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Today's phone-in: Lindsey Harrington, author of Nobody's Mother, on the decision to be child-free. Off the top: Halifax-area hospitals are battling mice, and the president of the PEI Shellfish Association has sold his oyster licence.

Today's phone-in: Education professor Dave Waddington takes your calls on what you think we learn from video games. Plus, people are concerned by end of a pilot program in Northern NS that helped access health appointments.

Today's phone-in: Aaron Publicover takes appliance repair questions. But first, the living wage for Halifax tops $30-we look at the disparity between the cost of living and Maritime wages. And an update from St. Stephen's mayor.

Today's phone-in: baker and author Jess Ross shares tips for baking with whole grains and sourdough. But first; a PEI eel fisher is making waves on social media, and in Lorneville, NB the debate over data centres gets heated.

On the phone-in: Daniel Lametti teaches Acadia University's free Critical AI Literacy program. He joins us today to take calls about the ways we use AI in our everyday lives. Plus, Stewart Lamont from Nova Scotia's Tangier Lobster talks to Kayla Hounsell about the news that China will extend tariff-free status for lobster until 2028. And we hear about a program that offers dance classes to people with Parkinson's Disease.

On the phone-in: Lisa McCoy talks about adult ADHD diagnosis and how it can be pivotal to their lives and people in two Maritime provinces had their say last night on new proposed industries in the region

Today's phone-in: We discuss immigration levels with lawyer Liz Wozniak and migrant advocate Syed Hussan. Plus, Lucy Sharratt of the Canadian Bio-technology Action Network on concerns about rollbacks to federal pesticide regulation.

Today's phone-in: what more do you want to know about data centres coming to the Maritimes? Plus, Mark Stewart from EverWind on water and power usage proposed for its AI data centre project in Cape Breton, NS.

Today's phone-in: gardening expert Nikki Jabbour on planting garlic and your most pressing questions. Off the top, NS gov responses to NB legislation to ban misuse of NDAS; plus some of your ghost stories!

Today's phone-in: We discuss rape culture, and what work is being done to address it. Off the top, the NB Women's Council applauds the government's introduction of legislation to limit how NDAs can be used in wrongful conduct cases.

Today's phone-in: Neuroplasticity and unlearning chronic pain with Dr. Howard Schubiner. Off the top, Mayor Zebian says Kentville shelter will be relocated by the province; NB opposition push back on Holt's cuts to oversight committee hours.

Today's phone-in: What makes for meaningful community consultation? And off the top, changes to temporary foreign worker rules leave some PEI farmers short-staffed. Plus, your talkback on data centres.

Today's phone-in: Jim White takes your questions about painting and staining projects. Plus, we speak to an energy analyst about how NS's hyper-scale data centre will be powered and what regulations are in place.

On the phone-in: dog psychology and behaviour expert Sparky Smith. And off the top, we hear more on EverWind's dispute about land fees for its troubled wind-hydrogen project in NL. Plus, more of your thoughts on LEGO.

Today's phone-in: brick artist Shawn MacLeod takes your calls on all things LEGO! And off the top: a mother discusses the potential impacts of a NS CUPE strike on her son's access to school. And tales from a haunted shop in St. John.