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November 20th: The Million Dollar Cow and Artist Brian Boulton

Let's hear a bit about one of Prince Edward Island's bovine celebrities: Eastside Lewisdale Gold Missy. She's an island-born Holstein that sold at auction earlier this month for 1.2 million dollars. Following her story, we'll hear host Sheryl MacKay of CBC British Columbia's North By Northwest's visit to the Windsor Gallery in Vancouver. She was there to meet B.C. artist Brian Boulton. He's created a series of life-size and life-like pencil drawings.

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November 19th: Canada and Other Matters of Opinion with Rex Murphy

Yes, he's sly, witty, corrosive and discombobulating - and that's on a bad day - but who is Rex Murphy and why does he have so many opinions? Millions of Canadians look forward to his weekly show Cross Country Check Up on CBC Radio, his commentaries on The National on CBC TV and his Saturday column in The Globe and Mail. The best of those columns have been compiled into a brand new book called Canada and Other Matters of Opinion.

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November 18th: Thinking About Hana's Suitcase and Farm Radio International

The spirit of Hana's Suitcase is in Winnipeg, MB. Her story has inspired students at Maple Leaf School to create an art project. Local artist Tamara Weller asked the grade six students to research a child affected by the Holocaust and create a suitcase for him or her. After we hear about that story, we'll hear from Gladson Makowa, a producer with the Story Workshop in Malawi, and Kevin Perkins, the Executive Director of Farm Radio International.

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November 17th: Overcoming Personal Roadblocks

Today on the podcast, we'll meet a visually impaired runner (Noella Klawitter of Ottawa, ON), a violinist who was born without a right hand (Adrian Anantawan of Toronto, ON) and an actress who stutters (Krystal Garib, originally from British Columbia) but can now perform on international stages, including Broadway, thanks to a little help from the bard.

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November 16th: Photography in Papua New Guinea for Light Up the World

Last weekend, many Prince Edward Islanders took part in the Nichola Goddard Light up the World fundraiser. Captain Goddard was the first female Canadian soldier to die in combat. Her parents live on PEI. The events started Saturday afternoon with the opening of an art show at the Confederation Centre Gallery. Photographer Dianne Bos traveled back to Papua New Guinea with the late Captain Goddard's parents, Sally and Tim.

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November 13th: Military Matters from Newfoundland and Labrador

Have you ever visited a flea market and seen old war medals for sale? Ever wonder who owned those medals and how they got there? Sherri Lang and her husband have set up a website to help families find missing war medals. After hearing from her, we'll hear from Ralph Brant. He's the manager of flight operations with Serco, the company that provides Services for Base 5 Wing Goose Bay in Labrador. He discusses the future of unmanned vihicles in the military.

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November 12th: Power Play and Memories of the Fall

Playing is something we assume our children know all about but it turns out not all kids know what to do when they have down time. A pilot program of the Cape Breton Victoria Regional School Board is adding the lesson of playing to their curriculum. After that story, we'll hear an item from Daybreak Montreal. The world celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall earlier this week. To mark the occasion, host Nancy Wood spoke with four Montrealers who are originally from Germany.

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November 11th: Breaking the Silence

The casualties of war are particularly vivid today. We hear their names and we're reminded of the numbers. What we are less aware of are the invisible casualties – the soldiers who've survived with injured hearts and minds. For years, Ted Barris has been chronicling the otherwise untold tales of Canadian war veterans. His latest book is a remarkable foray in to the lives of men and women who "just don't talk about it."

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November 10th: Coyotes and Humans

Taylor Mitchell was the young singer-songwriter who was killed by coyotes while hiking in Nova Scotia. Mitchell's death has evoked a visceral response from people around the Maritimes. Biologist Bob Bancroft visited host Costas Halavrezos in the Maritime Noon studio to tell us about the relationship between coyotes and humans.

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November 9th: The Price of a Bargain, Mountain Equipment Co-op and Bicycles

First up, an interview with Gordon Laird, the author of "The Price of a Bargain: The Quest for Cheap and the Death of Globalization." Following that conversation we'll hear from Tim Unger. He's a co-owner of The Fairfield Bicycle Shop in Victoria, BC and he's responding to Mountain Equipment Co-op's preparations to release their own line of bicycles. We'll also hear a reaction to the criticisms from a public affairs manager with MEC, Tim Southam.

