We sat down with Mariners Centre CEO Dorgam Hideib to chat about the one-year anniversary of Mariners on Main and the future of the Mariners Centre expansion.

A local singer/songwriter is tackling workplace bullying and sharing his own experiences through a new hip-hop single. We spoke to Ben Nickerson and are happy to present Better Way Forward.

And Yarmouth and Area Chamber of Commerce executive director Rick Allwright joins us to talk about the upcoming holiday shopping season and events you can look forward to here in Yarmouth.

The Weekender is an award-winning news program produced by Y95 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The show tells the stories of the Tri-Counties – in-depth interviews, background stories, looks at the local entertainment and music scenes and so much more. It is our finger on the pulse of the region that includes Yarmouth, Digby, and Shelburne.

There are now many ways to listen to the program. It originally airs Saturday at 9 a.m. on 95.5 CJLS in Yarmouth, 93.5 in Digby, and 96.3 in Shelburne.

On The Weekender website, you can listen to individual interviews. You can listen through the embedded player at the top of this story, or you find the show on podcast platforms like Apple and Spotify. Just search for “Weekender Y95 CJLS” on your preferred podcast platform and follow the show to listen to this and future episodes.

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