Viewpoints

Viewpoints 155

Release Date: 4/4/2025

Duration: 30 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Quebec’s expanding religious symbol ban sparks discussions about secularism. To Nova Scotia, where a Bookmobile delivers books, but also, a “sense of community” along Liverpool’s South Shore. In New Brunswick, a local historian publishes 1000 page-long book on the Canadian First World War cap badges! In Cobourg, Ontario, the Nightstop program is looking for volunteers willing to share their homes with homeless youth. And one person can make a big difference in the lives of many others. Oleh Dehtiarov’s Iron Man run is fuelling a bigger fight for Ukraine. Our journalists this week: Rick Conrad, Adam Inniss, Ryan Funk, Dan Jones and Aidan Keenan. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Conrad Fox. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. Host and producer, Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 153

Release Date: 3/21/2025

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: We’ll spend most of our time strolling down the streets of Montreal’s Little Burgundy Borough, in the company of British photographer Andrew Jackson. And to the other end of the country: American flags are still flying high in the streets of Smithers BC leaving some residents feeling uneasy. They could soon come down. A big thank you to both our journalists this week, Jules Bugiel and Pamela Haasen. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Conrad Fox. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. I’m your host and producer, Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 151

Release Date: 3/7/2025

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Six Nations and First Nations from across Ontario have approved a $8.5 billion Ontario Child and Family Services Reform Agreement. Sackville resident Emilie McBride has been fighting for the right to build a small rectangular shaped home. And she won her case! Third Annual Cape Breton Music Industry Hall of Fame inductees announced. And a rare railway horn was stolen from the Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum. A piece of history forever lost. Thanks to our journalists, Erica Butler, Andrew Dow, Ian Gregg and Jacob Postlewaite. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Conrad Fox. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 149

Release Date: 2/21/2025

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: In British Columbia, the Comox Valley’s 10th annual Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser hopes to collect $225,000. Also in BC, an exhibition highlights the work of the Haida master carver, Christian White, which will be on display until 2026! And to the province of Quebec, which is facing one of its worst flu seasons in years. Some 4,500 cases were revealed in lab tests last week alone—a peak not seen since the COVID-19 pandemic.Thanks to our journalists, Jules Bugiel, Jesse Wentzloff, and Heather Watson. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Conrad Fox. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 146

Release Date: 1/31/2025

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Cannabis-impaired driving is on the rise in Winnipeg. This is also where Muslim and Indigenous communities joined forces to inspire systemic change. Canadian composer Erik Lankin launches his first classical music project, The Icarus Album. Seniors are meeting up in Waterloo to talk about travel at the Friday Flicks Travel Show! The cities of Saint John and Moncton bid to co-host the 2029 Canada Games. Queens County athlete Abigail Smith will join Team Canada’s European judo tour. And our solar system will again put up a great show during The Great Alignment. Thanks to our many journalists: Ryan Funk, Dan Kellar, Leah Gerber, Ian Gregg, Iona Coe, and Rick Conrad. And our National Editors are Conrad Fox and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer, Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. 

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Viewpoints 145

Release Date: 1/24/2025

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Black History Month is coming up this February. Under the theme “all that we carry.” Paintings of New Brunswick-born Edward Mitchell Bannister come to Sackville, courtesy of the Smithsonian Museum. The exhibit is called Hidden Blackness. The Town of Cobourg, in Ontario, is rethinking its position on issuing religious declarations, this after being asked to designate a day in March as Atheist Awareness Day. The Wilfred Laurier University kicks off a new indigenous online course. A Concordia University student attends the COP-29 meeting in Azerbaijan and shares his experience with us. And a staffed salmon hatchery will be built on the north bank of the Nechako River, in British Columbia.Thanks to our journalists, Ian Gregg, Andrew Dow, Dan Jones, Erica Butler, Adam Inniss and Jules Bugiel. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Conrad Fox. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. Host & producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 144

Release Date: 1/17/2025

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Some Montrealers are taking matters into their own hands to find innovative, cost-effective solutions to affordable housing. Mount Allison University is investing close to 100 million dollars in its library and a new multi-sport complex. A school in Ontario has revamped its app, partly to turn away from X! Women’s hockey hits Vancouver, and veteran goalie Meghann Moore, reflects on the impact of the professional women’s league. And the Forks Foundation launches the Trail Together campaign. Winnipeggers can now adopt a section of the trail that runs along the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. Thanks to our journalists : Heather Watson, Erica Butler, Jules Bugiel, Ryan Funk, and Ryan Gillespie-Wilson. Our National Editors are, Victoria Fenner and Conrad Fox. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 143

