A sunny but crisp winter’s morning takes a tragic turn after two ships collide in Halifax Harbour. The calm of a south end Halifax summer’s evening is shattered by a murderous teenage boy. A young university student fumbles with his camera during a once-in-a-lifetime personal encounter with Queen Elizabeth. A reporter journeys down a rural Newfoundland highway to rendezvous with a young man he has never heard of but soon to be recognized as a Canadian icon.Eyewitness: Atlantic Cana...

Behind the Mic takes the reader into radio newsrooms and on the air from the 1970s and on. It details some of the region’s major events from the Saint John jail fire to the Westray Mine explosion. Readers will also learn about the inner workings of a news department and those who bring us the news each day.