Ontario Morning Podcast - Friday February 26, 2021
Publisher |
CBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
News
Publication Date |
Feb 26, 2021
Episode Duration |
01:06:48
While some characterize cannabis dispensaries on First Nations as the "black market" there are those who hope that Indigenous entrepreneurs will have their own corner of the pot business - what some are calling the "red market". CBC reporter Erik White brings us that story; Researchers are looking into reports that Canadian butter has gotten harder, possibly due to additives in livestock feed. Food science professor Alex Marangoni talks about 'buttergate'; Larry Mercy of the award-winning country band The Mercey Brothers tells us about his career and his new memoir "Have Mercey: My First 60 Years Making Music"; Andrew Perrott of the Owen Sound Attack in the Ontario Hockey League is speaking out about what he and other players are going through right now with the season yet to begin; Anthony D. P. Mann held a contest for kids to create the villain for his new film ‘Bug-Eyed Monsters Invade the Earth’. Anthony gets to meet the winner 11-year-old Olivia Poulin; Theatre Orangeville is offering access to a read-through of a new original play 'Laneway Cafe' about looking for love in the middle of this pandemic. Writer Marni Walsh tells us more; Di Golding reviews 'I Care A Lot' and 'Behind Her Eyes' which can be streamed now; This Freedom to Read week in Canada. We'll find out how the pandemic is affecting people's access to ideas and information when we speak to Andrea Cecchetto of the Ontario Library Association; Barrie author Roxann Whittingham debuts a new poem tonight, 'Emancipation'. She talks about what inspired the work and the significance of Black History Month.

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