Release Date: 1/10/2025

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: We start the new year with feel-good stories, as we should. And with Canadians that make a difference, locally and at the national level. Was volunteering locally on your New Year’s resolution list? We’ll meet up with some people for whom it was. To Montréal, Québec, where a senior’s centre provides support for youth caregivers. There are 1.25 million of them across Canada! The Dimensions Retreat Center helps Canadian veterans, cope with PTSD. History is made in B.C. The K’ómoks First Nation appoints its first Justice of the Peace. Dr. Marian Boller leads this journey of self-governance. And we will take to the ice and re-live special moments between fans and curlers in the mixed doubles curling trials, in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.Thanks to our journalists Heather Watson, Elizabeth Oakley, Rick Conrad, Adam Inniss, and Cora Kuehl. To both our National Editors, Victoria Fenner and Conrad Fox, based in Ontario. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. I’m Boris Chassagne, your host and producer.

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Viewpoints 142

Release Date: 1/3/2025

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: This episode is a rerun Mike McCulloch will again fill in for me this week as he did last week, with a documentary produced in Abbotsford, British Columbia. We’ll be meeting musician Shamir Virgo, a singer-songwriter from Surrey, B.C. who’s enjoying some success. His song, Roses, has more than 1.7 million listens on Spotify and Soundcloud. Mike McCulloch, who will spend this half hour with Virgo, as well as with some of his friends and mentors. Thanks so much to Mike McCulloch and his many guests for filling-in for us this week. A great documentary. Thanks to all the journalists who took over the show for me over the past weeks with original and beautiful documentaries. To our National editors who helped coordinate production, Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Merci ! Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. 

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Viewpoints 141

Release Date: 12/27/2024

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: This episode is a rerun. On today’s show, I will be out and journalist Mike McCulloch will be in, with a documentary produced in Abbotsford, British Columbia. It has been more than eight years since public health officials in British Columbia sounded the alarm… that users of illicit drugs were dying at greater rates than historically observed. Today, more than 15,000 people have died in the province since B.C. declared the toxicdrug overdose death crisis, a public health emergency, in April 2016. Thanks so much to Mike McCulloch and his many guests for filling in for us this week. Mike works out of Abbotsford, BC. Mike will also be with us again next week with another story about musician Shamir Virgo. Do not miss his beautiful documentary. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. 

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Viewpoints 140

Release Date: 12/20/2024

Duration: 30 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: This episode is a rerun. Journalist Pamela Haasen will take over this episode of Viewpoints, with a documentary produced in Smithers, British Columbia. And we’ll stay outdoors with her and her guests, contemplating the great scenery of BC’s Witset Canyon. That is where Abigail Joseph, goes fishing for salmon. This documentary discusses salmon returns and climate change through the eyes of one young Indigenous woman just hoping to catch enough fish to feed her family this winter. We’ll hear the sound of the waves crashing against the canyon walls, salmon flopping on the water, and Abigail telling us about her life. Thanks so much to Pamela Haasen and her many guests for filling in for us this week. A great documentary about people doing unusual things while keeping traditions alive. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. Producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 139

Release Date: 12/13/2024

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: The Shipyards Christmas Market is going strong and hopes to inspire more BC Christmas markets across the Lower Mainland. A seasonal question for you: Is it green to get lit? What’s the environmental impact of lighting up large Christmas trees? The Region of Kitchener-Waterloo wonders … The Astor Theatre Society in Liverpool will have a new chairman. Eric Goulden will take on the job. To New Brunswick, where the Vogue Cinema may live again as a theatre. A local group meets up with the new owners. And the Altered Minds Computers for Life, program funding challenges threaten the organization’s work.Thanks to our journalist Leah Gerber, Brenda Little, Ryan Funk, Erica Butler, Rick Conrad, and Danny Nesvaderani. National editors are Victoria Fenner and Conrad Fox. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local journalism Initiative. Host and producer Boris Chassagne.

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Viewpoints 138

Release Date: 12/6/2024

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Tenants in Québec voice frustrations over Quebec’s housing tribunal, saying that it’s nothing more than “an eviction machine.” Ian Sutherland is Mount Allison’s 16th president. His new strategic plan will address challenges in funding and reduced student visa quotas. At the other end of the country, Climate Change researcher Tristan Pearce has been reappointed as Tier 2 Canada Research Chair. Newfoundland’s Award-winning songwriter Dave McHugh passed away on November 8. He was just 57 years old. The whole community was shaken up by his passing. And to Ontario, where abandoned dogs get a chance at a better life at the Snowflakes shelter in Haliburton County.Thanks to our journalists Tonya Organ, Ian Gregg, Erica Butler, Jules Bugiel and Elisabeth Oakley. Our National Editors are Conrad Fox and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative and, of course, your local radio station. Remember to catch all our stories on FrequencyNews.ca. 

