June is Pride month and CBC Newfoundland Morning is featuring a "People You Should Know" series, focusing on members of the LGBTQ+ community in NL. They're doing something extraordinary for the places where they live, stepping up and making a difference. Trevor Taylor is an educator, LGBTQ+ advocate, and co-founder of Fogo Island Pride.

(Starts at 0:57) Municipal Affairs minister encourages young people to run for NL town councils this fall, (7:27) vandals damage a Gander property for the third time in five days, (15:40) Volunteer who helps restore heritage properties on the Northern Peninsula is working to re-purpose a former community store, and (24:06) the RCMP in Port Aux Basques invites area schoolchildren to make artwork for a safe driving campaign.

(Starts at 0:54) Mi'kmaw group in Gander is having a hard time keeping up with the heavy demand for its programs, (7:27) NL's privacy commissioner says his office and government are working to make sure people's information is handled responsibly during the pandemic, (13:34) a travel tour coordinator from Corner Brook was laid off, but used the opportunity to publish a book, and (22:33) at the age of 14, Gander's Brianna Ricketts was one of Canada's youngest female pilots to fly solo. We check in to see how her career is going.

For this week's "Havin' a Yarn" feature, we take you to L'anse Au Clair, a town near the Labrador-Quebec border as the town prepares for summer to start. Chad Letto is the mayor and owns a business.

Connecting Mi'kmaw youth with Elders via social media; a Newfoundlander, now living in Calgary is anxious to return home; Dalhousie researcher says a proposed sugar tax isn't as sweet as it seems; and Buddy Wasisname is writing his first musical for the theatre.

The province has a plan to re-open, but the teachers' union says it still needs to pay attention to preventing the spread of COVID-19 in school, Western Health is looking at its options for how to get clothes clean once the new hospital opens in Corner Brook - and that has CUPE NL's president worried, Gander comedian Matt Wright talks about his nomination at the Juno Awards this weekend, and a Corner Brook dancer has won one of the most prestigious awards in the Atlantic Canadian dance world.

(Starts at 1:00) 215 paper hearts - one for every child whose remains are believed to buried near the residential school in Kamlooops, BC. Students at Point Leamington Academy made the artwork to honour their memory. (9:00) Atlantic Canada airports are thrilled that the NL government plans to reopen the province to travelers by Canada Day, (16:32) a City of Corner Brook engineering official tells us how to navigate the new traffic roundabout, and (24:04) imagine a world where art is saved purely on your hard drive, not in frames on your walls. We explore the world of art and N-F-Ts (don't worry, we'll explain it all!).

(Starts at 1:04) Leader of NunatuKavut Inuit group in Labrador says Kamloops residential school has sparked a difficult but important national conversation about reconciliation, (10:52) new commemorative garden on Majestic Lawn in Corner Brook honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. (20:08) Communities in the Bay of Islands area prepare to celebrate Pride Month, (26:51) the NL government gives two species of bat special protection under the endangered species act, and (33:43) a Corner Brook teenager starts a charity organization, Holidays for Hope, to help people in need.

The town of St. Lunaire-Griquet is just north of St. Anthony on the Great Northern Peninsula. The community has a lot to show off -- from its rich history, to its interesting people. Terry Hedderson lives in St. Lunaire-Griquet and he manages various businesses there.

(Starts at 0:58) People in NL braced for austerity measures in yesterday's provincial budget, but government didn't cut jobs. Still, the president of CUPE NL is bothered by the lack of details. (8:43) Meanwhile, the chair of Hospitality NL applauds government's 30-million dollar investment in the hospitality industry. (17:48) A group in the province wants people to be more open to psychedelic drugs to treat mental health and addictions, and (27:50) her 14th birthday is coming soon, but the real highlight of June for musician and singer/songwriter Sophie Simms will be the upcoming release of her debut single.