Information Morning Fredericton

The city is working on a new Recreation and Leisure master plan and wants to know what Fredericton residents want. There was a public engagement workshop yesterday. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to discussion facilitator Jon Hack to get the highlights.

We told you yesterday about a Moncton man who had his 1992 Honda Prelude stolen from his driveway. The number of car thefts in the Maritimes has been on the rise lately. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Brian Gast, VP of investigative services with Équité Association, about who's doing it, why it's rampant and how to prevent it.

Child and Youth Advocate Kelly Lamrock says nothing is more important than learning to read by the end of Grade 3, and in New Brunswick we're heading in the wrong direction.

Hundreds of attendees from everywhere in the Wabanaki homelands met at the Fredericton Convention Centre for an event called "The Language Will Weave Us Together." A weekend filled with music, conversations and speakers all to discuss revitalization of the Wabanaki languages. Information morning team, Myfanwy Davies and Prapti Bamaniya were there.

It was two months ago that New Brunswick's Social Development Minister said the plan was to open what it calls "out-of-the-cold hubs" in Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John. Warren Maddox, executive director of the Fredericton Homeless Shelters, isn't running the new hub - but he is part of the larger plan to keep people who are experiencing homelessness safe this winter. He sat down with the CBC's Aidan Cox.

​She was an institution in Oromocto. Faye Tidd​, the longtime mayor of the town died last week. The current mayor ​Bob Powell, shared ​his memories of Faye Tidd​.

The number of RCMP officers policing our province is going up​, and despite reports from communities that property crime is worse than ever​m, criminology professor Michael Boudreau​ says data shows crime in this province is actually declining.

​A conference in Fredericton this weekend will examine some of the ways Wabanaki languages are being revived and taught to ​the next generation of speakers.​ Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Natasha Simon​,​ director of the Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey centre at UNB​, and Miigam'agan​, the Elder in residence at St. Thomas University.

A group of alternative media outlets are taking action to counter the effects of the Online News Act. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Andre Goulet with Harbinger Media. He's one of the creators of Unrigged.ca

Corporal Hans Ouellette spoke to CBC reporter Aidan Cox yesterday about a plan to add RCMP officers in regions around the province. We hear part of that conversation, and then Jeanne Armstrong spoke to the mayor of Grand Lake, Kevin Nicklin.