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Viewpoints 137

Release Date: 11/30/2024

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: More funding is desperately needed, as Winnipeg’s women’s shelters are exceeding their capacity. A UNBC professor receives a $50,000 grant to create a women’s cyber self-defense toolkit. The New Westminster crisis response project wants to tackle homelessness, mental health and substance abuse head on. Queens County fishermen head out early on Dumping Day, the first day of the Lobster Season! And the Canada Post strike is affecting many Canadian businesses, including Pontiac’s community newspapers.Thanks to our journalists Ryan Funk, Caleb Nickerson, Rick Conrad, Jesse Wentzloff and Ian Cregg. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Conrad Fox. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. 

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Viewpoints 136

Release Date: 11/22/2024

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: In New Brunswick, Green Party MLA Megan Mitton says she’ll keep an eye on Susan Holt’s newly elected liberal government. To Montréal, where a Mohawk group says McGill University is to blame for the removal of a white pine peace tree, planted on their grounds just a few days ago. High-speed internet will soon bridge the gap between Manitoba’s rural communities and larger markets. Nanaimo’s new poet laureate is looking forward to sharing world poetry and language with his community. Local farmers who want to stay on the cutting edge of agricultural innovation could get help from the Experimental Acres funding program. And Saint John’s artist, Sheryl Crowley, introduces the community to her art project, Our True Selves. Thanks to our journalists Arlene Dowell, Iona Coe, Erica Butler, Jules Bugiel, Lauryn MacKenzie, and Ryan Funk. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Our National Editors are Conrad Fox and Victoria Fenner. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. 

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Viewpoints 135

Release Date: 11/15/2024

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: In Ontario, the Loyalist Township is asking the province to reverse its decision to allow alcohol sales in more locations. To Winnipeg, Manitoba, where the Canadian Blood Services are hoping to attract 1,500 donors this November. Quebecers on social assistance want reforms with real investments. A Saint John designer wins a national fashion show in Toronto for her dress made out of toilet paper. And we’ll meet up with the Pallmer music group as they bring chamber pop to New Brunswick’s music scene.Thanks to our journalists, Ted Evans, Iona Coe, Ryan Funk, Johnny James and Jules Bugiel. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Conrad Fox. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. 

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Viewpoints 134

Release Date: 11/8/2024

Duration: 29 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Susan Holt was sworn in as New Brunswick’s first woman premier. “Words will have consequences,” says Cecil Clarke, Cape Breton’s Regional Municipality, newly elected mayor. He vows to tackle racism and homophobia in the province. The Tšilhqot’in National government and Museum of Vancouver partner up to repatriate long-lost ancestral belongings. We’ll go green and talk about microforests planting in the centre of Montréal, and over to Ontario, where we hear about the Butterflyway Project… giving insects, butterflies and bees a helping hand. And also in Ontario, some 90 volunteers gather to save the Haliburton Gold Trout, one egg at a time.Thanks to all our journalists this week, Elizabeth Oakley, Jesse Wentzloff, Adam Inniss, Candice Vetter, Bill MacCuish and Johnny James. And to our National Editors, Conrad Fox and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints are produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local journalism initiative.

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Viewpoints 133

Release Date: 11/1/2024

Duration: 108060 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: A Sackville resident is challenging the allowable size of homes in the New Brunswick Tantramar region to make it possible, to have more tiny homes built. The Elora Adventure Film Festival returns with a new crop of feature films, highlighting thrill seekers from around the globe. Senior Women Living Together, a new not-for-profit organization, matches women seeking housemates to counter solitude and the rising cost of living. And the stand-up comics “Deadly Aunties” provide bursaries to Manitoba and Ontario university students.Thanks to our reporters, Erica Butler, Kapanaise Thiebaut, Dan Kellar and Arlene Dowell. National editors Victoria Fenner and Conrad Fox. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. 

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Explicit: No

Viewpoints 132

Release Date: 10/25/2024

Duration: 108060 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Mike McCulloch will again fill in for me this week as he did last week, with a documentary produced in Abbotsford, British Columbia. We’ll be meeting musician Shamir Virgo, a singer-songwriter from Surrey, B.C. who’s enjoying some success. His song, Roses, has more than 1.7 million listens on Spotify and Soundcloud. Mike McCulloch, who will spend this half hour with Virgo, as well as with some of his friends and mentors. Thanks so much to Mike McCulloch and his many guests for filling-in for us this week. A great documentary. Thanks to all the journalists who took over the show for me over the past weeks with original and beautiful documentaries. Jules Bugiel in Montréal, Québec, Pamela Haasen in Smithers B.C., as well as, Mike McCulloch in Abortsford. To our National editors who helped coordinate production, Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Merci ! Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. 

