The Plain Truth
Join us as we discuss topics ranging from the unseen homelessness issues in the region to the second shift, abortion and all points in between.
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Episodes
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday November 13, 2025
Thursday, 13 November 2025
Host Paula Sheppard's guest this week is Peter Parsons, Inter-Agency Coordinator with the Community Mental Health Initiative
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday October 29, 2025
Thursday, 30 October 2025
October is Woman's History Month
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday October 15, 2025
Thursday, 16 October 2025
Saturday October 18 is "World Menopause Day"
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The Plain Truth , Wednesday September 25, 2025
Thursday, 25 September 2025
Homelessness is an issue being seen in more communities in our country.
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The Plain Truth, September 18, 2025
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Host Paula Sheppard's guest this week is Allison Cains, Violence Prevention and Sara Project Coordinator
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday September 3, 2025
Thursday, 4 September 2025
World Suicide Prevention Day is Wednesday September 10
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday June 26, 2025
Thursday, 26 June 2025
On this show host Paula Sheppard speaks with Julia Abundo, Provincial Coordinator of HIV/HCV Services at ACNL.
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday June 18, 2025
Thursday, 19 June 2025
June is Men's Health Month and this year focuses on improving men's mental well being and reducing the stigma surrounding mental health issue.
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday June 11, 2025
Thursday, 12 June 2025
June is Stroke Awareness Month, a time to shed light on one of Canada's leading health challenges
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday June 4, 2025
Thursday, 5 June 2025
Host Paula Sheppard’s guest this week is Erica Penney, Legal Support Navigator with The Journey Project who explains what this project does.
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday May 28, 2025
Thursday, 29 May 2025
This week's topic is about Hate Crimes
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday May 21, 2025
Thursday, 22 May 2025
Host Paula Sheppard’s guest is Quinn Jesso, Program Facilitator with Trans NL and co-chair of CBBOI Pride.
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday May 7, 2025
Thursday, 8 May 2025
Monday May 12 is International Nurse's Day,
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday April 30, 2025
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Mental Health Week is celebrated each year during the first week of May
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday April 16, 2025
Thursday, 17 April 2025
The topic of this week’s show is Parenting
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday April 9, 2025
Thursday, 10 April 2025
"International Day of Pink"
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday April 2, 2024
Thursday, 3 April 2025
April 2 is World Autism Acceptance Day
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday March 26, 2025
Thursday, 27 March 2025
This week's topic is Gambling
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday March 19, 2025
Thursday, 20 March 2025
March is Fraud Awareness Month in Canada, with the rising sophistication of scams, we felt it was important to highlight this topic
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday March 12, 2025
Thursday, 13 March 2025
This week's guest is Carolyn Wakeham, CEO of NLOWE
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday March 5, 2025
Thursday, 6 March 2025
March is known as Woman's History Month and Saturday March 8 is going to be International Woman's Day.
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday February 26, 2025
Thursday, 27 February 2025
The cost of living, possible tariffs, these economic questions and pressures are on everyone's minds these days
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The Plain Truth, Wednesday February 19, 22025
Thursday, 20 February 2025
February is known as Black History Month in Canada, Paula Sheppard's guests today are Charles and Jamie from the Grenfell Campus Black Student's Caucus
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The Plain Truth, February 12, 2025
Thursday, 13 February 2025
On this week's show host Paula Sheppard speaks with Mary Walsh, Executive Director of "End Sexual Violence"
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The Plain Truth, February 5, 2025
Thursday, 6 February 2025
Febuary in this province is considered Violence Prevention Month. This week's guest is Allison Caines, Violence Prevention Coordinator with the Corner Brook Status of Women's Council.
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The Plain Truth, January 22, 2025
Thursday, 23 January 2025
This week host Sarah Parsons from The Corner Brook Status of Woman's Council speaks with Crystal Green, Social Worker, Counsellor and Assist Trainer in Corner Brook.
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The Plain Truth, January 15, 2025
Thursday, 16 January 2025
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussions about Mental Health and Addictions. We acknowledge that this is a sensitive topic for a lot of people and we hope that you able to find strengh and resilience if you choose to keep listening.
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The Plain Truth, January 8, 2025
Thursday, 9 January 2025
On this episode the topic of conversation is the important service provided in the community by Xavier House.
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The Plain Truth, December 11, 2024
Thursday, 12 December 2024
Dealing with stress during the holidays
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The Plain Truth, December 4, 2024
Thursday, 5 December 2024
Paula Sheppard's guest this week is Helena Hogg, Contract Faculty member at Laurier University and who is also associated with the Acquired Brain Injury Research Lab at The University of Toronto.
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The Plain Truth
The Plain Truth, Wednesday November 13, 2025
Host Paula Sheppard's guest this week is Peter Parsons, Inter-Agency Coordinator with the Community Mental Health Initiative
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