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Today’s showpiece honours some local councillors and others who have worked to keep the community safe these past few weeks. Thanks for standing up and being the voice of Ottawans in this trying time. It’s Valentines day, and we’ve got some great tips for love! Scatters throughout the show are snippets from Kim & I about how to make love last a long long time! Know what else we love? OTTAWA/GATINEAU MUSIC! You’ll hear tracks from 12AM, Tyla Yaweh, Pressa, Tom McMahon & Peter B...

Conservation groups say it was a close call last week when a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) contractor began clearing a site near Moab which contained dinosaur tracks believed to be 112 million years old. A wooden boardwalk was removed from a portion of the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite and some ground cover was cleared before work was stopped. The Center for Biological Diversity heard about the incident on social media and fired off a cease and desist letter to the BLM to halt work. ...

I think we are really digging into the darkness of this show in a way that I find really exciting.

Rush is a Band: Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson

Illinois has more lead pipelines than any other state in the nation, but a new plan from the Biden-Harris administration could boost the states lead-line removal efforts. The Biden-Harris Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan calls for $15 billion over the next decade to replace all the countrys lead pipelines. Angela Guyadeen, director of the Safe Water Initiative for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), said financing lead-line removal projects is a major barrier for most communities. .....

New cover of the Max Webster /Rush collaboration Battle Scar will raise money for charity

Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill proponents say could benefit water quality not only locally, but in places as far-flung as the Gulf of Mexico. The proposal would update the states conservation programs and help local organizations set goals and implement projects to reduce the spread of excessive nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, that end up in the water. Eliot Clay, state programs director for the Illinois Environmental Council, explained the nutrients can disrupt marine e...

With Canadian band Coney Hatch naming themselves after a Victorian asylum in north London (Colney Hatch) you know you’re probably onto a good thing. When you learn that singer-bassist Andy Curran (now a member of Alex Lifeson's new project, Envy Of None) decided to drop the ‘l’ from the name, because “it would confuse the average American”, it's only natural to think you're dealing with professionals.This Toronto b...