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Viewpoints 131

Release Date: 10/18/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: On today’s show, I will be out and journalist Mike McCulloch will be in, with a documentary produced in Abbotsford, British Columbia. It has been more than eight years since public health officials in British Columbia sounded the alarm… that users of illicit drugs were dying at greater rates than historically observed. Today, more than 15,000 people have died in the province since B.C. declared the toxicdrug overdose death crisis, a public health emergency, in April 2016. Thanks so much to Mike McCulloch and his many guests for filling in for us this week. Mike works out of Abbotsford, BC. Mike will also be with us again next week with another story about musician Shamir Virgo. Do not miss his beautiful documentary. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. 

Is Closed Captioned: No

Explicit: No

Viewpoints 130

Release Date: 10/11/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Journalist Pamela Haasen will take over this episode of Viewpoints, with a documentary produced in Smithers, British Columbia. And we’ll stay outdoors with her and her guests, contemplating the great scenery of BC’s Witset Canyon. That is where Abigail Joseph, goes fishing for salmon. This documentary discusses salmon returns and climate change through the eyes of one young Indigenous woman just hoping to catch enough fish to feed her family this winter. We’ll hear the sound of the waves crashing against the canyon walls, salmon flopping on the water, and Abigail telling us about her life. Thanks so much to Pamela Haasen and her many guests for filling in for us this week. A great documentary about people doing unusual things while keeping traditions alive. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. Producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Explicit: No

Viewpoints 129

Release Date: 10/4/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: On today’s show, I will be out, and journalist Jules Bugiel will be in, with a documentary produced in Montréal, Québec about urban agriculture. Montreal is home to 200 social, collective and private initiatives as well as 50% of urban farms. But climate change is playing boogie man, and citizens and environmental organizations are feeling the pinch. Thanks so much to Jules Bugiel her and her guests for filling in for us this week. A great documentary about urban agriculture initiatives. Producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. For comments, story ideas, or just to tell us more about yourself, village, city or country, urban agriculture initiatives for example, you can get in touch with us. Our email is radio [a] frequencynews.ca. 

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Viewpoints 128

Release Date: 9/27/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: A professor at the University of Western Ontario is looking at whether the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Sept. 30th) has true meaning and impact for Indigenous people and all Canadians. Is it just a “surface-level acknowledgement” from Canada, or more than that? Professor Cody Groat will be with us. And, could a 1% hike in the Harmonized Sales Tax become the solution when it comes to financing municipal infrastructure projects? Economist Craig Brett argues it could! Be sure to catch all our stories on FrequencyNews.ca. Our team just got a lot bigger, with some 30 journalist contributing to our website and radio programs. Thanks to both our journalists this week, Erica Butler and Andrew Dow. National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 127

Release Date: 9/20/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: In Montreal, Québec, an exhibition called To All the Unnamed Women shines light on Black women of Montreal’s past. Peterborough’s poet laureate Ziysah von Bieberstein performs her poem, February, at the Peterborough City Council. And she uses her spoken word project to promote local indigenous artists. And The Screening Room will host Kingston’s inaugural Home Movie Day, exploring the theme of “transience.” Homemade movies hit the big screen. Thanks to our LJI team of journalists, Christena Lawrie, Edward Sweeney and Jules Bugiel. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 126

Release Date: 9/13/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Sign of the times. Some 600 Concordia University workers go on strike over hybrid work. They just don’t feel that showing up at the office every day is really necessary. Four outstanding Nanaimo citizens receive the Coronation Medal. The medal is awarded to people who have made a significant contribution to their community. And QUEST Canada wants to help communities reduce their energy use and emissions. It’s now recruiting municipalities who wish to join the Net Zero Communities Accelerator Program. Our journalists are Erica Butler, Jules Bugiel and Lauryn Mackenzie. National Editors Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. 

