Maritime Noon

Clothesline enthusiast Cindy Etter Turnbull shares her love for clotheslines. CUPE and Air Canada have reached a tentative agreement, but travellers' plans are still up in the air. Plus, what local officials are saying about the Long Lake wildfire in Annapolis County.

On the phone-in: Doug Goff takes your calls about ice cream making and memories. How the Salvation Army has started coordinating donations and offering emotional support for wildfire evacuees. Plus with a woods ban in effect in Nova Scotia, efforts underway to move people out of tent encampments in the woods.

On the phone-in: gardening expert Niki Jabbour answers your questions about saving your garden during a drought. Off the top: volunteers in Annapolis County are helping to feed and house firefighters who are arriving from out of town at the old C.F.B. Cornwallis base. They are fighting the wildfires near West Dalhousie.

On the phone-in: fudging a date or name can make it difficult to research your family history. Genealogy researcher Lesley Anderson takes listeners' questions about how to dig up those answers. Off the top: people in West Dalhousie, Nova Scotia have to leave their homes because of two wildfires burning in the area. Annapolis County Deputy Warden Dustin Enslow explains the fire situation.

On the phone-in: veterinarian Dr. Karyn Steele answers your animal care questions. Off the top: the owner of the Great British Shop wants to show his appreciation for the fast action of first responders to the wildfire burning near Halifax's Bayers Lake Business Park.

On the phone-in: Devon Bundy and Mario Rolle from the Black Men's Health Summit discuss how healthcare can be more inclusive. Off the top: As New Brunswick's forest fires continue to burn, Nova Scotia sends firefighters to help bring the flames under control.

On the phone-in: car expert Doug Bethune answers your questions. Off the top: New Brunswick puts new fire restrictions in place as two forest fires burn out-of-control.

On the phone-in: pharmacist Graham MacKenzie takes your questions about supplements and osteoporosis. And off the top: the Canada Summer Games kick off this weekend and young athletes from across the Maritimes are ready!

On the phone-in: Folklorist Clary Croft answers questions about traditional songs and stories. And off the top of the show, we speak with Mark McGarrigle with the NS department of Natural Resources about a pair of endangered piping plovers that have nested on Caribou-Munroes Island Provincial Park. Two chicks have hatched.

On the phone-in: Aaron Publicover who's an appliance repair technician, answers questions. And off the top of the show, we hear from Nick Asslin who's from Halifax. He was hiking in Cape Chignecto Provincial Park yesterday when they were told to leave immediately because of the dry conditions. And we also hear your feedback about bike lanes.

On the phone-in: Our topic today is bike lanes.Our guest is Tristan Cleveland, who's an urban planner with Happy Cities in Halifax. And off the top of the show, we speak with Carl Duivenvoorden who lives in Upper Kingsclear. NB. He just drove an EV across Canada and back and is keen to share what he learned. We also hear your feedback about the drop in ferry fees in the Maritimes and the reduction in the cost to cross the Confederation Bridge.

On the phone-in: gardening expert Niki Jabbour is here to answer your burning questions. Off the top of the show: starting Aug. 1, ferry travel in the Maritimes is half the price and the Confederation Bridge is cheaper too. We'll hear how it could affect tourism in the region.

On the phone-in: research shows there are benefits to risky play as a child, both for kids and as adults. Off the top: as Nova Scotia deals with extremely dry conditions, we hear from the Department of Natural Resources about the burn ban that's in place and from a farmer in the Annapolis Valley about how they are coping.

On the phone-in: We talk with Sharon MacDonald -- the author of a new book, "Disruptive Women: The Untold Story of Nova Scotia's Pioneers of Peace and Suffrage". Heidi MacDonald from UNBSJ also joins the conversation about remarkable and disruptive women from the past in the Maritimes. And off the top of the show, we speak with Dr. Hal Whitehead, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University, about the endangered northern bottlenose whale population.

On the phone-in> Nathaniel Pearre from Dalhousie University answers listeners' questions about electric vehicles. And off the top of the show, we speak with Ken Schwartz about his visit to Miners Marsh in Kenville. The hot and dry weather has dried up the marsh. We also hear an update from Saint John, NB, about a new transitional housing project.

On the phone-in: heating and cool experts Barry Walker and Eric Murphy help you stay cool by answering your heat pump questions. And off the top: Prime Minister Mark Carney announced today fees for the Confederation Bridge and Atlantic ferry crossings will be reduced starting Friday, Aug. 1.

On the phone-in: Niki Jabbour, our gardening expert, provides tips and advice to listeners. And off the top of the show, the CBC's Moira Donovan reports on an American man named Jim Tarantino who plans to row from Gloucester, Massachusetts to Lunenburg, NS to raise awareness of the history of coastal communities.

On the phone-in: Diane Leblanc, who's the past-president of the Nova Scotia Bird Society, answers questions about birding. And off the top, we hear about workshops on PEI by the Campobello Whale Rescue Team for fishers and members of the public about whale entanglements. We also hear about a proposed development in Rothesay, NB.

On the phone-in: Physiotherapist Laura Lundquist provides advice on injuries. And off the top of the show, we hear from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada about the fire on the Holiday Island ferry in 2022. The CBC's Brett Ruskin provides an update on a controversial American performer who's launching a cross-Canada tour. And we hear your feedback on strong mayoral powers.

On the phone-in: We discuss the pros and cons of strong mayoral power with UCB political scientist, Tom Urlaniak and the Mayor of HRM, Andy Fillmore. And off the top of the show, we hear about a controversial American Christian singer who's slated to perform in Halifax, Moncton and Charlottetown. The performer has conservative views and many residents are upset.