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The Best of All in a Day, Oct 1, 2019: "Element of Surprise: Germanium"

A few scientists talk to us about an element discovered in Germany, Germanium.

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The Best of All in a Day, Sep 30, 2019: "Memorial cloth reveals names of indigenous children who died in residential schools"

Almost 3,000 names of children who died in Canada's residential schools were made public today in a ceremony to honour and remember them. We hear from a former commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and a woman who lost her brother while he was attending one of those schools.

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The Best of All in a Day, Sep 27, 2019: "Rebecca Sugar on creating animation like Steven Universe"

Rebecca Sugar, the woman who created her own musical universe, Steven Universe, will be at the animation festival, this weekend.The popular animated series now has a film to continue the adventures of a boy with a gemstone in his navel and a team of women who are really non-binary aliens. She talks about creating that project, in this episode.

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The Best of All in a Day, Sep 26, 2019: "EMMA DONOGHUE on her book, AKIN"

Emma Donoghue is back with a new novel, AKIN, which takes us inside the unlikely pair of a 79-year-old retired professor and his 11-year-old grand nephew making a trip through the French Riviera.

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The Best of All in a Day, Aug 25, 2019: "Ottawa filmmaker pioneers "icemation" in short film Shannon Amen"

Struggling to understand his childhood friend's suicide, an Ottawa filmmaker combines his love of animation and ice carving to illustrate his friend's strength and fragility. We get a preview of the NFB short film, screening at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

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The Best of All in a Day, Sep 24, 2019: "Michael Crummey on The Innocents"

In Michael Crummey's book, The Innocents, Evered Best is questioning his relationship with his fellow orphan sister Ada. Their complicated relationship has landed that book on the shortlist for the Giller and Rogers Writers Trust Awards.

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The Best of All in a Day, Sep 23, 2019: "Murdered Midas by Charlotte Gray"

His murder scandalized 1940s elite society. But not many people know the full story of the golden man who died a mining titan. Author Charlotte Gray explains why she thought Sir Harry Oakes was worthy of study, in her new book Murdered Midas.

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The Best of All in a Day, Fri, Sept 20 "Dunrobin tornado victims pay it forward"

One year after tornadoes ripped through Ottawa-Gatineau, a Dunrobin couple is organizing a benefit concert to help those affected by this year's flooding.

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The Best of All in a Day, Thurs, Sept 19 "Eamon McGrath"

Eamon McGrath dropped by the studio to talk about his latest album Guts ahead of his show at House of Targ.

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The Best of All in a Day, Sept 18, 2019 "Ottawa Student Transportation Authority responds to concerns over wrong bus stop drop-offs"

An Ottawa dad couldn't believe it when a stranger called his 3-year-old daughter's school to say she was found alone after being dropped off at the wrong bus stop. And today, we heard from another parent from Bayview Public School who say it happened to her child too. We try to find out what's behind this bus stop confusion.

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The Best of All In a Day, Sept 17, 2019 "Prismatic Arts Festival"

Tomorrow night, a play at the G-C-T-C takes the true stories of Japanese-Canadians interned during World War Two -- and puts them on-stage, verbatim. It's just one of many shows happening as part of Ottawa's first ever Prismatic Arts Festival, which sheds a spotlight on new and underrepresented voices.

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The Best of All In a Day, Sept 12, 2019: "Larkin Poe"

Sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe join us to talk about their album Venom and Faith, ahead of their show at CityFolk tonight.

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A local entrepreneur shares her story of founder burnout in hopes of helping others

She was an ambitious, hardworking entrepreneur -- juggling dozens of clients and working nonstop. Then, one day, she couldn't bring herself to get out of bed. Erin Blaskie shares her story of burnout and depression, in hopes of helping others.

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The Best of All in a Day - Sep 10, 2019: Element of Surprise - Nihonium

We continue our look at the 118 Elements with fun facts about an obscure and difficult-to-produce element, Nihonium.

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The Best of All in a Day - Sept 9, 2019: "What is the definition of a museum?"

What should the role of a museum be? Is it to educate us about the past -- or to promote justice and equality? We get the lowdown on an international debate over whether the definition of a museum is due for a change. Guest: history professor David Dean.

