Information Morning Fredericton

Brooklyn Douthwright is going to the Olympics this summer. Clare MacKenzie spoke to the swimmer from Riverview, her mother, and Olympian Marianne Limpert. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/swimmer-olympics-marianne-limpert-brooklyn-douthwright-danielle-dorris-1.7211310

CBC's ​J​acques Poitras takes a look at the lobbyists who worked for one of the companies supplying travel nurses to the New Brunswick health care system​, including one lobbyist who is a former colleague of Premier Blaine Higgs.  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/former-mla-brian-macdonald-travel-nurse-lobbyist-1.7211180

Gardeners across the province are impatiently waiting to put flowers and vegetables in the beds. Our gardening guru George Scott came into the studio to answer your gardening questions.

​D​r. Peter Lin brings us his reflections on the value of sleep to our health. That includes helping patients get a good night's sleep while in hospital. 

Trees are being planted as restoration projects, but it's not as easy to find the seeds to make those trees. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Donnie McPhee, a coordinator from the National Seed Center, about how they plan to bring more seeds back into the picture. 

​Two New Brunswick swimmers will have the opportunity to make a splash on the international stage this summer in Paris, after qualifying for ​Team Canada in both the Olympics and Paralympics. ​Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Jodie Lowe, a Fredericton swim official who was there for their big wins over the weekend.

​There's an intersection in downtown Fredericton that is a trouble spot for drivers of large trucks. 10 trucks in 10 years have collided with the overpass at Queen and Waterloo. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Trevor Hanson, a UNB civil engineering professor, about potential solutions. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.4233559

Every spring, summer students and staff at the city plant everything from oaks to flowering crab trees on residential streets and at city parks. We hear how that every day work is part of a larger strategy to fight climate change.

We take a closer look at UNB's accessibility standards, after failing to provide any way for a graduate in a wheelchair to get on stage to receive his diploma. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Jeremy MacDonald, an expert on UNB's history with accessibility. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/unb-law-graduation-wheelchair-accessibility-1.7207486

Artist Stephen Hutchings creates large scale pieces and right now, he's working on a painting that is 10 feet tall and 40 feet long. Jeanne Armstrong stopped into his studio in Florenceville-Bristol to see it.