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Viewpoints 125

Release Date: 9/6/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: The International Water Association, based in London, England, calls Kitchener’s stormwater management program “inspiring”! We’ll stay in Ontario and stop in Kingston, where the Murney Tower Museum kicks off its first fundraiser for next year’s 100th anniversary celebrations. Out west, the City of Nanaimo’s outgoing Poet Laureate Kamal Parmar has been honoured and added to the City’s, Poetry Walk. And “Everybody has a song,” says Peterborough musician Curtis Driedger, who’s getting ready to lead a community singing series. A big thank you to our journalists, Dan Kellar, Lauryn Mackenzie, Edward Sweeny and Christena Laurie. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community radio Fund of Canada with the support of the Local Journalism Initiative. I’m your host and producer Boris Chassagne, it was a pleasure to have you with us. Don’t forget to write radio(at)frequencynews.ca 

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Viewpoints 124

Release Date: 8/30/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Good news for some 130 Ontario First Nations: The current value of the Ontario First Nations Sovereign Wealth Fund, has almost doubled since its creation in 2018. It could be worth $1 billion by 2030. B.C.’s Health Minister Adrian Dix announces a massive long-term care facility in Smithers. Also in British Columbia, the city of Nanaimo was recently recognized as a ''Welcoming Francophone Community'' by the federal government. And to Nova Scotia, where the Liverpool International Theatre Festival is asking the public to help host visiting actors! Thanks to our journalists, Rick Conrad, Pamela Haasen, Andrew Dow, and Lauryn MacKenzie. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. Boris Chassagne, your host and producer. Thanks for having us again this week and until the next. Goodbye! 

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Viewpoints 123

Release Date: 8/23/2024

Duration: 107880 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Mount Allison University astronomer sounds the alarm on the dangers of satellite proliferation. And she’s not alone. Dr. Catherine Lovekin says Starlink has put some 7,000 satellites into orbit, and it wants 40,000 more in its constellation. BC’s Olympian Ethan Katzberg celebrates winning gold at the Paris Olympics as he prepares for the next hammer throw competitions in Slovakia. B.C.’s Camryn Rogers did the same in the women’s competition. And CCTV cameras have made their way in downtown Peterborough and in many other Ontario towns and cities. Across the country as well. Peterborough’s Chief of Police says cameras have been a “success”.Thanks to our journalists, Lauryn Mackenzie, Erica Butler and Edward Sweeny. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community radio Fund of Canada and the Local journalism initiative. Host and producer Boris Chassagne.

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Viewpoints 122

Release Date: 8/16/2024

Duration: 108180 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Indigenous youth and young adults explore the world of aviation through an event at the Nanaimo Airport. World renowned Tahltan-Tlingit artist opens an art show honoring North Pacific Cannery workers. Sarsfield, Ontario, hosts this year’s Ottawa-Carleton Plowing Match. So that is it for us, be sure to take a peek at all our stories on FrequencyNews.ca. Our team is posted all across the country… the Maritimes, Québec, Ontario, Alberta, and B.C.! We have lots of stuff waiting for you there. Thanks to our journalists Lauryn MacKenzie, Dan Mesec, and Candice Vetter. National Editors Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. Host and producer, Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 121

Release Date: 8/9/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: After 15 years in the same location, the Kingston WritersFest, is taking hold of the Screening Room Theatre. We’ll hurry to catch a glimpse of the Cortes Island LoveFest in BC. International artist Cosmo Sheldrake was just added to the music festival’s line-up. To Montreal, Québec, where Last Generation Canada is calling for Canada to adopt a national firefighting agency and to sign the fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. A couple of weeks ago, they had their hands glued to the road as a protest? And the Region of Queens Mayor Darlene Norman won’t run again in the fall election. Public pressure, insults and political dynamics, weigh in on her decision. This and more on Viewpoints. Local news, Nationwide! Thanks to our journalists, Christena Lawrie, Jules Bugiel, Rick Conrad, Brenda Little and Louis Belcourt. To our National Editors, Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, and the Local Journalism Initiative. Host and producer, Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 120

Release Date: 8/2/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Former politician turned small business owner weighs in on the challenges of running a microdistillery in Québec. Slam poet and climate activist Quinn MacAskill wants to stimulate your “Climate Imagination” through a series of sessions, asking residents to “think big” and create a vision for Tantramar. She’s only 18! And Nova Scotia Health is calling more than 160,000 people, to verify if they still need a family doctor? Thanks to our team this week. Our journalists Derek Bullard, Erica Butler, and Rick Conrad. Our National Editors, Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative. Host and producer, Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 119