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The Best of All in a Day, Sep 5, 2019: "Local entrepreneur Ian Fraser takes over as executive director of Run Ottawa"

He's well known in Ottawa as the entrepreneur behind the Cyclelogik bike shop. Now the coach and former elite triathlete, Ian Fraser, has accepted one more responsibility, to lead Run Ottawa as executive director.

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The Best of All in a Day, Sep 4, 2019: "Edna Adan Ismail on her work as a campaigner against Female Genital Mutilation"

You can call her a woman of many firsts. She was one of the first voices to openly campaign against Female Genital Mutilation, and the first female cabinet minister in Somaliland, where she built the first maternal hospital. She shares her story with us, in this episode.

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The Best of All in a Day, Sep 3, 2019: "September Book Panel."

Our book panel, with four picks that will certainly turn your attention to some hearty autumn reading.

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The Best of All in a Day, Aug 29, 2019: Meet a 6-year-old weightlifter

At first, Rory van Ulft's parents just wanted her to do some strength-building to avoid gymnastics injuries. But now, the 6-year-old is into Olympic weightlifting. We hear why weights are - contrary to popular thought - actually quite safe for kids.

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The Best of All In a Day, Aug 28, 2019 "The Mayfair Theatre will no longer be able to play 20th Century Fox movies"

Die Hard. The Sound of Music. The Rocky Horror Picture Show. All of these films are classics in their own right, and all of them popular staples at the Mayfair Theatre -- but their days on the big screen in Ottawa are numbered. That's because Walt Disney Company, the owners of the rights to these movies, will no longer make them available to indie movie theatres. Mayfair owner Lee Demarbre joins us to explain.

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The Best of All in a Day - Thu Aug 22 2019 - Sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome welcome new research funding

A woman who runs a local fibromyalgia support group shares her reaction to new federal funding into research of the syndrome.

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The Best of All In a Day, Aug 21, 2019 "Nigel Grinstead"

Nigel Grinstead is one of three former Ottawans in the semifinals for Sirius XM Top Comic competition.

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The Best of All in a Day, Aug 19, 2019 "Dominion Carillonneur performs local fiddle tune"

The Dominion Carillonneur's recital today featured a theme of "Strings Attached." And alongside tunes by The Beatles and Bach, Andrea McCrady also performed an Ottawa composer/musician's fiddle tune. McCrady and Graham Lindsey joined Alan in the studio.

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The Best of All in a Day, Aug 16, 2019 "Odds play Westboro Fuse"

Alan catches up with the band Odds ahead of their Westboro Fuse show on Saturday night.

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The Best of All in a Day, Aug 14, 2019: "Put some island on your plate with Trinidadian roti"

From spicy jerk chicken to fresh seafood, Caribbean cuisine is about as dynamic as the islands themselves. For this week's D is for Dinner, we learn how to make Trinidadian roti ahead of Sunday's Trinbago Day celebration at Ottawa City Hall.

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The Best of All in a Day, Aug 12, 2019 "Red Arrows"

The Red Arrows -- the Royal Air Force's precision aerobatic team -- are in Ottawa as part of a North American tour. Two pilots swooped into studio.

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The Best of All in a Day, Aug 9, 2019 "Kelly Fraser"

Kelly Fraser is on a quest to keep the Inuktitut language alive and well through her music. She stopped by the studio ahead of her performance at the Asinabka Festival tomorrow.

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The Best of All in a Day, Aug 7, 2019 "Field hockey captain from Kingston has her eye on Pan Am gold"

They won bronze at the last Pan Am Games. But this time around, the Canadian women's field hockey team have a shot at gold. We catch up with the squad's captain -- Kingston's Kate Wright.

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The Best of All in a Day, Aug 2, 2019: "Juggler Mat Ricardo performs at Buskerfest."

We meet one of the performers at this year's Buskerfest, who has been juggling his act, and life for decades.

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The Best of All in a Day, Aug 01, 2019: "Former tenants of Lincoln Fields mall talk about closing their doors"

What happens when a mall closes? We'll get an inside look at the closure of Lincoln Fields Mall and hear how it wasn't just bricks and mortar, but a place where friendships grew

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 31, 2019: "Reaction to Supreme Court's rape shield law judgement."

