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Viewpoints 94

January 19, 2024 FCRC-CRFC Season 1 Episode 94
Viewpoints 94
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Viewpoints 94
Jan 19, 2024 Season 1 Episode 94
FCRC-CRFC

Transportation advocates say passenger rail service in the Maritimes is doomed if no investments are made. Prince Edward County subsidizes a popular ride sharing company. Five thousand three hundred rides completed in 2022. In Québec, Loisir Sports Outaouais offers free skis and snowshoes to sports enthusiasts. In B.C., Paige Pierce, age 21, is appointed to the position of Youth Poet Laureate by the Nanaimo city council. And after a clampdown on homeless camps, the Edmonton city council declares, “housing and houselessness emergency? In Québec, new rent-increase guidelines worry Quebec’s tenants” groups.

Thanks to our journalists, Mick Sweetman, Ryan Hunt, Brenda Little, Jules Bugiel, Erica Butler, and Caleb Nickerson. Our national editors are Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.

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Transportation advocates say passenger rail service in the Maritimes is doomed if no investments are made. Prince Edward County subsidizes a popular ride sharing company. Five thousand three hundred rides completed in 2022. In Québec, Loisir Sports Outaouais offers free skis and snowshoes to sports enthusiasts. In B.C., Paige Pierce, age 21, is appointed to the position of Youth Poet Laureate by the Nanaimo city council. And after a clampdown on homeless camps, the Edmonton city council declares, “housing and houselessness emergency? In Québec, new rent-increase guidelines worry Quebec’s tenants” groups.

Thanks to our journalists, Mick Sweetman, Ryan Hunt, Brenda Little, Jules Bugiel, Erica Butler, and Caleb Nickerson. Our national editors are Victoria Fenner and Maureen McEwan. Host and producer Boris Chassagne. Viewpoints is brought to you by the Community Radio Fund of Canada.