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Mainstreet Halifax

Mainstreet Halifax

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A vibrant blend of top news stories, local weather, traffic reports, comedy, local music, and interviews about politics, science and culture. Tune into Mainstreet on weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m. Add your voice by calling us at 1-888-686-MAIN (6246) or e-mail mainhfx@cbc.ca.

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Episodes
  • Jaws hit theatres during historic low-point in great white shark population off eastern North America

    Jaws hit theatres during historic low-point in great white shark population off eastern North America
    Jul 3 2025

    Things have since changed. Dal university veterinarian Chris Harvey-Clark talks about what Jaws gets right and wrong about great whites, what drove their numbers down in the 1900s, and the situation off Nova Scotia and Massachusetts now. He's also the author of "In Search Of The Great Canadian Shark."
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    26 mins
  • Mainstreet Spinbusters on whether Carney "caved", western separatism, and Canadian optimism

    Mainstreet Spinbusters on whether Carney "caved", western separatism, and Canadian optimism
    Jul 2 2025

    Guest host Preston Mulligan talks with Chris Lydon, Barbara Emodi, and Michelle Coffin.
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    22 mins
  • Ken Hansen on the Coast Guard joining DND, and other ways Canada can work toward NATO's new target

    Ken Hansen on the Coast Guard joining DND, and other ways Canada can work toward NATO's new target
    Jun 26 2025

    Ken Hansen is a former naval commander, a former chair of the Maritime Studies Program at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, and an independent defence analyst. He speaks with guest host Alex Guye.
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    18 mins
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