(Starts at 0:55 mark) The NL real estate market is sizzling, as sales have been breaking a five-year record in Central and Western Newfoundland every month this year. we speak with Cory Reid, a real estate agent with Re-Max in Deer Lake. (7:57) Bay St. George has a brand new newspaper. The first edition of the Appalachian hit the streets last week. (16:19) A new hotel and restaurant - made of steel shipping containers - are coming together in Middle Arm on the Baie Verte Peninsula, and (24:47) it's raining meteors... kind of. A physics professor at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University shares the best way to see the Perseid meteor shower happening now.

(Starts at 0:35 mark - *please note intermittent audio issues, lasting 30 seconds to a minute*) The United Nations' report on climate change says time is quickly running out to pull back from the brink, but young people in this province say we can still do "a lot" to turn things around. (14:54) The Town of Springdale is having a tough time dealing with a local doctor shortage, and (23:02) "to mask or not to mask?" After the public health rules changed this week, reporter James Grudic hit the streets, put on a mask, and took on the task to ask.

Volunteers in the Bay of Islands north shore community of Meadows have been cutting trees, clearing a new ATV trail and building a slipway. They're making it easier to be out in boat or out on bike. Here to have a yarn about all that hard work is Sandra Legge, who works with the Town of Meadows and volunteers with the ATV trail committee.

(Starts at 0:52 mark) NL lifted its mask requirements for indoor public spaces as of today, but Coleman's grocery store chain welcome its staff and customers to keep using them. (7:14) After a lifetime of ministry, author and former RC priest Nick Galliott O'Keeffe says his church betrayed him, the same way it betrayed victims of sexual abuse. (14:55) Insect taxidermist catches the bug "bug," and (19:51) after 18 months in a U.S. hotel, Americans Mark and Linda Wilkoff are finally checking out and heading to the Northern Peninsula community they call home.

(Starts at 0:59) As NL prepares to lift its requirement for Covid-19 masks as of 12:01am, Tuesday, we get reaction from the owners of Newfound Sushi and Silver Scissors in Corner Brook, as well as Total Body Fitness in Gander, (12:16) Canadian Paralympic swimmer Katarina Roxon of Kippens is in Vancouver, preparing to compete in Tokyo this month, (18:30 the Town of Deer Lake puts up life-sized cutouts of kids with "slow down" signs on the sides of the streets, and (24:38) the Nature Conservancy of Canada studies moose to gauge the animals' effect on the environment.

(Starts at 0:56 mark) A new video project is about to make the rocks of Western Newfoundland even more famous than they already are, (9:00) a rural development student is studying charities in Newfoundland and Labrador to figure out what they need to keep doing their work, (15:45) Gander is hosting its first ever dog agility competition, and (21:52) a DJ and event planner in Western Newfoundland is glad to see that people in this province are now allowed to dance in public venues like bars and restaurants.

The push was on for two blacksmiths to finish a giant sculpture on a beach on Fogo Island. Ian Gillies and Marc Fiset had spent two weeks working on a 17-foot (5.18m)-long fish skeleton made of metal as part of the first-ever Burning Rock Festival. Now, they only had a few days to get it done - and with wild turkeys gathering round to watch!

The father of a man illegally detained by police says his son and their family need closure, the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association weighs in on physician shortages in rural Newfoundland and Labrador as well as "virtual care" emergency rooms, the congregation at the oldest original church building in Grand Falls-Windsor. prepares to re-open it after a 2019 fire closed it down, and from shuffleboard to pickleball, a new rec area in Gander has something for everyone.

(0:53) Dr. David Carroll talks about virtual emergency room service across Central Health region, (11:05) student arborist Victoria Hynes tells us why birch trees are yellowing early, (18:50) Food First NL launches the Western NL Food Hub, (26:22) Martine and Isaac Blue retrace Farley Mowat sailing routes for sailing show Floating After Farley.

(1:08) A photography project from Grenfell's art school showcases long term care residents, (7:12) Nancy Pearson picks up garbage from beaches and helps develop Eyesea app, (18:23) Mark Lane discusses changes on the horizon for aquaculture in N.L., (25:22) Blair Bursey recaps Blainville QC golf tournament and looks forward to the future.