School band in demand

BGC Cape Breton, the Whitney Pier youth club, is struggling to find qualified people to staff the centre. 

Richmond County will celebrate two of its homegrown musical luminaries later this month with "Robert Bouchard and Cornelia Boucher Week". 

Author Toni McNeil joins Mainstreet to talk about "Hecky Gets to Play", a children's book about inclusivity, being yourself and baseball! 

It's taken months of asking by the nurses union, but now the government is finally sharing some of the most recent nurse vacancy and recruitment numbers. We spoke with Health Minister Tom Osborne. 

HSE managerial and administrative staff will begin industrial action today.Ashley Connolly, Fórsa’s National Secretary for Health and Welfare spoke to Newstalk Breakfast. 

Bracing for Fiona: Emergency Preparedness in Halifax  Guest: Paul Service - Halifax Search and Rescue 

P.E.I. is getting its first medical school, but critics say staffing it could mean fewer physicians serving the local community. We hear about the plan to invest in young doctors who might make P.E.I. their home — and the impact on an already stretched health-care system. 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to streamline what he calls a bloated health bureaucracy. Job cuts at the FDA, CDC and NIH this week saw pharma stocks drop and raised concerns about the country's readiness to fight health threats like the measles outbreak. On this episode of R ... Show More

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin talks about the priorities of his office and some recent issues, including parental notification and mental health interventions. 

St. Stephen council voted unanimously to make declare a local state of emergency last night due to the homelessness crisis in the community. The declaration calls the situation a “public health and safety crisis” and notes the provincial government is responsible for providing th ... Show More