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Good Medicine | Sabrina Spencer | CFNR News Reporter
In this episode of Good Medicine, we sit down with Sabrina Spencer, as she shares how she found her voice - and why she uses it to lift the stories of Indigenous communities. Guided by the teachings of her father, a hereditary chief and preacher, Sabrina speaks about integrity, truth-telling, and the responsibility of ...
Dec 08, 2025

Good Medicine with Lyana Patrick | Nechako
In this episode of Good Medicine, we speak with Stellat'en First Nation filmmaker Lyana Patrick about her feature documentary Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again, now streaming across Canada through the National Film Board. The film tells the story of the Nechako River, which was permanently altered when the Kenney D...
Dec 02, 2025

Good Medicine | Teddy Anderson | Medicine Wheel Publishing
This week on Good Medicine with Teddy Anderson-visionary founder of Medicine Wheel Publishing and a champion for creating safe, sovereign spaces for Indigenous authors and illustrators. Teddy's brings a rare perspective shaped by cultural survival, matriarchal leadership, and a deep sense of responsibility. Teddy found...
Nov 25, 2025

Good Medicine | Wanda John-Kehewin
In this episode of Good Medicine, Wanda John-Kehewin invites us into the sacred territory where storytelling becomes healing. For her, writing is more than craft - it is ceremony, truth-telling, and a pathway back to self. She shares how the page has become a place to process, to reconnect, and to reclaim what was near...
Nov 17, 2025

Good Medicine | Dr Jackson Pind
This week on Good Medicine, we chat with Dr. Jackson Pind - a mixed settler-Anishinaabe historian and professor of Indigenous methodologies at Trent University - about his groundbreaking work on Indian Day Schools in Canada. Through his research and new book, Students by Day: Colonialism and Resistance at the Curve Lak...
Nov 10, 2025

CFNR Reporter Kobie Smith Interviews Hayley Wallis about her Newley released song called Better Than This
CFNR Reporter Kobie Smith talks with Hayley Wallis, She's from the Kitasoo Xais Xais Nation Heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, Wallis is a singer and songwriter based in Vancouver. Wallis has just released her new song called Better Than This, and Smith talks with Hayley about the song and what it means to her. To lis...
Nov 07, 2025

Good Medicine | Alison Stewart Leason | Nisga'a Valley Health Authority
Today, we explore The Healing Power of Connection with Alison Stewart Leason of the Nisga'a Valley Health Authority. Her work reminds us that healing is found in listening, compassionate presence, and the sacred connection to both people and place. Alison speaks about the power of creating safe spaces, offering support...
Nov 03, 2025

Good Medicine | Leigh Joseph | The Land Knows Me
In this episode of Good Medicine, we sit down with Leigh Joseph, a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh ethnobotanist, author, and community activist from British Columbia, to explore the profound relationships between people, plants, and the land. Leigh bridges traditional Indigenous plant knowledge with contemporary science, nurtu...
Oct 29, 2025

Good Medicine | Melanie Bazin | CTRI
This week on Good Medicine with Melanie Bazin...In this interview, Melanie Bazin, Director of Indigenous Services at the Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute (CTRI), shares her personal journey and professional work centered around land-based wellness and trauma-informed care. Melanie, who is a Red River Metis from Man...
Oct 29, 2025

Good Medicine | Carol Rose GoldenEagle | Mother Nature: My Favourite Artist
In this episode of Good Medicine, we spend time with Cree and Dene author, poet, artist, and cultural leader Carol Rose GoldenEagle. Carol reflects on her early life, her career in journalism, and her transition into a full-time writing life grounded in resilience, identity, and creativity. She shares the inspirations ...
Sep 22, 2025
