More and more babies are born exposed to substances in N.L. as one doctor says the system struggles to keep up.

GUESTS: Dr. Anne Drover; Renee Williams, executive director, Daybreak

The Health Accord for Newfoundland and Labrador was released in 2022 as a 10-year plan to transform this province's heath-care system. So where do things stand with it in 2026? We have both former co-chairs in studio to talk about it.

Guests: Former co-chairs Sister Elizabeth Davis and Dr. Pat Parfrey

Low funding, low volunteering and burnout: challenges plaguing the community sector in N.L.. On today’s show: what do communities need to do to adapt and thrive in today’s world?

This episode’s panel are organizing a festival aiming at “future-proofing” community organizations.

GUESTS - Nicole Dawe, Executive Director, Community Foundation of Newfoundland an Labrador; Mariana Jiménez Ojeda, Manager of Social Innovation, Community Sector Council of Newfoundland and Labrador; Nancy Leung, Strategic Initiatives Coordinator, Centre for Social Enterprise, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador; Kristen Murray, Co-operative Development Officer, Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Cooperatives; Genevieve McCorquodale, Project Manager with Irish Loop Tourism with CBDC Celtic; and Sean Wiltshire

with Avalon Employment.

On this episode of the Signal, we play two episodes of the podcast This is Newfoundland and Labrador. First, the trial of the accused killer Dean Penney explained. From the day his estranged wife Jennifer Hillier-Penney went missing to how, years after, police arrested Penney. Second, how computers in NL are becoming more expensive because of AI and one small but crucial memory chip.

The report's title is Overrepresented and Undercounted: A Snapshot of Indigenous Adult Incarceration in Newfoundland and Labrador, 2025. Today on the show we talk about it and what needs to change.

Guests: From First Light: Noah Sheppard relational connections coordinator; Teri Slade, research and public policy lead; Michael Johnson, coordinator of justice supports

The N.L. Historic Heritage recently gave out awards to people whose projects were on preserving, restoring or designing buildings with N.L. heritage in mind. From a hundred year old homes to memorials, todays’ panel talks about their projects and the importance of keeping remnants of history alive.

GUESTS - Luke Quinton, President of the NL Historic Trust; the wiiners of the Southcott Awards: Matthew Mills and Tom Wright with Mills&Wright Landscape Architecture, Kris Drodger and Amy Chislet, Stephanie Moyst and Tyler Stapleton.

We are living in a time of climate change charged extreme weather and dealing with its impacts. Today we speak with people who after seeing the impacts of climate change took action and started supporting renewable energy solutions.

Guests: Community Organizer Sophia Lindfield, Spencer Scott from Fridays for Future, Atlantic Organizer of the National Campaign for a Youth Climate Corps and Volunteer Coordinator of the Social Justice Co-op NL. Lea Movelle, Student Jessica Warren, AngajukKak for Makkovik Barry Andersen, Student Brandon Power

Today on the show we speak with folks from the Food Producers Forum who have a new report out that attempts to answer the question 'How dow we feed ourselves?'

Guests: Alison Snow, chair of the Food Producers Forum, Heather Zurel founder, Data Farms; John Finn, executive director, School Lunch Association