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	Podcast:		Labrador Morning from CBC Radio Nfld. and Labrador (Highlights)
	Episode:		Expanding Vaccine Availability, Crab Harvest Challenges, and Local TV Casting
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:52:38
	Publish Date:		2021-05-18 04:10:00
	Description:		Every year tonnes of plastic is thrown away in Canada. We get reaction from Karen Wirsig of Environmental Defense Canada to the government's listing of plastic as toxic. We tell you a new TV Crew Training bootcamp looking for applicants from Labrador. We speak with Paul Pope, the producer of the show Hudson & Rex. RNC officer Doug Snelgrove is guilty of sexually assaulting a woman while on duty. We get reaction to the verdict from social worker and organizer Ashley MacDonald and discuss what it could mean for other survivors. Some bad weather has made crab harvesting challenging this year. Crab harvester Joey Angnatok from Nain joins us to talk about the season. Elizabeth Tuglavina joins us to talk about a mobile app and web platform by and for Inuit to share knowledge with one another. Many Indigenous communities, in an effort to preserve their language, are finding ways to digitize it through audio recordings and dictionaries. We hear from Peter-Lucas Jones and Keoni Mahelona talking about preserving the Maori language on their own terms. Dr. Thomas Piggott, Labrador Grenfell's Medical Officer of Health, will join us to talk on what the expansion of the vaccine availability means for the region. A long-awaited project in Postville could be coming to fruition. We find out what's in the works when we speak with AngajukKak Glen Sheppard. Finally, another senior member of Canada's military is facing allegations of misconduct and an investigation. We speak with Heather Scoffield from The Toronto Star about the investigation of Major-General Dany Fortin and what his departure means for Canada's vaccine rollout.
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