The Supreme Court restored the conviction of a man who had argued that Canada's rape shield law prevented him from defending himself properly. But the court also acknowledged that his defence team should have been allowed to ask the complainant questions about her sexual history. We hear thoughts on this ruling from a defence lawyer and a person who works with victims of sexual assault.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 30, 2019: "Artist Laura Escudé on designing a live show"

When you go to a live concert, do you ever wonder who makes sure all the sound and staging cues happen at the right time and the right way? That would be Laura Escudé (ESS-coo-day). She's an artist in her own right, but she's also a music programmer and live show designer whose clients include Ariana Grande, Kanye West, Iggy Azalea, The Weeknd and Herbie Hancock. She's in Ottawa giving a presentation about her craft, and is our guest in this episode.

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The Best of All in a Day, Aug 26, 2019: "Vegan "Cheese" Crackdown"

When is a burger not a burger? That's a question a vegan Cafe in Kanata is chewing on after a visit from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency earlier this month. Even though the Cafe is clearly and avowedly 100% vegan, inspectors ordered Grow Your Roots Cafe to cease and desist with words like chick-un, cheese, and yes, Burger. We speak with the owner of the cafe.

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The Best of All In a Day, July 24, 2019: Neeko Paluzzi's Goldberg Variations

Neeko Paluzzi's latest exhibition, The Goldberg Variations, visually explores the difference in tone between Glenn Gould's 1955 and 1981 takes on the pieces. An algorithm determined what Paluzzi would do to photographic paper, using filters, lens and timer to transform the sound into visual art.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 23, 2019: "Element of Surprise: Argon"

Two guests who deal with today's Element of Surprise: one who uses this element to make a super-hot plasma, the other who uses it to search for dark matter underground.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 22, 2019: "The Royal Ottawa on excessive alcohol use among women."

A new study found that many more young women are ending up in the emergency room because of excessive alcohol consumption. We find out what The Royal Ottawa's substance use program is seeing with young women.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 19, 2019: "AMAL EL-MOHTAR: This is How You Lose The Time War"

"This Is The Way You Lose The Time War" is the new novel that Ottawa's own Amal El-Mohtar wrote with Max Gladstone. Alan Neal was at the launch at the NAC, where he took Amal on a bit of a time-travel trip.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 18, 2019: "New study uncovers data on sexual assault cases treated in Ontario hospitals"

Health practitioners need to do a better job of documenting sexual assault cases. That's one of the findings of a new study out of the Ottawa Hospital. The lead author tells us why.

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The Best of All in a Day, July 17, 2019 "How to prevent and respond to rabies exposure"

Human exposure to rabies in Canada is rare. But after the death of a B.C. man who came into contact with a bat, Alan gets precaution tips from Ottawa Public Health.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 16, 2019: "Element of Surprise: Carbon"

The Element of Surprise takes on that little element known as Carbon.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 15, 2019: "Helping terminally ill kids come to terms with dying, through play."

A different kind of childcare is what Katt Brooks delivers at Roger Neilson House, with children who are going to die. It's her job to help those kids have fun, and face their fears around mortality.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 12, 2019: "Reaction to R&B; singer R. Kelly facing federal charges."

R&B; singer R. Kelly is facing more charges, and this time they're federal. Prosecutors accuse him of child sex crimes, child pornography and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government. I check in with two Ottawa women who have been following the developments.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 11, 2019: "Friends of the Château Laurier say fight over hotel's design is not over"

In an emergency meeting this afternoon, Ottawa city council voted to uphold the Château Laurier addition. But the Friends of Chateau Laurier say this is not the end of the matter.

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The Best of All In a Day, July 10, 2019 "D is for Dinner: fermented grape jelly and pine custard"

A plant-based restaurant doesn't have to be about compostable bowls filled with quinoa.Ottawa's Briana Kim dropped by the studio to introduce us to her new culinary adventure Alice, which is a high-end vegan restaurant.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 9, 2019: "Element of Surprise: Holmium"

We paired a research scientist at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories in Chalk River, who has worked with magnetic oxides, with a project manager of Natural Resources Canada's Rare Earth Element Program, for a conversation about Holmium.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 05, 2019: "James plays Bluesfest"

The band, James, once sang, "After thirty years I've become my fears /I've become the kind of man I always hated". That song is now 30 years old. James comes to Bluesfest on Sunday with a brand new album to add to its 30 something years in the business.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 4, 2019: "Alt-J plays Bluesfest"

The three not-so-wayward lads who form the critically acclaimed band, Alt-J come to Bluesfest tonight. Two joined us in studio today.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 03, 2019, "Jordanian, Syrian newcomers open up restaurant in Ottawa"

In the space of one year, Sawsan Hashiem went from Canadian newcomer to business owner. For D is for Dinner, she tells us about her journey and why she thinks her restaurant makes the tastiest falafels in Ottawa.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jul 02, 2019: "Element of Surprise: Livermorium"

A prof from Kingston at Queen's is one of our guests for the Element of Surprise. But he's doing the interview from two kilometres under the earth. The other guest we had to track down in Berlin. See the lengths people will go to to try to avoid talking about Livermorium?

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The Best of All In a Day, June 28, 2019: "The Shuffle Demons"

From busking to the big stage. The Shuffle Demons are in town to perform at Ottawa Jazzfest -- but first, the high-energy fusion band joins us in studio.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jun 27 2019: "Local startup app Fellow nets $9 million in investment funding"

It aims to help managers, well, manage -- to keep track of their tasks and staff. And now the app Fellow has $9 million in funding. The co-founder joins us to explain his hopes for the app.

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The Best of All in a Day, Wed June 26, 2019 "D is for Dinner: Coconut Lagoon's lamb biryani"

Over the past 15 years, chef Joe Thottungal has infused the flavours of Kerala, India into Ottawa's restaurant scene. Now, the owner of Coconut Lagoon restaurant is sharing his kitchen secrets in a new cookbook.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jun 25, 2019: "Donna Grantis"

Diamonds And Dynamite is the latest album from Donna Grantis, the guitarist who after years of making Canada's music better went off with that man known as Prince to work on his. And he on her music. Now she brings her music back home and to Ottawa Jazz Festival tonight.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jun 24, 2019: "Should the city consider subsidizing a bike share program?"

Unlike many north American cities, Ottawa will not have a bike sharing service this summer. According to some, that's a missed opportunity to cut down on congestion and provide a complementary service to OC Transpo. We hear the case for subsidizing a bike sharing service.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jun 21, 2019: "Political Panel on Trudeau's White House Visit."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in the White House yesterday to talk trade and China with President Trump. Their take on the visit, and as this will be their last panel for the summer, a look ahead at what the election campaigns might be like.

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The Best of All In a Day, June 19, 2019 "Ottawa Redblacks home opener"

It's home opener time for the Ottawa Redblacks. And you'll forgive fans if they're a little pumped right now, after the team orchestrated a come-from-behind victory against the Stampeders on the weekend. Alan catches up with head coach Rick Campbell and two super fans who've written a Redblacks song.

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The Best of All in a day, Jun 17, 2019: "Ottawa wide-receiver on life after football"

Ottawa wide-receiver Tyrone Pierre was playing in the Canadian Football League, and then he wasn't. We find out what life after football is like.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jun 14, 2019: "Political Panel talks about federal carbon tax on Alberta"

The federal government has put Alberta on notice that a federal carbon tax is on the way. But meanwhile, the Parliamentary Budget Officer says Canada needs to boost the carbon tax by 50-dollars a tonne to meet the Paris climate agreement targets. Our political panel weighs in.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jun 11, 2019: "ELEMENT OF SURPRISE: Rhenium"

Rhenium is the element that took its name from a river, but could have been known as Nipponium. Find out why in this episode of Element of Surprise.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jun 10, 2019 - "Ashton Dickson's family searching for justice, two years after he was killed"

Almost two years ago, Ashton Dickson was shot and killed at a bar on Rideau Street. His mom Donna still has questions about what happened as her family continues to search for justice. She joined Alan Neal in the studio.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jun 07, 2019: "Changes likely on the way for curbside recycling in Ontario"

With recycling rates stalled in Ontario, the province is moving forward with fundamental changes to curbside recycling. One that relieves municipalities of the costs and diverts it to manufacturers. We get a primer.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jun 6, 2019: "Commemorating the D-Day landings with a photography exhibition"

We speak to an Ottawa photographer who created an exhibit marking the D-Day invasion and asks: what does it mean 75 years on?

