# Lenore Newman

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On the Nanaimo Bar Trail

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Certain foods are named for the places they come from, but many foods acquire place-based names for quite different reasons. This episode peels back the layers of that oh-so-Canadian treat, the Nanaimo Bar. Lenore Newman fills us in on his history and heritage, while also commenting on the quasi-l‮…

What if your favourite food became extinct?

It is possible. Flavours have been lost to the past, as culinary physicist Lenore Newman explains. She points to the extinction of the passenger pigeon — a species numbering in the billions throughout North America — as an example. In 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died at the Cincinnati‮…

Pt 2 | What the River Wants to Be

For thousands of years, estuaries were central to Indigenous agriculture on the West Coast. Then, when colonists arrived, they diked many of these ecosystems to create western farmland. Now, Cowichan Tribes is working with a group of scientists and conservationists to restore an estuary as an ecos‮…

Ottawa invests $3.2 billion towards food production and affordability

Ottawa invests $3.2 billion towards food production and affordability (0:57) Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley Inside The House (16:27) Keith Baldrey, Global B.C. Legislative Bureau Chief Our Energy Future: Building another pipel‮…

Canadian wildfires rage — and so do U.S. Republicans

Wildfire evacuations can spike with a moment’s notice, but is this country equipped to handle it? Federal Minister of Emergency Management Eleanor Olszewski responds to accusations that Ontario and Ottawa failed some communities hit by fires this week, and attacks from U.S. lawmakers who say Canad‮…

The Jas Johal Show: Aug. 19, 2026

Dad Pays the Price for Son’s E-Scooter Ride (0:47) Sgt. Michael McLaughlin, Media Relations Officer with the B.C Highway Patrol Trump's tariffs paused: The latest on Canada/U.S. trade negotiations (8:31) Mackenzie Gray, Global News Ottawa correspondent A New Plan to Boost B.C.’s Food Suppl‮…

A New Plan to Boost B.C.’s Food Supply...on Farmland

Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jas Johal Show: Oct. 7, 2026

Ottawa Shuts the Door on MAID for Mental Illness (0:43) Daphne Gilbert, Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, and Chair of Dying with Dignity’s Board of Directors Did an Election Call Cost B.C. Its Share of Federal Food Money? (15:07) Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agricultur‮…

Did an Election Call Cost B.C. Its Share of Federal Food Money?

Lenore Newman, Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute, University of the Fraser Valley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices