Hour 1: • Larry Hughes, Dalhousie University • Jessica Cleveland • Ioana Nicolau, University of Calgary • Sue Uteck, Spring Garden Area Business Association • Lori Turnbull, Dalhousie University Hour 2: • It's the Open Hour. Todd takes your calls! Hour 3: • Anita Kirkbride, Twerp Communications • Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Dalhousie University • Rebecca Bligh, Federation of Canadian Municipalities • John Catalano, Halifax Thunderbirds
In Hour 1, Larry Hughes, a Dalhousie University engineering professor whose area of expertise includes energy systems and climate change, joins Todd to discuss how power rates are rising in 2025, including a 2.4% increase to cover the delays in accessing Muskrat Falls. There is also a 1.4% increase to cover the cost of storm damages last year. Jessica Cleveland shares how some Nova Scotia parents are frustrated with constant school bus cancellations. Ioana Nicolau, Co-lead of the report and postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Calgary, discusses a report on how cancer brings emotional anguish, harsh treatments and a financial toll on patients' families despite Canada's universal health care; people with cancer bear a considerable financial cost. Sue Uteck, Executive Director of Spring Garden Area Business Association, shares how many Halifax stores are worried about shoplifting amid the holiday rush. Politics chat with political science professor Lori Turnbull, Dalhousie University. In Hour 2, Dr. John Gillis is back for House Calls. In Hour 3, Anita Kirkbride, Twerp Communications, shares how Facebook's buy-and-sell platform drawing back millennials. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Senior Director of Agri-Food Analytics at Dalhousie University, discusses how the GST holiday will worsen the grocery cost. Rebecca Bligh, President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, discusses how municipalities are the most on-the-ground level of government and can effectively intervene in issues of top importance to Canadians. President and Chief Executive Officer of the Halifax Thunderbirds, John Catalano, gives us all the details on the 2024-2025 season!