Information Morning Moncton

​With back-to-school around the corner, our House Doctor wanted to hear from kids. What questions do children have for a doctor? Get ready to hear about acne, double-joints, wrinkly fingers, and more. Jeanne Armstrong got the answers from Dr. Raj Bhardwaj.

The heart and stroke foundation's ​Defibrillator Subsidy ​program aims to improve the availability and accessibility of the automated external defibrillator. We'll hear more about the program at the top of the show.​ Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Beverly Furrow ​w​ith Heart & Stroke NB​.

​Premier Blaine Higgs is urging a family not to name the nurses involved in a case where a family member died in a Fredericton hospital waiting room. Raechel Huizinga spoke to Jonathan Shapiro to get some background into what comes with that decision. He's a teaching fellow at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

The federal government will reduce the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Aditya Rao, board member of the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre, about what that could mean here in New Brunswick.

Skateboarders in Edmundston have a new place to hang out this summer. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Maxime Malo with the city about what kind of traffic the new park is getting.

They're stocked up on pencils, markers and notebooks, but they'd really like some more backpacks. A food bank in Fredericton is putting that call out, a week out from the first day of school. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Greener Village CEO Alex Boyd about their backpack program.

Municipal, provincial and federal politicians planted shovels in the dirt in Saint John yesterday to declare construction underway for the revitalized New Brunswick Museum. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Tracy Clinch, chair of the museum board, about the journey from here.

Jonna Brewer takes us to the Serenity Garden at a Hospice in Moncton, as part of our Works of Heart series.

New Brunswick has declared a province-wide outbreak of whooping cough. Acting chief medical officer of health Dr. Yves Léger speaks with host Jeanne Armstrong about the highly-contagious disease.

Two groups in Moncton are working to offer new safe spaces for 2SLGBTQ+ people . The CBC’s Raechel Huizinga walks us through the changing social scene for 2SLGBTQ+ people in Moncton.