Nick de la Canal
Host, Weekend Edition / ReporterWFAE's Nick de la Canal can be heard on public radio airwaves across the Charlotte region, bringing listeners the latest in local and regional news updates. He's been a part of the WFAE newsroom since 2013, when he began as an intern.
He was nominated in 2023 as one of Charlotte's best radio personalities by the Queen City Nerve's "Best in the Nest" awards. His reporting has covered a vast array of topics, including government, transportation, housing, music, arts and culture, business, and even the paranormal. In 2023, his reporting on state legislation restricting treatments for transgender minors was awarded first place for reporting on social issues by the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. He was awarded second place the same year for the RTDNA's economic / consumer reporting category for breaking the story of a low-income neighborhood purchased by a developer who evicted residents and doubled the rent.
His reporting also contributed the WFAE's first place win in 2023 by the RTDNA for the newsroom's "In Focus: Corridors of Opportunity" series. He contributed to WFAE's Edward R. Murrow award for breaking news coverage following the Keith Scott shooting and protests in September 2016. In addition to filing stories for WFAE, he has filed for NPR's Morning Edition, NPR's All Things Considered, NPR's Latino USA, and BBC Outlook.
He is passionate about serving the community and helping the Charlotte region strive toward a better future. He grew up in Charlotte, graduated from Myers Park High, and received his degree in journalism from Emerson College in Boston. Periodically, he tweets: @nickdelacanal
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After its previous 13-member board resigned en masse, the Charlotte Art League has named a new board and executive director. The leadership change comes after the nonprofit fell behind on rent and received an eviction notice.
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Finding Joy: What happens to orphaned owls? The Carolina Raptor Center has a foster program for thatWhen baby owls are abandoned or their nests destroyed, the Carolina Raptor Center swoops in to rescue them. They provide the chicks with food, shelter and a foster family of sorts.
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Feeling strung out? Maybe this massive long-string harp in First Ward Park can help soothe you with a Friday night performance featuring local performers from around Charlotte.
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Charlotte's art-filled alleyway known as "Luminous Lane" is enhanced with a new musical soundtrack compiled by a local singer-songwriter. It features an original composition inspired by the art.
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For the first time, North Carolina renters will have a statewide organization specifically focused on lobbying for tenants' rights.
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Workers at a racetrack in North Carolina have discovered a hidden space under the grand stand that some say was once a moonshine cave.
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In his first visit to Charlotte since securing the Democratic nomination for governor, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein convened a news conference Wednesday to lay out his and other Democrats' efforts to fight the distribution of fentanyl.
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Richmond Parris, a high school senior in Winston-Salem, reflects on the poem that helped him advance to the national Poetry Out Loud competition in Washington, D.C., set for next month.
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A pair of bald eagles is at the center of a rezoning fight that goes before the Charlotte City Council on Monday that will determine whether a developer can build hundreds of new apartments in Piper Glen.
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The arts organization faces an uncertain future following the resignation of its 13-member board of directors, nearly $200,000 in unpaid rent, and an eviction notice delivered last month.