CHMA news wants to help you understand what the “new normal” will look like in Sackville.
In this third installment of The Check-In, Mahalia Thompson-Onichino pays a virtual visit to Derrick Dixon of Hounds of Vintage, a relatively new clothing shop in downtown Sackville which just reopened for business.
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CHMA news wants to help you understand what the “new normal” will look like in Sackville.
In this second installment of The Check-In, Erica Butler speaks with Tidewater Books and Browsery owner Ellen Pickle. Tidewater will re-open to the public on Tuesday, May 19 with some modifications in the store. Ellen talks about her experience moving to online ordering, and the impact of the shutdown on literary festivals and events.
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CHMA news wants to help you understand what the “new normal” will look like in Sackville.
In this first instalment of The Check-In, Erica Butler speaks with Alan Barbour of the Black Duck Cafe, and finds out that the beloved Bridge Street fixture will not be reopening as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Instead, Barbour and his partner Sarah Evans are focussing on a new project: Fridgee, an online grocery store.
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Sackville Town Council took to the internet on Monday May 4th for their first ever live, online council meeting.
CHMA’s Erica Butler called up Councillor Bill Evans to catch up on what happened at the meeting. They chatted about the town’s plan to give people a small break on their water bills, keeping town employees on the payroll, and the disappointing news that many of Sackville’s events this year, such as the Fall Fair and the Street Chalk festival, may not happen.
Here’s Erica in conversation with Sackville town councillor, Bill Evans.
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Dr. Matthew Betti is an assistant professor in Mathematics and Computer Science at Mount Allison University and part of a national team helping to build model frameworks for potential COVID-19 scenarios in Canada.
Betti is working on models to help predict the needs for personal protective equipment, or PPE as it now commonly known.
CHMA news reporter Erica Butler called him up to ask about his work, and the challenges of modelling and making predictions for how the new coronavirus will play out in Canada. Betti also talked about the important role of testing in the battle against the spread.
Hamish talks with Mount Allison student Nathan about diaspora and how it relates to Africa, Europe, Technology, Politics and Art.
Hamish Hallet speaks with Dr. Afu Cooper. Cooper teaches sociology and anthropology at Dalhousie University and served as chair of the University’s Scholarly Panel on Lord Dalhousie’s Relationship to Race and Slavery and co-author of its Report.
Hamish Hallett speaking to Derrick, who is the owner of Hounds of Vintage. Topics included how to support local business and adapting to change.
Speaking to David Garneau about his recent talk “Non-colonial Indigenous Memorials and PublicArt”.
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