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The Best of All In a Day, Jun 5, 2019 "Ottawa festivals dealing with 'catastrophic' provincial funding loss"

Some local festivals are left scrambling after funding they were relying on from the province didn't come through. Alan reached Catherine O'Grady from the Ottawa Jazz Festival for more details.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jun 4, 2019: "Forgiving Mr. Desclouds: How a student forgave a teacher 30 years later"

Angie Murray remembered a word that a teacher at her public school called her 30 years ago. She reached out to tell him about how it had affected her. But what happened next, she had not anticipated. My conversation with Angie and that teacher, Rick Desclouds.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 30, 2019: "Geddy Lee: Big Beautiful Book Of Bass"

Geddy Lee's book is considerably different. It's a look at the bass guitar. Last night at the Ottawa International Writers Festival, Geddy talked about the emotional effects of that instrument, and why his mother didn't talk to him for a year.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 29, 2019 "GG Innovation Award recipient"

The Governor General recognized Joelle Pineau for her work, including using Artificial Intelligence to improve health care. She dropped by the studio to talk about that work.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 28, 2019: "Priscilla Queen of the Desert musical rolls into Centrepointe Theatre"

Dancing cupcakes, a bus that transforms into Ayers Rock, plus oodles of feathers and sequins are just a few of the things you'll see on stage at Centrepointe Theatre this week. We get a preview of Orpheus Theatre's latest production.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 24, 2019: "Hawksley Workman: Median Age Wasteland"

On his latest album, Hawksley Workman looks back on childhood and teen years and all the forces that shaped us.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 23, 2019: "Ottawa Senators get new coach"

New season, new coach for the Ottawa Senators. We speak to D.J. Smith about his hopes for the team and to general manager Pierre Dorion about his hopes for the coach.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 22, 2019: "Gatineau non-profit plans to collaborate with urban beekeepers to breed more resilient local bees"

Can a network of urban beekeepers breed bees that can resist parasites and pathogens, without any help from chemicals?

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The Best of All in a Day, May 21st, 2019: "Three teen gymnasts on making the cut for the national championships."

Three local gymnasts tell us about how they've been preparing to compete at the Canadian Championships.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 16, 2019, "Councillor Leiper on a hit-and-run crash that has killed a cyclist."

A serious collision that killed a cyclist has angered many people in Ottawa today, including some city councillors. We speak to one of the councillors who organized an impromptu rally at city hall.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 15, 2019 "D is for Dinner: Ramadan pre-dawn power bowl"

Registered dietitian Sarah Hamdan shares a recipe for a pre-dawn Ramadan meal to help get through a day of fasting.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 14 2019: The effect of flooding on boat tour companies

Capital Cruises is one of the local companies affected by Ottawa River flooding -- they haven't been able to put boats in the water during the start of what should be a busy season. A company rep explains the impact.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 09, 2019: "Childrens' Fest show presents a PG version of Macbeth"

Scottish storyteller and actor Andy Cannon has re-versioned old Will's prose for the younger set.

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The Best of All In a Day, May 8, 2019 "D is for Dinner: Burgers raising funds for refugees

Alan talks to the founder of Burgers N Fries Forever and the director of Refugee 613 about a special hamburger to help raise money for newcomers to the city.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 6, 2019 "Track club coach, chair banned for life by Athletics Canada"

Athletics Canada has permanently banned a coach and the chair of the Ottawa Lions following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. The chair of Athletics Canada joined Alan with more details about the investigation.

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Chief Bordeleau retires

After 35 years in policing, Chief Charles Bordeleau is retiring. He joins us to reflect on his career.

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The Best of All in a Day, May 1, 2019 "First-hand stories of leaving behind flooded homes in Ottawa-Gatineau"

They had to leave their homes behind. Alan speaks to the resident of a Gatineau home where water has reached the kitchen counters. And to a woman who left her home in Constance Bay, only for it to be destroyed in a fire.

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The Best of All in a Day, Apr 29, 2019 - "Ottawa's first tackle football program for girls"

A high school tackle football team from Manotick made history this afternoon because the players were all girls. Three sisters from the St. Mark Lions rushed into studio after taking to the field at Lansdowne Park.

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The Best of All In a Day, Apr 25, 2019 "Sandra Oh"

Sandra Oh is back in Ottawa for the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards on Saturday night. First, Alan caught up with her at the National Arts Centre.

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The Best of All in a Day, Apr 24, 2019 "The Pigeon King"

He conned farmers across North America out of millions of dollars -- with a scheme to raise pigeons. And tonight, a show at the NAC will tell the story of Arlan Galbraith. Alan meets the star of the musical courtroom drama.

