Information Morning Fredericton

Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Tim Yerxa about Ballet Edmonton and their upcoming show at the Fredericton Playhouse. 

​The weather is favouring sap production earlier than normal this year. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Dumfries Maples tapper ​Simon Mitchell who has been busy tapping trees so he can start making ​maple syrup.

Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Jamie Gillies, a professor of communications and public policy at St. Thomas University, about Jeff Carr's departure. That's now 5 PC MLA's that won't be re-offering in the next election.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/pc-ministers-jeff-carr-politics-1.7127154

Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Premier Blaine Higgs about the $300 workers benefit, travel nurses and when we should expect a provincial election.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/higgs-complains-negative-coverage-affordability-payments-1.7126184

​W​e get an update ​o​n the sexual violence oversight teams that have been working with several municipal police forces in the province. The teams have been looking into how police treat victims of sexual assault and make recommendations on how to improve the process​. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Jennifer Richard​, director of ​strategic ​development for Sexual Violence New Brunswick​.

Electric vehicles are not completely immune to the bitter cold, but that shouldn't be a deal breaker. ​J​eanne Armstrong spoke to Carl Duivenvoorden​,​ a sustainability consultant and an EV driver himself.

Have you heard of GeoGuessr? It's a game where contestants try to guess a location on a global map, with the help of a single photo. Paul Adams is a middle school teacher. He tells us about this weekend's GeoGuessr World Cup in Sweden, and how he uses the game in his own classroom. 

​A prenatal clinic in Fredericton is seeing enormous success. ​Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Dr. Christa Mullaly, an obstetrician​-gynecologist at the Chalmers Hospital​, and one of the obstetricians working at the new clinic​.

​A sign marking the Meduxnekeag Valley nature preserve​ went missing earlier this week. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to George Peabody, an administrator at the preserve, who says it is an act of vandalism.

Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Janet Flowers, the new affordable housing development coordinator overseeing hundreds of new housing builds in the city of Fredericton.