newfoundland Productions and Robert Pitt of Gower Street United Church tell us about an unusual discovery deep in a back room of the church 

11-14
11:36

NewfoundLanded

Directors Santiago Guzman and Nabila Qureshi tell us about their new show, a love letter to the province from an immigrant and refugee point of view. 

11-09
08:59

Waving the flag of Cavendish, Trinity Bay

A rural Newfoundland town threw a contest for a new flag. We meet the teen with the winning design. 

11-09
05:03

Signs before talking

Weekend AM's Maddie Ryan visits a baby sign language class and learns how little ones can learn to communicate before they even start to talk. 

11-09
06:52

The Medicine of Laughter

Dave Penny and Daunt Lee join Weekend AM's Melissa Tobin to talk about being back on stage after a year hiatus - a year that saw Dave go through many health challenges. 

11-03
10:17

Creating more authentic BIPOC characters

Tonya Williams of the Reelworld Screen Institute talks to Weekend AM's Maddie Ryan about the importance of depicting realistic women of colour in creating Canadian film. 

11-02
10:19

Meet dance coven Divine Flow

The St. John's based dance group channels their feminine energy on stage in their latest show, Tarot: A Fool's Journey

11-02
10:19

Kelly Russell's fiddle archives

A new website with 500 fiddle tunes from 30 Newfoundland & Labrador fiddlers is now online, a passion project for musician and ethnomusicologist Kelly Russell. 

10-27
14:15

The influence of METZ

Weekend AM's Maddie Ryan talks to local musicians about the influence METZ has had on the local alternative music scene - as well Alex Edkins from the band, who are calling it quits. 

10-27
12:11

Sook-Yin Lee gets personal in new film

Weekend AM's Melissa Tobin speaks with filmmaker and former MuchMusic VJ Sook-Yin Lee about her new film, Paying For It, which closed the 2024 St. John's International Women's Film Festival. 

10-27
16:42

Why are there so many tribute shows at our province's performance venues?

Brad Randell of the Rotary Arts Centre in Corner Brook, and singer Kelly-Ann Evans talk about the popularity of shows featuring local musicians performing the music of well known, mainstream recording artists. 

10-19
13:15

Drone Racing

Nathan Adams of the N.L. Drone Racing League drops by the Weekend AM studio to give a demonstration

10-19
09:31

The Big Comfy interview with Alyson Court

Weekend AM's Melissa Tobin talks with Alyson Court, the actor who played Loonette on the classic children's television program, The Big Comfy Couch. 

10-12
09:08

Meet Kentucky Outlaw Poet, Ron Whitehead

Legendary American beat poet Ron Whitehead visits western Newfoundland - his first trip to Canada. 

10-10
14:00

Different, but not worse:

Members of the Lighthouse Collective talk about their new exhibit at the Craft Council NL Gallery, which imagines life after the upheavals of climate change 

10-06
13:13

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