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Big news for organic farming as the federal government has kicked in $8 million to the Dalhousie Agricultural campus to boost research. At 6:45, we’ll meet the Director of the Organic Agriculture Centre Of Canada to talk about how Nova Scotia is “Growing Forward.” At 7:15 we’ll have another installment of our “Share the Wow”...

Tuesday on The Morning News we’ll help to get you ready for Remembrance Day 2014. Reporter Marieke Walsh will be live from the War Memorial at Grand Parade Square in Halifax with details about what people can expect at this year’s gathering. She’ll also speak live with a young member of the forces about the...

At 6:45 we’ll meet the creator of a website where savvy women swap. Halifax based Swapskis.com is the world’s first service swapping site for women only. We’ll learn more about the site and plans to expand beyond Halifax from Katelyn Bourgoin. At 7:15 we’ll meet a Halifax musician whose gone Hollywood! Rock singer/songwriter Jon Mullane...

The world-wide smash hit DANCE MARATHON hits Halifax this week as part of The Magnetic North Theatre Festival.   The show immerses audience members in a real competition for the grand prize — expect 3 hours of fun and surprises.  We’ll get a sneak-peak at 6:45 from members of Blue Mouth Inc. Sexual violence is a...

It’s a big night for artists who have been learning how to build their crafts into careers. ArtPreneur 2.0 participants will take part in a showcase tonight, but artists Killa Atencio of Moonlight Works and mentor and professional rapper Shevy Price  are getting up early to give us a preview at 6:45. At 7:15 we...

AT 6:45, we’ll find out more about an initiative to grow more local food.  The Local Food Fund provides grants to groups focused on healthy local food issues. We’ll find out more about who they help, and how you can apply. Cities are constantly changing, and a group of students and researchers at Dalhousie University...

It’s International Human Rights Day, and to celebrate, one of Nova Scotia’s own human rights crusaders will be recognized for his efforts. The late Burnley “Rocky” Jones will be honoured posthumously with a human rights award today, and at 6:45, we’ll speak to his daughter Tracey Jones-Grant, about Rocky’s legacy and what this award means...

It’s another special show as we welcome guest host Measha Brueggergosman! At 6:45, we’ll learn the art of building a backyard rink from a local master, Greg Isenor. Soul’s Harbour Rescue Mission feeds the hungry in Halifax every day, and Christmas and New Year’s are no exception. At 7:15, we’ll find out what the soup...

At 6:45, we’ll meet two parents who have lost children to prescription drug overdoses. They have a warning to parents – educate yourselves and your children before this happens to you. They’re part of a group called, Get Prescription Drugs Off The Streets and they’re holding a public workshop this week. We all know that...

We’ll start the show Tuesday with a motivating guest. After losing both his legs at the age of five, Spencer West was told he would never become a functioning member of society. But he proved the doctors and everyone else wrong. At 6:45 Paul Brothers will talk with the double amputee and motivational speak who...

The number of payday stores has dropped to about 195 from some 220 this time last year, according to Service Alberta.

It’s hard to believe that it’s the end of April already – and more than three months since we launched The Morning News! At 6:45, we’ll find out more about the Home Energy Report you’ll be receiving in your mailbox very soon.  Distributed by Efficiency Nova Scotia, they’re designed to show you how you’re doing...

 We head out to sea aboard Theodore Tugboat at 6:45, as some lucky kids get a lesson in percussion instruments – all part of the Halifax Jazz Festival. Then at 7:15 — Meet Susan Inman, an author, advocate and mother of a daughter with a mental health illness.  Find out what  is needed within the...

We’re taking a long weekend, but here’s what we’re bringing you on our return on Tuesday. At 6:45, we’ll meet the man who has been appointed to the professorship of safety culture at St. Mary’s University, and find out what he’s planning to do to make NS workplaces safer. Our regular contributor Jeremy Webb has an...

He survived the Holocaust, but refused to speak about his experience for 40 years.  Now in his 90’s, Philip Riteman doesn’t want to stop sharing his story, so that the experience of millions of Jews is never forgotten.  As we start Holocaust Education Week, we sit down for a conversation with Mr. Riteman at 6:45....

At 6:45, we’ll introduce you to the Bridge Centre for Arts and Technology, a new organization in Dartmouth that is engaging at risk youth in the learning process through the arts and creativity. Metro Transit is proposing a significant revamp in its approach to bussing in a new report being presented to council on Wednesday....

The folks at Shelter Nova Scotia is looking for motivated individuals and business leaders to get involved and see what it’s like to live on the street by taking part in the Sleep-Out For Change Challenge. At 6:45 we’ll talk with Executive Director Don Spicer about this year’s event and how it hopes to shed...

An international golf tournament en francais has arrived in Halifax. The Acadiana Cup is teeing off this week at courses throughout the city. Find out how the event is helping link Francophone communities around the globe at 6:45. At 7:15 we’ll have another installment of “Share the Wow” that reveals secrets about the new Halifax...

At 6:45, we’ll have a conversation with Bill Freedman, ecologist and environmental scientist with Dalhousie University, about the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s latest campaign to protect an area around Fishing Lake on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore. Silver Donald Cameron of TheGreenInterview.com is back at 7:15 to update us on his journey to South America, including...

At 6:45 we’ll introduce you to breast cancer badass Patsy MacDonald.She was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago. After a double mastectomy and immediate reconstruction, she is now in remission. MacDonald says she sees herself as more of a cancer badass, than as a cancer survivor especially after recently posting a video on social...