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Author and activist Morningstar Mercredi is calling for an end to forced and coerced sterilization, in the hopes that women — especially First Nations, Inuit and Métis women — will never suffer the physical and mental trauma it inflicted upon her.

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The American author of Pew spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about writing a novel that examines faith, forgiveness and identity politics.

The British novelist spoke with Eleanor Wachtel in 2022 about his book, The Great Passion, a fictional imagining of J.S. Bach as an ambitious, passionate musician and father.

In this 2016 conversation, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the English poet about her poetry collection Falling Awake — and the enduring inspiration of the natural world.

The German writer spoke with Eleanor Wachtel, who chaired the International Booker Prize jury, in 2015.

The academic and author spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about his provocative new novel, Immigrant, Montana.

Listen to O'Brien's conversation from 2009 with Eleanor Wachtel. O'Brien died on July 27, 2024 at the age of 93.

The American novelist spoke to Eleanor Wachtel in 2018 about her book New People.

Eleanor Wachtel spoke with the Scottish author about her novels, Autumn and Winter, in 2018.

Constipated scorpions, nature and nurture and why we try to cool fevers.

Climate change and insects, and designing Canada’s lunar rover

Polar pre-primate, Black in science update and domestication and taming.

A sandwich inspired water filter and 19 ways of looking at consciousness.

Recycled water purity and fears of a fungal future.

Songbirds swarm their predators and seals appreciate a good rhythm

"The Einstein Show" marked 100 years since his publication of four papers that changed the laws of physics

How can we meet the increased demand for the materials needed to build batteries, while keeping the environmental and human costs of resource extraction low?

The evolutionary biology of friendship and how digital tech has shaped our fundamental sense of togetherness.

LEDs are found in our phones, TVs, lightbulbs and cars, but this technology is also revolutionizing film and television production.

The pandemic has driven consumers online for everything from groceries to outdoor heaters. But e-commerce experts caution that online sellers are netting not just revenue, but a treasure trove of personal data, too.

Mai Ishikawa Sutton and Alicia Urquidi Díaz discuss the vision behind the movement known as DWeb, and how the decentralized web combines the community aspect of the '90s online experience with today's equity and accessibility principles.

Routine online activities like sharing photos to social media, uploading files to shared drives, or streaming TV shows produce a lot of digital data. And as that data production soars, so does the energy demand for storing and processing it. 

Today on Q with Tom Power: actor Jay Ellis and make-up artist Adrien Morot

Today on Q with Tom Power: saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin and author Lindsay Wong

Logic’s new album, College Park, is his first record as an independent artist after parting ways with Def Jam. He tells Tom Power about the ups and downs of major labels, his turbulent early life and how he has prevailed in spite of setbacks.

Elvira Kurt and Graham Chittenden have no time to waist when they discuss if belts are superior to suspenders. Then, should everyone move to Hamilton? Gavin Stephens and Ron Sparks bring the Hammer down on each other in their debate for this Ontario city.

Derek Seguin and Chad Anderson grow the generation gap when they discuss if Gen Xers are the best age group. Then, Hisham Kelati and Kathleen McGee have a spirited debate on whether angels are superior to ghosts.

Bruce Clark and Clare Belford go their separate ways on whether it’s never too late to get divorced. Then, Graham Clark and Julie Kim avoid knee-jerky reactions when they decide if nothing beats a convenience store.

There’s no topping Ivan Decker and Maddy Kelly debating Canadian restaurant chain Boston Pizza. Then, Abdul Aziz and John Hastings are weekend warriors when they decide if long weekends are overrated.

Here's the latest map...

A Few Points
-As I mentioned tonight, MUN weather station is reporting 60+ mm as of 4:30 this afternoon. St. John's airport reporting 40 mm as of 2:30 pm. So totals could be close to 70 or 80 mm in some places by Saturday evening.
-St. John's and the Northern Avalon has been included in the Freezing Rain Warning for Northern sections and higher elevations overnight and early tomorrow.
-Gander is reporting 17 cm as of 4:30 pm... so 30-40 cm there is likely there.
-Grand Falls-Windsor and Bay of Exploits have been included in the Snowfall Warning.

Have a good weekend!

Ryan

Just 7 days in... and this March is now the Rainiest in Recorded History in St. John's!

The 45 mm of Rain that fell on the 1st got us started... and the 118 mm of Rain from our weekend storm more than sealed the deal. This month St. John's has already seen 180.6 mm of Rain at the Airport.

Looking back to when record keeping began in 1942... the Rainiest March title was being held by the March of 1983 when 168.2 mm of Rain fell. So we're already well passed that with still 23 days to go.

By the way.. the normal March rainfall in St. John's is 76.7 mm.

