Afternoon Pint

06/02/2026

Round 2 with Mayor Andy Fillmore:

Halifax is growing fast. The real question is whether we’re ready for it.
This week on Afternoon Pint, we sit down with Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore for a long-form conversation about what comes next for HRM.
We talk housing, transit, infrastructure, Halifax Water, defence investment, and why the biggest risk to the city’s future might be something simple: saying no to the growth that is already coming.
This isn’t a blame session. It’s a “brutal facts” conversation.
Halifax needs more homes.
Better mobility.
Faster approvals.
Smarter infrastructure planning.
And a city hall that can move at the speed of the moment.
Because if we get this right, Halifax can become one of the most exciting cities in Canada.
If we get it wrong, opportunity turns into higher costs, traffic, frustration, and people being priced out of the place they love.

Full episode with Mayor Andy Fillmore is out now:
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06/01/2026

🍻 HALF PINT ALERT! 🍻

A familiar face is back on The Afternoon Pint. Past guest Lawrence Conrad joins us for a special Half Pint episode as he celebrates an incredible 30 years in business.

We talk about the journey, the challenges, the successes, and the lessons learned over three decades of entrepreneurship. It’s a great conversation about persistence, growth, and building something that lasts.

Congratulations, Lawrence, on 30 years in business! 🎉

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05/26/2026

Episode 156: Dr Jeanette Boudreau

🧬 Cancer research can feel like a distant world of microscopes and jargon, but the stakes are painfully everyday: can we help people live longer, feel better, and suffer less during treatment?

This week, we’re joined by Jeanette Boudreau from Dalhousie University to break down what’s changing right now in cancer immunotherapy, especially in blood cancers, and why “hope” is starting to look a lot more like hard evidence. 🩸🔬

We talk about:
✨ The hidden costs of cancer care in Canada
✨ Why quality of life matters just as much as survival
✨ How patient partners are reshaping research priorities
✨ Why cancer is so difficult for the immune system to detect
✨ How CAR T-cell therapy can reprogram immune cells to hunt cancer for years 🧫⚔️
✨ The future of AI, precision medicine, and tumour “avatars” 🤖
✨ Why diverse blood donation matters for better research and transplant matches ❤️

This conversation takes complex science human and explores how the future of cancer treatment could become more personalized, accessible, and effective here in Canada 🇨🇦

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05/20/2026

Former Premier Darrell Dexter joined us for a thoughtful conversation on leadership, legacy, energy, and the future of Nova Scotia.

Sometimes the hardest decisions only make sense years later.

Full episode is out now wherever you listen to Afternoon Pint.

05/19/2026

New episode: Darrell Dexter

Former Nova Scotia premier Darrell Dexter joins us for a candid conversation about governing through financial turmoil, shrinking revenues, and sky-high expectations.

We dive into the difference between “transformational” vs. “transactional” government, and the Nova Scotia decisions still shaping life today 👇

⚓ The Irving shipbuilding contract
📰 Saving Port Hawkesbury Paper
🏥 Collaborative Emergency Centres
💡 Energy battles over fracking, uranium, tidal power & Muskrat Falls
💰 Cost of living, housing, taxes & wage pressure

Listen, like and share If you care about:
🇨🇦 Canadian politics
📊 Public policy
⚡ Energy debates
🏠 Housing & affordability
🏛️ Nova Scotia’s future

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05/15/2026

♟️🥌 Which chess piece would each member of Team Black curling team be?

We asked Christina Black to compare her team to a chessboard, from the steady leader to the aggressive playmaker 👀

Turns out curling and chess have a lot in common. 🎯

05/14/2026

🥌What if Mario power-ups existed in curling? 👀🎮

Top Canadian curler Christina Black tells us which Mario power-up would be the ultimate game changer on the ice 🧊

🔥 Fire broom to heat the ice?
🍄 Mushroom to grow the rock?
🪶 Feather to float the rock in place?

Listen to the full episode at www.afternoonpint.ca

05/12/2026

🥌🍻 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🍻🥌

What does it really take to compete at the highest level of Canadian curling? 🇨🇦

Over pints at Jungle Jim's Eatery, we sat down with Nova Scotia skip Christina Black to talk about the journey from an 8-year-old kid in Sydney watching the Scotties on TV 📺➡️ to hearing an arena ROAR at the Olympic Trials in Halifax 🔥

This episode dives into:
🧠 Why curling is basically chess on ice
📊 Analytics vs instinct in big moments
🥌 The pressure of the hammer, hero shots & the five rock rule
🎥 Film study, scouting opponents & endgame strategy
🤝 Team chemistry and building Team Black
🏆 Bonspiels, the World Curling Tour & the road to the Scotties

Christina also opens up about pressure, leadership, and what elite competitors do to stay calm when everything is on the line. 💭❄️

If you love curling, competition, teamwork, or hearing how high performers think — this episode is for you. 🎙️

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📲 SHARE this with your rink crew
⭐ Leave a review with the biggest takeaway you’re stealing for your own game — or your own life.
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05/05/2026

Episode on immigration

Two employed graduate international students and their dreams of becoming permanent Canadian residents being erased overnight.

We sat down with two young men who came to Nova Scotia as international students, graduated, entered the workforce, paid taxes, and built their lives here.

They are not asking for special treatment. They are asking whether a fair system should account for people who came here legally, worked hard, stayed employed, and chose Nova Scotia as home.

There is a labour story here. There is an education story here. There is a policy story here. But mostly, there is a human story.

One of the clearest lines from the conversation:

“We have two guys here that are fighting to be Nova Scotians.”

If you work in business, education, government, immigration, HR, or community leadership in Nova Scotia, I hope you’ll listen.

And if it moves you, share it with someone who can help.

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04/30/2026

There’s something powerful about creating where you live 🎬

No waiting for permission. No chasing approval from bigger cities. Just passion, friends, and the drive to bring something real to life.

Sitting down with local creators reminded us: you don’t have to leave home to build something meaningful. You just have to start.

As Canadians, we talk a lot about resources and economy but what about our stories? Our voices? Our creativity? 🇨🇦

Maybe it’s time we invest in that too. 🎥✨

✍️ Written by Mike Tobin of The Afternoon Pint

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