It's not only plants appearing this year as spring in the province ramps up: We'll also be seeing plant-focused people popping up in St. John's for the Canadian Botanical Association's annual conference starting Tuesday. We get details from the associate producer in MUN's Biology department who's the organizer of the "Botany on The Rock" conference. (Krissy Holmes with Julissa Roncal)

Would you recognize a tick bite if you saw it? On the Go's health contributor brings us some advice about tick season and lyme disease... a potentially serious infection caused by the bites. (Krissy Holmes with Dr. Iris Gorfinkel)

The Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival launches its 25th anniversary year with musical collaborations and a tour starting Tuesday in Labrador. The festival's co-artistic director and three of the members of the trio headed to "The Big Land" join us in the On The Go studio. (Krissy Holmes with Nancy Dahn, violinist Arian Vriens, pianist Esmee Gilbert and cellist Emma Schmiedecke)

We meet a teenager from Change Islands who's just been named "Ocean Hero of the Year" for his swift action to protect the ocean environment. (Krissy Holmes with Brody King)

Crime reporters are competing for a brand new award this year that honours the late Mike Critch - a famous journalist from these parts - known as "Mr. Crime" himself. We investigate why Mike's son Mark Critch created the award when he joins us in the On The Go studio. (Krissy Holmes with Mark Critch)

Trends from western Canada eventually find their way east... and that includes in the energy market. We welcome an energy industry expert from Alberta to the On The Go studio to talk about where she sees the energy industry in this province going. (Krissy Holmes with Jackie Forrest, executive director of the ARC Energy Research Institute in Calgary)

Students in Rigolet find their musical groove writing a new song with members of Labrador's Silver Wolf Band... and a new CBC documentary throws light on life in the community. We speak with Silver Wolf Band's vocalist/pianist and the principal of Northern Lights Academy in Rigolet. (Krissy Holmes with Matthew Barrett and Chelsea Flowers)

Some speech therapists in the province are working remotely for the Northwest Territories because NL Health Services isn't hiring.,, despite two-year waitlists. The CBC's Jenna Head has been looking into the situation, and drops by the On The Go studio with details. (Krissy Holmes with Jenna Head)

Members of the Screaming Eagles from the Port au Port Peninsula held a peaceful protest at the Energy NL conference in St. John's this week. They wanted to draw attention to the impact of World Energy GH2 wind-to-hydro development projects. We spoke with a couple of of them outside the St. John's Convention Centre on Wednesday. (Krissy Holmes with Cornie Torte and Sandra Woolridge from Picadilly)

it's an epic rematch as the Edmonton Oilers face off against the Florida Panthers for Lord Stanley's Cup. Can Edmonton take it to the finish line and end a 32-year Canadian drought? We check in with an Oilers superfan in Conception Bay South. (Krissy Holmes with Stephen Pretty)