Release Date: 7/26/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Summer is all about the outdoors, isn’t it? So we’ll start things off in Ontario, where a “Living history museum” has been nominated for “Top Small Museum.” It tells the story of 19th century Peterborough County. We’ll follow the Round the Lake trail, one that is under construction on Hudson Bay Mountain, in the BC Bulkley Valley. And we’ll talk with an 11-year-old artist. Her name is Jola Willoner. Her work will once again be shown at the 7th annual Skeena Salmon Art Festival, in Terrace, B.C. Our journalists this week were Edward Sweeney, Pamela Haasen and Sabrina Spencer. Our national editors, Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the help of your local radio station. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 118

Release Date: 7/19/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: On today’s show, we will have only positive news and stories for you. In small-town Liverpool, Nova Scotia, big hearts raise $16,000 for cancer research. To Québec, where a local organization encourages people with disabilities, to conquer Mount Orford during the 5th Edition of the Everest-Orford Challenge. To BC, where a portion of the downtown village of Nanaimo is returned to the Snuneymuxw First Nation. And a horse-drawn theatre caravan finds its first summer home. Giddyup!Our journalists this week, Lauryn MacKenzie, Derek Bullard, Brenda Little, and Rick Conrad. National Editors Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and your radio station. 

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Viewpoints 117

Release Date: 7/12/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: In Sackville, New Brunswick, EOS Eco-Energy, an environmental organization, faces an uncertain funding future. To Nova Scotia, where a pilot project concludes with flying colors. The YourHealthNS app will be expanded to all Nova Scotians. In Ontario, a citizen committee urges Kitchener’s City Council to declare social isolation and loneliness, as an epidemic. And we’ll stay in Central Canada where the Elora Singers are all smiles, as they celebrate the 45th Elora Festival and the 127,000 dollar boost they received from the Trillium Foundation. Thanks to Rick Conrad, Kate Stockmann, M. P. Holmes, and Erica Butler. To our national editors, Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer, Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and your local radio station. 

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Viewpoints 116

Release Date: 7/5/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: On this week’s show, we’ll be mellowing down, taking it easy in the company of three Canadian musicians. We’ll talk with Jamie Muir, the owner of Supercool Pedals, a Peterborough-based guitar effects store who received international recognition. To Vancouver to meet Sam Tudor, who’s on a tour to promote his new EP. And Alderville First Nation musician Cale Crowe is also releasing new music. He’ll be with us. Thanks to Louis Belcourt, Jeff Gard, and Edward Sweeney for their musical contributions this week. Our National Editors are Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and your local radio station. Remember to check out our other stories on frequencynews.ca. Viewpoints… Local music. Nationwide! 

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Viewpoints 115

Release Date: 6/28/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: In Quebec, the Premier’s comments, made last week, casts a shadow over Refugee Day celebrations. François Legault blamed immigrants for Quebec’s housing crisis. A pay-what-you-can food market collaborates with community gardens, for fresh produce. And it works! And women strike outside a Nanaimo Court House and across the country, to bring awareness about women’s rights.Thanks to our journalists, Dan Kellar, Derek Bullard, Lauryn Mackenzie and Jules Bugiel. National editors Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and your local radio station. Host and producer Boris Chassagne.

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Viewpoints 114

Release Date: 6/21/2024

Duration: 108060 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: Friday, June 21st, is National Indigenous People’s Day. A documentary on Indigenous astronomy expert, Wilfred Buck hits the screens in Kingston this week. Filmmaker, director and producer Lisa Jackson, will be with us. A UBC study probes managed retreat from Sumas Prairie to restore Sumas Lake. But the mayor calls it “ridiculous”. An art tour on the southeast coast of Nova Scotia dares to be different as a local glassmaker wants to transform the Queens County into an arts destination. And a Senate of Canada report urges action to protect our soils. If nothing is done by 2060, we could very well run out of productive farmlands. Thanks to all our journalists this week, Rick Conrad, Mike McCulloch, Kate Stockman, and Christena Lawrie. National editors are Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada and your local station. 

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Viewpoints 113

Release Date: 6/14/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: We’ll first turn to the Province of Québec, where a vigil was held to mourn the deaths of Montrealers experiencing homelessness. Abram Benedict has been elected as the new Ontario Regional Chief. An American goshawk attacks Québec trekkers and prompts the temporary closure of the popular Kingsbury hiking trail. And in Sackville, New Brunswick, local artists want residents to create their own dummy or puppet for this year’s Sappyfest arts festival. Fifty giant puppets seated for a show. Our journalists this week are Erica Butler, Andrew Dow, Derek Bullard, and Jules Bugiel. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. National editors Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints, is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. 

