It's much more than food tours, and rural Canada has so many delicious experiences to offer. This week Jamie Reaume of Country Heritage Park tells us what we're missing. New to the pod? Every week Helen Murphy, a rural newspaper editor ...

Historic Sherbrooke Village is a living museum, an interactive neighbourhood of the 1860’s – the era of tall ships and gold mining on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. But today it has a bold new plan for the future, one that includes teaching rural skil...

An innovative program in Ontario is reversing negative trends in one of Canada's highest youth unemployment areas.New to the pod? Every week Helen Murphy, a rural newspaper editor and entrepreneur, invites guests to share fresh thinking, suc...

This week we look at three isolated Acadian communities and their fight to protect, preserve and celebrate their cultural heritage. In recent years, technology is helping. Have a listen!New to the pod? Every week Helen Murphy, a rural newspa...

Many rural communities in Canada were originally established in response to a local natural resource. Since then, the natural resource sector has drastically changed due to technological advances, urbanization and market access. Today w...

Today we’re talking about creating opportunities and breaking down barriers through the social economy. Michael Toye from CCEDNET tells us how finding new ways to do business can empower people and lift up communities.New to the pod? Every w...

Milan Wall has discovered “clues” to rural community survival and prosperity through research done by the Heartland Center for Leadership Development in Nebraska. As co-director of the Center, Wall shares with Rural Spark how people can revitalize t...

A town of just over 4,000 in Southern Alberta is on track to become Canada's first solar-powered net zero community. Greg Robinson is the Director of Community and Economic Development in Raymond, AB. He joins us to shed some light on where the...

A young entrepreneur-turned-mayor is credited with driving the renewal of a historic town that's bucking the downward trends in Newfoundland and Labrador. In this episode we talk to Bonavista Mayor John Norman about how his small town transformed in...

Learn how the Prince Edward Island Connectors Program gets immigrant entrepreneurs and investors out into its rural communities to meet local innovators. New to the pod? Every week Helen Murphy, a rural newspaper editor and entrepreneur...