The U.S. is seeing an uptick in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths... but the situation in Canada is a bit murkier. Our health columnist joins us with the latest. (The CBC's Adam Walsh with Dr. Iris Gorfinkel)

We meet a musician and music executive who's taking a break to bicycle across Canada while collecting the songs that mean the most to all of us... and he's looking for your suggestions to help fill out the interactive map. (Martin Jones with Aengus Finnan)

Celebrate Folk Fest weekend... all week long! The NL Folk Festival is expanding - and the first event gets underway tonight. We find out what's happening as we roll into the big weekend, the changes put in place for this year's event... and how ticket sales are shaping up. (The CBC's Adam Walsh with the NL Folk Arts Society's outgoing and incoming executive directors, Julie Vogt and Diana Daly)

This weekend, the social enterprise group Fishing For Success is hosting a Seal Celebration at Island Rooms of Petty Harbour. In advance of that, we welcome a researcher and an Inuk Elder to the On The Go studio for a chat about the harms caused by anti-sealing groups to the fishery... and how seal remains an essential part of our culture and heritage. (Krissy Holmes with Danita Catherine Burke and Danny Pottle)

This weekend, comic book fans and pop culture geeks are gathering at the Sheraton Hotel for Avalon Expo's Summer Comic Con and Pop-Culture Festival. The CBC's Abby Cole went down and to check it out.

The premier reflects on the deeply emotional journey to bring home our Unknown Soldier... and what it's meant to him to become next of kin for that fallen Newfoundlander. (Krissy Holmes with Premier Andrew Furey)

Tractor trailers are barrelling down narrow residential streets in downtown St. John's... and neighbourhood residents are fed up. We hear from one of those residents in the Waterford Bridge Road-Old Topsail Road area, and also get some response from the ward councillor. (On The Go's Abby Cole with Patricia Walsh-Warren, Abby Cole with Ward 3 councillor Jamie Korab)

This weekend's Avalon Expo special guest is a Canadian voice actress... most well-known for her role as the voice of Caillou and as Mavis in Hotel Transylvania: The Series. She'll be demonstrating some of her voice acting chops for visitors to the Expo... so we thought it would be fun to reach her ahead of time for a preview. (Krissy Holmes with Bryn McAuley)

The PC shadow minister of Health says the provincial government's plan to add more freezer space for more unclaimed bodies is "completely outrageous." We talk to him about that... as well as about his hot seat: Avalon Liberal MP Ken McDonald says he won't be running federally... but hasn't ruled out running for that CBS seat provincially. (Krissy Holmes with Conception Bay South MHA Barry Petten)

Voices ring through the city! We hear the World Youth Choir Alumni, who take to the stage this evening as part of the Harbour Voices Festival. (On The Go's Jo-Ann Dooley with choir members)