At 6:45 we’ll talk with local writer/journalist Chris Benjamin about his latest book “Indian School Road: Legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School”. The book looks at the school’s 37-year history and tackles the controversial and tragic impacts many former students are still living with to this day.
Too many children and teens are the victims of bullying — and many adults still feel the pain of school-yard taunting that happened years ago. At 7:15 Trevor J. Adams shares how he was bullied as a youngster in a short story, hoping to bring light to others by revisiting this dark time in his life. Find out more about The Summer It All Went Wrong published by Atlantic Canada’s own Fierce Ink Press.
At 7:45 we’ll raise the bar for our weekly business profile- the energy bar that is! Former competitce cyclist Ryan DesRoches will bike by to talk about his up and coming simple snack called The Bandha Bar and the story behind it. Since creating the healthful, locally made bars just a couple years ago, The Bandha Bar is now available in 41 locations across the Maritimes.
At 8:15 we’ll talk with Olympian Geoff Harris about the importance of the Canadian Olympic Foundation in the pursuit of Olympic gold as part of our ongoing coverage of the countdown to Gold Medal Plates!
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