Information Morning Fredericton

A group of grade 12 students at Ecole Sainte-Anne are growing their own vegetables and herbs in the hallway, which they'll eventually hand over to the school's cooking class. We hear about some of the sustainability projects in Monique Poirier's environmental sciences class this semester.

Tim Yerxa has a Playhouse preview of Nico Paulo's show.

NB Lung is urging the province to create a program that would fund contract work to get radon out of homes. ​Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Melanie Langill​e​, president of NB Lung​. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-lung-radon-1.7183474

When the prime minister challenged premiers to pitch him an alternative to the carbon tax, Premier Blaine Higgs was ready. Higgs says Justin Trudeau needs to look at "the big picture." But there are many obstacles to Higgs' plan, both here and internationally. Our provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras has the story. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/why-blaine-higgs-big-picture-emissions-plan-long-odds-1.7180911

​Thefts from cars are down slightly​, but the theft OF ​cars is up. ​Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Fredericton Police chief Martin Gaudet about recent crime statistics released by the Fredericton Police Department.

Take a seed, leave a seed. A group of students at Ecole Sainte-Anne launched a grainotheque​, it's a seed library inside their actual library at school. ​J​eanne Armstrong dropped by the school for a look.

​Jeanne Armstrong spoke to author and journalist Sarah Cox, who travelled the country gathering stories from the front lines of species and habitat protection.

​Cases of animal neglect and even cruelty are on the rise in this province, according to the New Brunswick SPCA. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to animal protection officer Tony Porter to get a sense of the numbers.

We take you back in time to the era of the Lucky Lunch, a popular diner in the 80s, to remember the beloved owner, Rocky Leung, who died last week. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Roger Shannon, who knew him well.

​An 8 night all expenses paid trip to London and Paris by the tourism minister and her deputy minister is raising some eyebrows.​ CBC's Robert Jones has been looking into this. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/yennah-hurley-tourism-deputy-largest-expense-1.7179159