Mainstreet Halifax
CBC Podcasts & Radio On-Demand
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.
Location:
Halifax, NS
Networks:
CBC Podcasts & Radio On-Demand
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@cbcmainstreet
Language:
English
Contact:
CBC Nova Scotia P.O. Box 3000 Halifax, NS B3J 3E9 1-888-686-6246
Website:
http://www.cbc.ca/mainstreetns/
Email:
mainhfx@cbc.ca
Episodes
The Mainstreet Spinbusters, and all our other coverage about Chris d'Entremont crossing the floor
11/4/2025
This podcast includes Jeff's conversation with the Spinbusters - Michelle Coffin, Barbara Emodi, and Chris Lydon - followed by Amy Smith's conversation with former president of the Conservative Party of Canada, Rob Batherson, and reactions of people who live in the riding Acadie-Annapolis.
Duration:00:54:15
The final episode of the four part series, 'Explore the Lore'
10/30/2025
Melody Rose brings us last installment of her four part series, just in time for Halloween. This one is all about the the Cape Breton Hairy Man!
Duration:00:10:47
Why is Canada such an attractive destination for criminals wanting to launder dirty money?
10/29/2025
Peter German wrote two reports for the Attorney General of British Columbia, called Dirty Money, and Dirty Money Part Two. He's President and ED of the International Centre for Criminal Law Reform, back in Halifax for a panel discussion called, "Money Laundering: Canada's Back Office of Organized Crime."
Duration:00:20:44
"The cheese slipped off the cracker" -- US Ambassador to Canada goes on tirade over Ontario's TV ad
10/28/2025
Jeff Douglas talks about what happened with Asa McKercher, Hudson Chair in Canada-US Relations & an associate prof at the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, at St. FX.
Duration:00:09:26
West Hants Pride program Out Together aims to keep 2SLGBTQ+ people from leaving the area
10/28/2025
Jeff Douglas speaks with West Hants Pride the interim president Angela Grant. Find the group online at westhantspride.ca
Duration:00:09:12
How White Ribbon has adapted its goals to accommodate the technological landscape of the manosphere
10/28/2025
The organization focuses on engaging and educating men and boys to preventing gender-based violence, by promoting gender equality and healthy masculinities. CEO of White Ribbon, Humberto Carolo, tells Alex Guye how the non-profit has changed since it first began in 1991 and how shifts in technology have created additional spaces where their work is needed.
Duration:00:15:23
Plans to demolish the historic former Église Sainte-Marie, in Church Point, Digby County, are on hold
10/27/2025
Gabrielle Bardall, co-chair of the Sainte-Marie Heritage & Development Association, tells Jeff Douglas how people came together to save one of the largest wooden structures of its kind in the world.
Duration:00:18:29
Bruce Rainnie on the magic of baseball, and an 18-inning game that will go into the history books
10/27/2025
Bruce Rainnie, President and CEO of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, speaks with host Jeff Douglas.
Duration:00:10:34
Spinbusters on Tim Houston 1.0 and 2.0, and why 40-year old audio of Ronald Reagan packs a punch
10/26/2025
Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas speaks with Chris Lydon, Michelle Coffin, and Barbara Emodi, about politics in Nova Scotia and beyond.
Duration:00:34:18
Episode three of 'Explore the Lore', brings us in the world of faeries
10/23/2025
Melody Rose brings us an East Coast favourite on this third installment of 'Explore the Lore'.
Duration:00:10:26
Paul Wong talks career spanning five decades, and curating the retrospective exhibit Enemy Alien: Tamio Wakayama
10/22/2025
Pioneering artist Paul Wong is back in Halifax for a lecture at the Halifax Central Library on October 23rd. The award winning artist spoke with Alex Guye about his career, his most recent exhibit and why he continually pushes the boundaries of interdisciplinary storytelling.
Duration:00:13:24
Sara Siahpour came to Nova Scotia because she faced six years in prison in Iran
10/22/2025
This former teacher visited CBC Halifax, with Atefa Tabesh, to tell Mainstreet's Alex Mason how she became a target of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, how she escaped the country, and what Nova Scotia holds for her.
Duration:00:19:40
Feds promise to reform bail and sentencing, particularly targeting violent and repeat offenders
10/22/2025
We hear some of the details from Justice Minister and Attorney General, Sean Fraser. Then Jeff Douglas speaks with Sheila Wildeman, co-chair of the East Coast Prison Justice Society, and a professor at the Dalhousie Schulich School of Law.
Duration:00:19:36
Delphine du Toit has had a dry well for the last eight weeks
10/21/2025
When Delphine du Toit bought her house eight years ago, she never imagined her well would run dry, forcing her to drive to Musquodoboit Harbour for potable water. She shares her experience with guest host, Alex Guye and explains although this drought is impacting her now, she's also worried about the future.
Duration:00:12:46
Ottawa to tackle onlne fraud, and David Shipley says there's even more at stake than your life savings
10/20/2025
Being defrauded can have devastating impacts on a victim's finances, and so much more than that. But cyber-security expert David says this is also an issue of national defence. He's tells Jeff Douglas why.
Duration:00:09:16
Highlights from an evening of pioneer surfer stories, and a vision for the future of Lawrencetown Point
10/19/2025
Vic Ruzgys hosted an evening of Surfer Stories, as a fundraiser for the Lawrencetown Headland Project Association. We'll hear a few highlights, and then Vic tells Jeff Douglas what the Association is worried about as the province prepares to move part of the highway that runs past Lawrencetown Beach.
Duration:00:19:33
Episode two of the new four part series 'Explore the Lore', is all about mysterious sea creatures
10/16/2025
A fishing expedition, Canso Harbour, the year 1656 and a mysterious sea creature? That’s where Melody Rose is starting things off for us in episode two of 'Explore the Lore'.
Duration:00:10:34
Member of Save West Mabou Beach Provincial Park group weighs in on latest Cabot bid
10/16/2025
A bid to develop part of West Mabou Beach into a golf course has prompted a local group to try to put a stop to it. Concerned resident, Sivan Hobden, is part of the group Save West Mabou Beach Provincial Park.
Duration:00:07:30
Three of Nova Scotia's 'pioneer surfers' join Jeff Douglas to talk about the origins of the sport here
10/15/2025
Joe Murphy, Jim Ledbetter, and Lesley Choyce will be part of an event October 17 at 7pm, at 500 West Lawrencetown Road, called "Surfer Stories: Stories From Pioneer Surfers of Nova Scotia." It's a fundraiser for the Lawrencetown Headland Project
Duration:00:19:54
In leaked Telegram messages, 'Young Republicans' (up to age 40) "love Hitler" and "watermelon people"
10/15/2025
And there's so much more. Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas asks social worker and criminology prof Robert Wright how he'd contextualize this for Nova Scotians.
Duration:00:21:22