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November 6th: Inside Hana's Suitcase

Today, we'll hear about the new documentary film entitled Inside Hana's Suitcase. Filmmaker Larry Weinstein and Hana's brother, George Brady, spoke with guest host Jesse Wente on Q.

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November 5th: Kittywigs and No Students at Durness

Today, we have two stories from the program As It Happens. Durness Parish School was built in 1760 in the far north of Scotland but for 19 years, the headmaster lived and worked at Durness Parish School with no students. After hearing from the current headmaster, host Carol Off speaks with false feline follicle specialist Julie Jackson. She makes wigs for cats. They're called Kittywigs.

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November 4th: Regent Park Resident Aziz Rahman

Today's highlight comes to us from Toronto's Metro Morning. Last week, the show put a special focus on the Regent Park area of downtown Toronto. It's one of Canada's oldest and largest social housing communities and it's in the middle of a dramatic transition. One billion dollars will be spent over 15 years to replace old housing complexes with new subsidized apartment buildings and condos. Aziz Rahman has lived in Regent Park for about 13 years.

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November 3rd: Melissa Bel

She's only 20 but she's ready to take on the world... well, at least Europe, for starters. Ontario singer Melissa Bel is about to unleash her talent with her debut CD called "Brave." It's being launched in five European countries. Melissa Bel spoke with Mary Ito on the Ontario program Fresh Air.

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November 2nd: Ian Rankin at the Ottawa International Writers Festival

Ian Rankin is the man behind the best-selling Rebus series of novels. That series has finished, after two decades, and Rankin has now turned his attention to a new character, Malcolm Fox, in his latest novel, The Complaints. Host Alan Neal spoke with Ian Rankin onstage at the Ottawa International Writers Festival. They talked about his new character, a cop who works in the Complaints and Conduct Department in Edinburgh, investigating other cops.

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October 30th: Love & Savagery

The 20th annual St. John's International Film and Video Festival kicked off earlier this month with a feature film called Love and Savagery. It was written by poet, screenwriter and Newfoundlander Desmond Walsh. Love and Savagery is a love story about a Newfoundland poet exploring the Burren region in Ireland and an Irish barmaid. The film was shot in Western Ireland and Eastern Newfoundland and was directed by Quebecois Oscar-nominee John N. Smith.

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October 29th: The Antikythera Mechanism

The Antikythera Mechanism was discovered a hundred years ago in the wreckage of a 2000-year-old ship. For much of the last century, researchers, like Dr. Daryn Lehoux in the Classics Department at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, have been trying to figure out what this complex mechanical device can do. Dr. Lehoux spoke with host Bob MacDonald on Quirks and Quarks.

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October 28th: Peak Oil and Agriculture

For a few weeks now, CBC Radio's political affairs program, The House, has been looking into the effects of higher energy costs on a number of different policy areas. This week, the show had a look at the food in your fridge. The CBC's Louise Elliott brought us a look at what the end of cheap oil means for agriculture. After that, we'll hear from farmer and teacher Rick Monroe of Kingston, Ontario.

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October 27th: Q&A with Dutch Thompson

Dutch Thompson has a weekly column about the old days on Prince Edward Island that airs on CBC Charlottetown's program Mainstreet. Last week, Dutch opened up the mailbag and answered a few requests from listeners who had some questions about the bygone days. Here he is with Mainstreet host Matt Rainnie.

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October 26th: Singer and 2009 Portia White Prize Winner Mary Jane Lamond

Singer Mary Jane Lamond has been nominated for the 2009 Portia White Prize. The award recognizes an artist who's left a lasting mark on Nova Scotia's creative landscape. Lamond is nominated in recognition of her use of modern instrumentation and arrangements to frame Nova Scotia's Gaelic traditions. Recently, she performed and chatted about her nomination on a live edition of CBC Cape Breton's program, Mainstreet.

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