As the tourism season continues, On the Go's Ariyana Gomes joins in on the fun with a group on a walking tour through old St. John's.

The Brigus blueberry festival kicks off tomorrow and coming up we hear how a Harbour Grace bakery is hard at work doing some serious baking! And hint, hint it involves pounds and pounds of blueberries and pastry.

Hundreds waited several hours on the TCH yesterday, following a fatal accident in central. Businesses there were flooded with travellers, especially the Glovertown Irving & Robins Donuts. We spoke with owner Shane Burry.

Rising Tide convenience owner Heather Simms overheard her young staff trying to figure out how they could all to to Pitbull this Saturday night. So, she decided to shut down the store so they could all go.

Candidates for St. John's East were out and about today at the St. John's Regatta. Radio Canada's Patrick Butler spoke with three of them; Liberal incumbent Joanne Thompson, Conservative challenger David Brazil, and NDP candidate Mary Shortall.

CBC reporter Jessica Singer and intern Julia Israel summed up this year's Regatta nicely with some soundscapes from this afternoon.

We checked in with On The Go reporter Ariyana Gomes, who spent the afternoon down at Quidi Vidi Lake for the Royal St. John's Regatta.

It's Come Home Year in the remote coastal town of Francois, and the festival runs from August 7-10. Christine Durnford is President of the Francois Day Committee. She told us how things are coming together.

Energy giants ExxonMobil and Qatar Energy are drilling an exploratory well 500 kilometres east of Newfoundland, in waters about 30 times deeper than those at the province's existing oil projects. Radio Canada's Patrick Butler reached out to industry analyst Rob Strong for more.

The St. John's Regatta is set to kick off tomorrow, and a group of friends are planning to race the Quidi Vidi Lake waters for the first time. We spoke with rower Yousra Abdelhady and coxswaine Kelly Buist.