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The Best of All in a Day, Apr 23 2019: Element of Surprise - the danger and beauty of Cadmium

Two Ottawa scientists break down the properties, mysteries and dangers of the element Cadmium, as part of our ongoing series on the Periodic Table

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The Best of All In a Day, Apr 18, 2019 "Political panel: Jason Kenney, pipelines and carbon tax"

A new premier of Alberta, and another thorn in the side of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Our political panelists drop by to share their thoughts on what Jason Kenney's provincial win means at the federal level.

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The Best of All In a Day, Apr 11, 2019 "Orville Peck"

Is Orville Peck someone who dwells a lot on the past and what's remembered? It's hard to say because Orville Peck is a fairly new creation, name and identity for someone who used to do everything from punk drumming to musical theatre. He even wears a mask to hide his identity, which he was sporting when he dropped by the studio.

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The Best of All In a Day, Apr 10, 2019 "Ben Caplan's Old Stock"

It's a story of loss, hardship -- and hope for a new beginning. Ben Caplan's latest record tells the story of two Jewish-Romanian refugees arriving in Canada at the turn of the last century. He'll be here to talk about the album, the theatre show it's based on, and making history personal

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The Best of All in a Day Apr 9 2019: Element of Surprise - Astatine

It's difficult to work with, disappears after a few minutes, and there's only about 1 gram of it in the entire Earth's crust in the first place. As part of our Periodic Table series The Element of Surprise, we look at the mysterious and frustrating Astatine.

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The Best of All in a Day, Apr 8 2019: Searching for Justice for Soli

A man is still searching for answers after his mentally-ill brother Soleiman died in an Ontario jail cell, more than two years ago. We speak with Yusuf Faqiri who is in Ottawa to talk about mental health and policing.

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The Best of All In a Day, Apr 4, 2019 "Canterbury's improv team"

This week, high school improv teams from across the country have been performing on stage at the National Arts Centre, showcasing their skills at creating scenes, characters and styles based on suggestions that are thrown at them. After the first three nights of competition, Canterbury High School has made the top five - meaning they're in the finals tonight.

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The Best of All in a Day, Apr 3 2019: A new cooking show that grew from a romantic match

Retired TV producer Derek and former cooking show host Maggie were matched up on an online dating site. The match was so perfect that now they live together and are about to launch their own streaming cooking show.

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The Best of All in a Day, Apr 2, 2019 "Why the head of the NAC's Indigenous Theatre was tempted to resign."

The NAC's Kevin Loring joined Alan in studio to explain why he says the recent federal budget leaves him in a "disturbing position."

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The Best of All in a Day, Mar 27, 2019 "Local recipients of GG Awards in Visual And Media Arts"

The National Gallery of Canada celebrates this year's GG Awards recipients with an exhibition featuring their work that opens on Thursday. Independent curator Lee-Ann Martin and photographer Jeff Thomas dropped by the studio ahead to talk about their work.

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The Best of All in a Day - Mar 26 2019 - Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone

He's got the most wins in UFC history...And now the MMA athlete is coming to Ottawa for a fight this spring. We get a preview of what's to come with Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone.

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The Best of All in a Day, Mar 21 2019: Will the city's new plan revitalize Sparks Street?

Today the City of Ottawa revealed a new plan to refresh and revitalize Sparks Street. Will it work? We talk to city councillor Catherine McKenney.

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The Best of All in a Day, Mar 20, 2019 "D is for Dinner: Ruz Bezella"

Alan dropped by the Lotus Community Corner in Beacon Hill to meet the crew from Baraka Syrian Homecooking Project as they prepared for their Arab Mother's Day Brunch.

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The Best of All in a Day, Mar 18, 2019 "Ottawa 67s coach on his team's impressive regular season"

This year's Ottawa 67s are considered one of the best in the franchise's history, setting another record this weekend as they wrapped up the regular season. Alan caught up with head coach André Tourigny ahead of their play-off run which starts on Friday.

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The Best of All in a Day, Mar 13, 2019 "Alison Young + Juno nomination + Cory Hart gigs

Alison Young first picked up a saxophone in junior high and never looked back. Now, the Ottawa musician has caught the eye of both the Junos and Corey Hart.

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The Best of All in a Day - Mar 12 2019 - Empty Planet book

For their new book, John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker warn about a possible future with a global population decline.

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The Best of All in a Day, March 6, 2019 "The Gist"

Why three women quit their jobs to create a new platform about women and sports, called The Gist.