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Viewpoints 112

Release Date: 6/7/2024

Duration: 108060 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: In Ontario, some 200 students will have a brand new Catholic school. The Province invests $17 M in Drayton. In Montréal, Québec, the City is also investing this time, $21.4 M into four “affordable” student residences. Some 670 units up for grabs in a few years. Two women take advantage of the pandemic to gather old and recent stories about their community. Six hundred and forty pages later, their book hits the shelves. Back to Waterloo, Ontario, where City Council listened to suggestions from the community and amended its plan to build affordable housing. And enough of bricks and mortar. Nova Scotia lobster fishermen reflect on a good year as the season wraps up on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. Many thanks to our journalists this week, Kate Stockman, Jules Bugiel, Rick Conrad, Candice Vetter, and M.P. Holmes. To our National Editors Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer, Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. 

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Viewpoints 111

Release Date: 5/31/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: On today’s 111th episode of Viewpoints, we’ll travel to Québec, Ontario, and British Columbia. Our first stop will be in Laval, Québec, where 200 Amazon employees are the first to join a union in the country. Amazon is fighting back. Then to Ontario, where the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corp could soon become the largest Indigenous energy storage holder in North America. To Abbotsford, BC, where music fans are shedding a tear. The Sound of Music store is closing its doors after decades in business. The Irvings will close up shop in June. And finally to Cobourg, Ontario, where police recently collected more than 80 stolen shopping carts as part of the Shopping Cart Reclaim Project. Thanks to our journalists, Jeff Gard, Jules Bugiel, Mick Sweetman Andrew Dow, and to one of the newest additions to our team, Mike McCulloch. National editors Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 110

Release Date: 5/24/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Description: The historic Bellevue House located in Kingston, Ontario, is reopening its doors to the public, after being closed for six years. The Québec town of Stanstead, seeks a new future for the historic Del Monty Hotel property. The Toronto Japanese Film Festival enters its 13th year, presenting more international premieres. And we’ll be visiting a Human Rights exhibit that has been touring in different locations in the province of British Columbia. Thanks to our journalists Christena Lawrie, Derek Bullard, Owen Thompson and Lauryn Mackenzie. National Editors Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the collaboration of your local radio. 

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Viewpoints 109

Release Date: 5/17/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: CRFC-FCRC

Description: It’s Invasive Species Month across the country, and we’ll be closing in on efforts made in different provinces to eradicate those plants, animals, bugs and other organisms that shouldn’t be here… on land or underwater. Out west, environmental authorities are worried about the first invasive green crab being found in Cortes Island waters. Nanaimo, BC, is asking its citizens to be on the lookout for problem plants. Then to Québec’s Otter Lake, where authorities are gearing up to tackle the spread of the dangerously invasive European milfoil. In Wellington, Ontario, more than 150 properties are hit by a termite infestation. The municipality wants to hire the big guns. And then, we change the subject to something entirely different. We’ll go to Montreal, Québec, where protestors march against the education minister’s mixed-gender bathroom ban.Our reporters this week were Lauryn MacKenzie, Caleb Nickerson, Loni Taylor, Kate Stockman and Jules Bugiel. Our national editors, Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. I’m your host and producer, Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 108

Release Date: 5/10/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: We’ll drop by Ontario, where the Russell Township forgoes a by-election by simply appointing its new mayor. The Eaton Centre will be home to the 4th Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival this May: Owen Thompson met up with the founder of the streetwear brand, Aaniin Retail. Centre Wellington’s Space Beans compete in national computer science challenge. In Liverpool, a Nova Scotia artist rediscovers her creative spark and exhibits her work at a new show called From Chaos to Calm. And a North Hatley, Quebec restaurant is now one of four in the whole country to get a Five Diamond rating. Thanks to our journalists Candice Vetter, Derek Bullard, Owen Thompson, Rick Conrad, and Kate Stockman. To both our national editors, Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 107

Release Date: 5/3/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: Community Radio Fund of Canada

Description: The city of Prince Rupert BC is embarking on its largest infrastructure investment in 100 years. Volunteers at Prince Edward County’s first Repair Cafe, in Picton, Ontario, help people fix things that might otherwise head to the landfill. A punk-rock music show promises to attract all ages. And it does! A new supportive housing building opens in Nanaimo, B.C. Some 51 units built to help the unhoused. And the warm winds of spring are heading our way. Toronto, authorizes more than 1,500 restaurants, and cafés to seat their clients on the city’s sidewalks and streets.Thanks to Brenda Little, Tori Weldon, Dan Mesec, Lauryn Mackenzie, and Owen Thompson. To both our national editors, Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada with the precious help of your local radio station. Yes, the one that we both love! I’m your host and producer Boris Chassagne, thanks for being with us this week and until the next! Ciao.