More Records Fall

-The St. John's March 5th Daily Rainfall Record was 23 mm... the 71 mm on Friday shattered that.
-In fact the 71 mm of Rain on Friday also broke the single day rainfall record for all of March. The previous record was 67.5 mm on March 11th 1994.
-Gander's 37 cm of Snow on Friday also broke the March 5th record of 24.4 cm which fell in 1960.

More Storm Stats On The Blog Entry Below.

Ryan

On this week’s show: Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc talks federal funding to get kids back to school safely. Former leadership hopeful Leslyn Lewis discusses the future of the Conservative Party and her role in it, and two Canadians weigh in on where the party goes from here. Then, retiring Senator Lillian Dyck discusses her legacy and The House looks back at a week of continuing unrest over police brutality in the United States.

How Baraye became the unofficial anthem of the protests in Iran; former Trump administration staffers have created a dating site for conservatives; Talking Derry Girls podcast hosts get us ready for season three; a new documentary celebrates the founder of California's famed French Laundry restaurant; Cree writer Kenneth T. Williams spins a tale of prophecy, purity and identity in his new play, The Herd; and more.

Fear returns to Kyiv amidst renewed Russian attacks; Russia's new commander in Ukraine is known as 'General Armageddon' for his record in Syria; rainbow fentanyl is all the buzz on social media and so is the misinformation surrounding it; how Alex Jones piled on the trauma for the parents of mass shooting victims; watching a Louis CK show as #MeToo marks its five-year anniversary; why creators are divided over the rapid rise of AI-generated art; and more.

What Danielle Smith posted on her subscribers-only social media; how litter boxes in schools became a Republican talking point; Yankee scented candle reviews as COVID indicator; a surgeon struggles to care for patients through Ethiopia's civil war; Brent Bambury returns and more.

Itamar Ben-Gvir's journey from far-right extremist to political power-broker; why Vladimir Putin wanted the bones of 18th-century Russian leader Grigory Potemkin; Becky Toyne reviews Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy's first new novels in 16 years; Haiti's political and economic crisis is fueling a public health disaster for women; five U.S. states get ready to vote on whether to close a loophole that allows for slavery in 2022; and more.

Corporate influence at COP27; cartoonist Jeph Jacques gets booted from Twitter for impersonating Elon Musk; Margaret Sullivan on how to cover Trump and Trumpism; what Ontario unions' victory over Bill 28 means for Canada's labour movement; graphic novelist Cecil Castellucci hopes Shifting Earth will be a path toward climate action; and more.

How parents of sick kids are coping with the children's hospital crisis; what Mastodon could teach Twitter users about 'netizenship'; Bernice Carnegie's call to action for hockey; Lindsay Lohan's Falling for Christmas; and more.

As protests spread across China, citizens consider how far they can push Beijing; concerns of privatized healthcare as a virtual pediatric care service shuts down because of reduced government funding; meet Jeremy Brown, one of the real-life Cornish fishermen who inspired the musical Fisherman's Friends; Dr. Nasser Mohamed, an exiled gay physician from Qatar, campaigns for LGBTQ rights; Canadian super-Swifties throw celebratory Taylor Swift dance parties; and more.

Meet ChatGPT, the free AI chatbot that's blowing people's minds; Indigenous-led conservation efforts take centre-stage at COP 15; Marsha Lederman on Ye and the mainstreaming of antisemitism; how climate activists are capitalizing on the collapse of FTX to reign in crypto's carbon emissions; Becky Toyne's holiday guide to gifting books; and more.

The Day 6 music panel runs down the best pop music of 2022, Hamilton's music director Alex Lacamoire, Bruce Springsteen's original manager Mike Appel on getting the Boss signed to CBS and more.

Scientists agree that dogs evolved from wolves and were the first domesticated animals. But exactly how that happened is hotly contested. IDEAS contributor Neil Sandell examines the theories and the evolution of the relationship between dogs and humans.

A group of women in St. John's, Newfoundland gather on a cold, autumn night for their regular book club. Over snacks, wine and tea, they discuss Alice Munro's work, and how her stories illuminate some of the deepest issues in their own lives. Munro's uncanny ability to shine light on darkened recesses of our inner lives earned her the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013.

The Sermon on the Mount is one of the greatest gifts of scripture to humanity; just ask Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Leo Tolstoy. In a time when an eye for an eye still seems to hold sway, IDEAS producer Sean Foley explores the logic of Christian non-violence, beginning with Jesus' counsel to 'turn the other cheek.'

In 2015, the poet-musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski made a strange discovery at the site of the former Stutthof concentration camp in Poland — something he calls 'a carpet of abandoned shoes.' But these were more than shoes: they're both artifacts and symbols of the Holocaust — as well as a flashpoint of nationalist denialism and historical amnesia.

Dinner on Mars? Two food security experts imagine what it would take to feed a human colony on Mars in the year 2080 if we colonized the red planet. Their research offers lessons on how to improve our battered food systems here on Earth.