Information Morning Fredericton

This week on Books and Backroads, Cindy Grant visited St. Stephen. Katie Gorrie, Brandon Hicks, Kinga McDonald and Tracy Pomeroy are the members of our St. Croix Public Library Books and Backroads bookclub, and they read Zoe Fitch's debut novel 42nd Wave. It explores a new economy in 2031 that is based on bartering and community, and our book club members say if it could work anywhere it would be Charlotte County.

In 1985, a Shediac man broke 4 world records by flying a 280-pound plane from Moncton to Newfoundland. Now, he's rebuilding it, piece by piece, for Moncton's Resurgo Place. Summer host Khalil Akhtar spoke to Ralph Pritchard. 

Have you ever taken a hike with a goat? John Fletcher is a Miramichi therapist and farmer. He says it's an animal therapy method that is working for his clients. CBC's Katelin Belliveau spent a morning at Fletcher's Farm.

​180 scientists from around the world are at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton this week to talk about Isotopes. CBC's Prapti Bamaniya spoke to ​Sora Kim, a professor at the University of California Merced and Brian Hayden, a professor in the biology department at UNB.

​It took a New Brunswick birder 61 years of bird-watching to build a list of ​the 400 species​ of birds he's spotted.​ Summer host Khalil Akhtar spoke to Jim Wilson​ about some of those birds.

​​New Brunswick police are warning about an extremely potent opioid in the province. ​S​ummer host Khalil Akhtar spoke to ​Shawn Bugden, dean of Memorial University's School of Pharmacy, about the dangers of carfentanil and what can can done to address the opioid crisis in Canada.

​Our Roadside History columnist James Upham takes us to Gondola Point on the Kennebecasis river, and looks back at the man who developed an underwater-cable system that still pulls ferries across the water everyday 125 years later.

​A Fredericton woman is the oldest contestant ever to walk across the stage at the Miss Universe Canada Pageant​. Summer host Khalil Akhtar spoke to Lorraine Peters about what that was like, and why being the oldest person there was so important for the industry.

We hear what it took to turn private land into a nature preserve in Grande-Digue, before developers got a hold of it. CBC's Jonna Brewer spoke to Jean-Claude Gagnon, president of the Sentier Pluriel de Grande-Digue.

​A housing crisis has amped up tensions between tenants and landlords​. ​S​ummer host Khalil Akhtar spoke to CBC reporter Ioanna Roumeliotis​ about her latest investigation into bad faith evictions. Then we looked at the situation in New Brunswick with Peter Jongeneelen​, co-chair of ACORN New Brunswick.