• Drug deaths numbers and new recovery centre
    Jan 30 2025

    There's a new recovery facility set to open on the Avalon Peninsula later this year... and the entrepreneur behind it says the feedback he's gotten since sharing the news has been both heart-breaking and inspiring. We first reach the executive director of U-Turn Addiction Drop-In Centre to discuss the latest drug deaths numbers revealing a surprising #1 killer. Then, we speak with the entrepreneur behind Vida Nova - a recovery centre offering evidence-based programs - opening later this year. (Krissy Holmes with Jeff Bourne, Krissy with Mark Lane)

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    15 mins
  • A visit to the Nain broadcasting station
    Jan 30 2025

    Some CBC colleagues are in Nain this week doing some community outreach on the north coast of Labrador. We check in with them as they visit the OKâlaKatiget Society, Nain's broadcasting station. (Krissy Holmes with the CBC's Adam Walsh, OK Society's senior producer Lavinia Jararuse and radio producer Nancy Nochasuk)

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    13 mins
  • Tariffs threat and alternative markets
    Jan 30 2025

    When one door closes... you open another. Where else can we sell Newfoundland and Labrador products if Trump's U.S. tariffs become a reality? We take a look at alternate export markets with a MUN business administration professor who specializes in international business. (Krissy Holmes with Tom Cooper)

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    11 mins
  • Navigating uncertainty: Bracing for Trump's tariffs
    Jan 29 2025

    Businesses in this province are preparing for Trump's tariffs. We look at the economic threat with the CEO of ClearRisk - a local tech company selling risk management software into the United States. (Krissy Holmes with Craig Rowe)

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    11 mins
  • Personal finances with Bruce Sellery: Interest rates
    Jan 29 2025

    The Bank of Canada has cut interest rates again... down 25 basis points to three per cent. That's the sixth consecutive reduction since June last year. The central bank also took a cautious position on the future because of the uncertainty Canada faces in its relationship with the United States. On The Go's money columnist drops by to talk about the latest news. (Krissy Holmes with Bruce Sellery)

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    7 mins
  • Doomsday clock approaches midnight
    Jan 29 2025

    How close are we to the end times? Well... closer than we were last year according to the international team of scientists who set the Doomsday Clock. We welcome a political scientist and clock-watcher to the On The Go studio to help us sort thru the time adjustment based on a new threat actor. (Krissy Holmes with Lucian Ashworth)

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    16 mins
  • Farmers' mental wellness and safety
    Jan 29 2025

    Farmers are learning how to deal with the physical and mental anxieties that come from working in the field of agriculture. We chat with a presenter at this week's Agriculture Industry Symposium in St. John's who focuses on our farmers' mental wellness and safety. (Krissy Holmes with Chad Bouma, psychological support manager with the Canadian Centre for Agricultural Wellbeing)

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    9 mins
  • 'The Lifespan of a Fact'
    Jan 28 2025

    Truth, journalism and fact-checking take centre stage in a new production in St. John's... and the timing couldn't be better considering the current political climate both here in Canada and south of the border. We welcome co-producers of the theatrical collective Elevator Pitch to the On The Go studio to hear about "The Lifespan of a Fact." (Krissy Holmes with Tim Matson - who also acts in the production and Sandra Mills - who's also stage manager)

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    13 mins