With close to 50 years in the broadcast industry in Atlantic Canada, Rick Howe has been there, seen it and done it. As a reporter he has covered spectacular murder trials, riots and disasters. Howe has covered labour strikes, police investigations and politics at both the municipal and provincial levels. As a talk show host he has interviewed federal politicians like Stephen Harper and Jack Layton, celebrities like Natalie MacMaster and Loretta Swit, commentators like Michael Harris and Parker Donham, authors like Bernard Cornwell and Stephen Kimber, and many others involved in the daily events that affect the lives of Atlantic Canadians. Howe’s open hours each weekday also provided opportunities for citizens to discuss everyday issues.

Howe also wrote a weekly opinion column for the Daily News newspaper for 8 years. As well, he has been a guest analyst for CBC and CTV in Halifax and is the author of Radio Talk, his first book, published in 2008.

Rick Howe is a long-time radio news broadcaster and reporter and has covered events for nearly five decades in Atlantic Canada. He has been a reporter, a news anchor, a news director and for over 20 years hosted the region’s most listened to radio talk show. Howe retired in September 2021 and lives with the love of his life, former television journalist Yvonne Colbert, on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.

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