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Viewpoints 106

Release Date: 4/26/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: CRFC-FCRC

Description: The Orford Express train used to be a moving restaurant and the star and studio of a TV show. But the scenic tourist train has been parked in Magog, Québec since 2019. However, it’s on track for a comeback by spring 2025. Internationally renowned singer-songwriter and musician Alex Cuba will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, from the University of British Columbia. Northwest BC prepares for another tough wildfire season. The Black-capped chickadee bird wins a vote, en route to become Nelson’s official city bird. And we’ll be taking a short stroll down Lake Ontario Beach, which is being made accessible for people with disabilities, using mats and two floating wheelchairs. Thanks to Brenda Little, Scott Onyschack, Sabrina Spencer, Derek Bullard and Dan Mesec. To both our national editors, Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. 

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Viewpoints 105

Release Date: 4/19/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: CRFC-FCRC

Description: This week we’ll feel like nature lovers, and talk about the birds, the trees, and the recyclees… We’ll first turn to the sky again this week. Not for a total solar eclipse, though. Instead, we’ll be on the lookout for thousands of sandhill cranes returning to the Bulkley Valley in British Columbia. Summer is not far ahead! Then to Toronto, which is celebrating this April, the 65 years of the sakura tree donations by Japan or cherry blossoms. The blooms are at their peak this month in Toronto parks. And finally we’ll move out east. Since April 1, New Brunswick consumers who return their beverage containers have been getting their full deposit back, doubling the cash payout on a bag of cans and bottles. Erica Butler heads down to the Wheaton All-in-One Redemption Centre in Sackville to witness it all. Our journalists this week were Pamela Haasen, Owen Thompson and Erica Butler. Our national editors were Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. 

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Viewpoints 104

Release Date: 4/12/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: CRFC-FCRC

Description: On today’s show we will, of course, as many others recently did, turn to the sky. Some of us witnessed on April 8 the best of what astronomy can bring. Derek Bullard met up with people in Sherbrooke’s Jacques Cartier Park, where the Sun and the Moon drew big crowds. From Sherbrooke to Montréal to catch a glimpse of the last days of a popular children’s bookstore. La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly closes its doors after six years. And to Ontario, where the Pollinator Roadside project advocates for blooming roadsides and to restore their habitats. Many thanks to our journalists M. P. Holmes, Jules Bugiel and Derek Bullard in Québec and Ontario. And to our national coordinators Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. 

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Viewpoints 103

Release Date: 3/22/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: CRFC-FCRC

Description: Québec’s $11 billion deficit is a result of its own fiscal choices say researchers and opposition parties. The Alberta government spends 5M$ to boost women’s shelters across the province. Ontario farmers are bracing for unpredictable weather as spring arrives. Dams in Nanaimo, British Columbia, are in bad shape and could kill hundreds if they fail, says an expert. In Nova Scotia, the Queens County wind farm is getting closer to reality. Thirty-three wind turbines are planned near the Mersey River in Milton, giving local residents a truly green power alternative.Our reporters were Jules Bugiel, Mick Sweetman, Ryan Hunt, Riley Gillespie-Wilson, and Rick Conrad. Thanks to our national editors, Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. Host and producer Boris Chassagne.

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Viewpoints 102

Release Date: 3/15/2024

Duration: 108480 Mins

Authors: CRFC-FCRC

Description: Access to a life-saving intra-nasal Naloxone programme could end soon in New Brunswick. Community workers worry that the life-saving measure could be harder to get. The Cortes Island Food Bank off the BC coast released its annual report showing a 600% increase in need for food. In Kitchener, Ontario, the Irish Real Life Festival has some alternative ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in a city where drunken St. Patrick’s Day parties have become too common in recent years. Our reporters were M. P. Holmes, Louis Belcourt and Tori Weldon.Thanks to our national editors, Maureen McEwan and Victoria Fenner. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada. 

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Viewpoints 101

Release Date: 3/8/2024

Duration: 107940 Mins

Authors: CRFC-FCRC

Description: In New Brunswick, self-serve community food banks, fall victim to abuse. In British Columbia, a local school principal looks at the realities of cell phone use, as the province legislates to ban cells in class next September. Alberta introduces a new program to prepare for floods and droughts. Health authorities are in high alert across the country as measles is making a comeback. A growing number of cases have been reported in four provinces so far. Authorities worry that the situation could get much worse. And a recent report contradicts UBER’s contention that its drivers are making $33 an hour. A new report says it looks more like $6.37 per hour.Our reporters were Erica Butler, Pamela Haasen, Ryan Hunt, Jeff Gard and Owen Thompson. Thanks to our national editors, Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

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