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The Best of All in a Day, Mar 4, 2019 - "Dunrobin hockey team wins $100K for tornado relief efforts"

Over the weekend on Hockey Night In Canada, the West Carleton Warriors peewee hockey team won $100K for their good deeds. And now they're donating it to help with the ongoing tornado relief efforts in West Carleton.

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The Best of All in a Day, Mar 1, 2019 "Political Panel"

The All in a Day political panel unpacks this week's twists and turns in the SNC-Lavalin affair.

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The Best of All in a Day, February 28, 2019 "Pembroke Symphony Orchestra's Celebrating Women concert"

Alan spoke with the multiple Juno winner and pianist extraordinaire Christina Petrowska-Quillico and the man who put together the Celebrating Women concert for the Pembroke Symphony, music director Mehdi Javanfar.

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The Best of All in a Day, February 27, 2019 "Heidi Melton"

Alan meets Carleton University's School of Music artist-in-residence soprano Heidi Melton ahead of her recital at Dominion Chalmers this Saturday night.

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The Best of All in a Day, "CARE report on under-reported humanitarian crises of 2018

About one million Ethiopians were displaced from their homes, last year, but few of their stories made headlines. In this hour, we're chatting about that and other under-reported humanitarian crises from 2018.

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The Best of All in a Day, February 20, 2019 "Gowan"

Lawrence Gowan talks with Alan about four decades of making music ahead of his sold-out show at the Shenkman Arts Centre tonight.

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The Best of All in a Day - Feb 19, 2019: Element of Surprise - Strontium!

In our ongoing series celebrating 150 years of the Periodic Table of Elements, we focus on our next randomly chosen element: strontium.

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The Best of All in a Day, February 15, 2019 "Political Panel - SNC-Lavalin-o-rama"

All in a Day's political panel dropped by the studio with the latest on the SNC-Lavalin controversy that prompted Jody Wilson-Raybould to resign from cabinet this week.

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The Best of All In a Day, February 14, 2019 "William Prince"

Late nights and vivid characters abound in William Prince's songs about smalltown life, and the places and faces he's seen in his 33 years.

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The Best of All in a Day, February 13, 2019 "Amanda Rheaume's new album

Ahead of her sold-out show at the NAC, Amanda Rheaume dropped by Studio 12 with a preview of her new album The Skin I'm In.

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The Best of All in a Day, Feb 11, 2019: "The Comeback of Monarch Butterflies."

For years, they've been perched on the edge of extinction, but this winter, monarch butterfly populations have made a stunning comeback. We'll hear how it happened, and whether it's enough to ensure their survival.

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The Best of All in a Day, Feb 8, 2019: "Susan Rogers"

The woman who recorded David Byrne, Prince, Barenaked Ladies, and more before becoming a scientist of sound is in town for Megaphono. My conversation about what Susan Rogers has seen in studios and learned about what it does to our brains.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jan 07, 2019: "Minister on Ontario autism changes"

Ontario cabinet minister Lisa MacLeod defends her government's changes to the autism program.

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The Best of All in a Day, Feb 1, 2019: "Political Panel"

Both the Prime Minister, and the leader of the Opposition have been making their election pitches to Canadians at town halls this week. Our political panel takes a look at some of the ballot box themes so far.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jan 31, 2019: "The Wedding Party"

In Kristen Thomson's play, The Wedding Party, which is now playing at the Nation Arts Centre, the actors all play multiple roles. We chat with members of the cast.

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The Best of All in a Day - January 30, 2019 "OC Transpo driver responds to rider complaints"

This week, we heard from OC Transpo riders who are fed up with waiting for buses that arrive late, or not at all. Today, an OC Transpo operator joined Alan in studio to talk about what it's like being behind the wheel.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jan 25, 2019: "BEN HEPPNER"

For decades Ben Heppner was the Canadian tenor superstar. He retired in 2014. So why is he back on stage singing in Ottawa? We find out.

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The Best of All In a Day, Jan 24, 2019: "Film review: Academy Award nominations"

The Academy Award nominations are finally out. As always, there are a few twists worth talking about - and, of course, some significant snubs. Di and Vlad share their thoughts on the list.

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The Best of All in a Day, Jan 23, 2019: "D is for Corner Peach's French Onion Soup"

The restaurant Corner Peach, is now open for business in Chinatown. We chat with the owners about their French Onion Soup.

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