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January 14th: Badge of Pride and What Andrew Carnegie did for Sudbury

First up today, we'll hear about a documentary from The Passionate Eye entitled Badge of Pride. It's a new documentary that explores what it's like to be a gay police officer in Toronto, despite changing attitudes. After hearing about that, we'll hear from organist and Laurentian University music instructor Robert Hall. He's created an organ performance to honour American millionaire Andrew Carnagie's contributions to the congregations in the north.

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We start the final episode of the Edtior's Choice podcast with an interview from Newfoundland with Keith Piercey. He's the lead claimant in a class action suit against the Atlantic Lottery Corporation. Following his story, we'll head to Saskatchewan. The Olympic Torch passed through the province last weekend and CBC's Abby Schneider was there to speak with some of the thousands who came out to catch some of the spirit.

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How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth: that's the title of a new collection of essays that looks athow to make the world a better place. It featuresthoughts from the likes of Barack Obama, Warren Buffet,Tony Blair and Prince Edward Islander Darlene MacInnis. She'll tell us about her essay. After that, we'll meet New Brunswick's wrestler-turned-actor Robert Maillet, who appeared in Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law.

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Canadian adventure writers Colin and Julie Angus recently released a book entitled "Rowed Trip: From Scotland to Syria by Oar." Those locations aren't random: Colin's family is from Scotland and one side of Julie's family hails from Syria. Host Sheryl MacKay of CBC British Columbia's North By Northwest asked the couple to tell us about their trip and their new book.

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Mountain ski resorts across Canada can brag about their massive snowfalls all they want but can we really take any ski hill's marketing campaign at face value?Well, no, not according to a couple of economics professors at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. After hearing from one of them, we'll meet John Doyle, the Globe and Mail's television columnist. He shares his thoughts on a new CBC Television show, Republic of Doyle.

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Murray Angus is one of the founders of The Nunavut Sivuniksavut Program, developed to teach young Inuit about land claims. We'll hear his reaction to being named to the Order of Canada. Then, we'll meet Dr. Louise Laberge, the founder of Mission Africa Smiles and Daniel Borsuck, a plastic surgeon who'll be going over to Mali with the group to help children in Africa with severe facial disfigurements.

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A recently released study says that Alzheimers disease could cripple the Canadian healthcare system in the coming years. We hear from the executive director with the Alzheimer's Society of Sudbury-Manitoulin and the daughter of a Sudbury woman with dementia for their perspectives. After that, we'll head to Edmonton, AB where the Hub Cigar and Newsstand turns 100 this year. The CBC's Andrea Huncar brings us stories from the Hub's life and near-death experiences.

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On yesterday's edition of the show, the CBC's Margot Brunelle started us on a journey at Stone Bear Retreat. The retreat is near the Bear River Reserve in Nova Scotia. That's where Frank Meuse was chief for many years. Today, he's a spiritual leader and nature guide. Frank took Margot on a tour of the retreat. Here's the continuation and conclusion of the trip.

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Last summer, close to 100 young immigrants hit the streets of Charlottetown with cameras. Their work is now on display and Maggie Brown set out to meet the activity's organizer (from the Newcomers Association) and a couple of the photographers. After her report, We'll hear Part One of a three-part series about Stone Bear Retreat from Nova Scotia's Information Morining. Founder Frank Meuse takes CBC's Margot Brunelle through the grounds.

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First, we'll meet artist and paddler Stewart Marshall. Marshall once traveled for days in a hand-built kayak. He did it to paint some of British Columbia's most remote shorelines. After we hear his conversation with host Sheryl MacKay, host Terry MacLeod will introduce us to Ben Venderleye. He was homeless for years but he's been doing better since he was given his own apartment as part of a housing program in Calgary, Alberta.

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Today, we'd like to present some of our favourite clips from the past year on the show. First we have a story from the Calgary Eyeopener about golfer Matt Barker, who attempted to play 12 rounds in one day back in June to raise money for the ALS Society of BC. Then, we'll enjoy a quick clip that came to us from Voyage North last July when bells rang out simultaneously in Thunder Bay, Ontario and Gifu, Japan.

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This year, the Canadian Music Centre is recognizing 50 outstanding performers as ambassadors of new music in Canada. The CBC's Mack Furlong spoke with a Newfoundlander on that list, the General and Artistic Director of the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Peter Gardner.

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Edmontonian Shawna Pandya is passionate about space technology, medicine and humanitarian work. She'll tell us why she's taking a year away from medical school to work on a project in California. Then, Bill Mayberry of the Mayberry Fine Art Gallery in Winnipeg, MB will tell us how a rare painting worth $300-thousand dollars came his way via e-mail. Finally, host Leigh Anne Power of the Central Newfoundland Morning Show will speak with author Michael Crummey about the roots of his writing.

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Jann Arden is a singer-songwriter from Alberta. She's been in the music business for about 20 years and she recently released her latest album. It's called "Free." Here's Jann Arden in conversation with host Russell Bowers on Daybreak Alberta.

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First today, we'll hear from Tim Peters, a co-founder of The Canadian Hero Fund. The initiative works to support the families of Canadian soldiers who lost their lives to the war in Afghanistan. Following that, Phog Lounge owner Tom Lucier of Windsor, Ontario tells us about a local photographer whose work he's currently showcasing at the lounge. Her name is Cristina Naccarato and she does most of her work at concerts.

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10-year-old Ronnie Theissen wants to buy a house for a homeless family. He's partnered with a Saskatoon charity to make his dream a reality. After we meet him and his mother, Shelley, we'll hear from Percy Sacobie of Fredericton, NB. The province has agreed to re-name Savage Island, which sits in the Saint John River, seven kilometers west of Fredericton. Sacobie felt it was hurtful and offensive to his people, the Maliseet.

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Sponsor Winnipeg is a program targated at people, businesses and organizations who are prepared to pay to have their name attached to a civic facility or program. Grant Norman is the councillor spearheading the program for the city. After we meet him, we'll hear about two Maritime scientists who've discovered a species of glowworm that's considered endangered in parts of Europe, thriving in - of all places - a few local cemeteries.

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Alberta'a iconic prairie sentinels are showcased in a new calendar. Jim Pearson began working on a project called Vanishing Sentinels back in 2002 to document the history of wooden grain elevators on the prairies. After we meet him, we'll hear an interview with teacher Ryan Dvorak of Port Alberni, BC. He's running a pilot program at his school, having students build their own classroom.

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Montreal, Quebec's Victoria Bridge has now been in use for 150 years. CBC Montreal's Loreen Pindera spoke with some locals to find out more about the bridge. After we hear what she found out, we'll meet Dr. Kathy McNally. She works in Charlottetown, PEI, but she was in Ontario this week to carry the Olympic Torch. She was one of 20 members of the Canadian Medical Association who were selected to be torchbearers. CBC Prince Edward Island's Mitch Cormier got in touch with her.

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Jim Snow recently won a unique contest. The contest was inspired by the story of the last woman hanged in Newfoundland. In 1834, Catherine Snow was hanged in St. John's for the murder of her husband. She was pregnant when convicted and they waited until she gave birth before the sentence was carried out. A year ago, Nellie Strowbridge published a novel about the event called Catherine Snow.

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