Information Morning Fredericton

Watershed monitor Mireille Chalifour explains how invasive species like aquarium snails are getting into local ecosystems.

Ultramarathoner Kelsey Hogan of Fredericton will charm and inspire you as she limbers up for a whopper of a race through the Alps.

Harm reduction advocate Julie Dingwell of Avenue B in Saint John comments after a fatal overdose in Fredericton involving bromazolam.

​With back-to-school around the corner, our House Doctor wanted to hear from kids. What questions do children have for a doctor? Get ready to hear about acne, double-joints, wrinkly fingers, and more. Jeanne Armstrong got the answers from Dr. Raj Bhardwaj 

​Premier Blaine Higgs is urging a family not to name the nurses involved in a case where a family member died in a Fredericton hospital waiting room. Raechel Huizinga spoke to Jonathan Shapiro to get some background into what comes with that decision. He's a teaching fellow at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

The heart and stroke foundation's ​Defibrillator Subsidy ​program aims to improve the availability and accessibility of the automated external defibrillator. We'll hear more about the program at the top of the show.​ Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Beverly Furrow ​w​ith Heart & Stroke NB​.

When you think of The Royal Canadian Legion, maybe you think of poppy campaigns, Remembrance Day ceremonies, events at legion halls. But its work involves much more. Delegates from across the country are in Saint John this week, to talk about the future of that work. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Berkley Lawrence, the newly elected Dominion president of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Pomp and circumstance, and victory. A bagpiping band with some New Brunswick talent just won big at the Worlds in Glasgow last weekend. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Jeremy White of Fredericton, he's a drummer with North Stratton Pipe Band. 

The federal government will reduce the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Aditya Rao, board member of the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre, about what that could mean here in New Brunswick.

Skateboarders in Edmundston have a new place to hang out this summer. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Maxime Malo with the city about what kind of traffic the new park is getting.