What started as a three hour outing for Alain Clavette this morning quickly stretched out into much more. Our resident birder took along his friend Gabriel Arsenault, who's new to birding. They expected to spot dozens of birds -- and ended up seeing 60 different! Spring is really in swing.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada is downplaying no mow may --- in favour of a more ambitious approach. Just don't mow! And replace the grassy lawn with plants that can feed the pollinators all year long. But that can be a daunting task. Thankfully, host Khalil Akhtar got some tips from local gardener Bob Osborne.

It's baby season for the Atlantic Wildlife Institute. We'll check in with our wildlife expert Pam Novak.

New Brunswick's former minister of education says policy 713 didn't elicit opposition from caucus back when it was introduced. So what has changed since then? Dominic Cardy takes us back to when the policy was signed, and what may have changed in the government's view.

No Mow May has caught on around the world in recent years, but is letting your dandelions grow long really good for the bees? We'll chat with the Nature Conservancy about it.

CBC's resident gaming expert Jonathan Ore has spent dozens of hours playing the much anticipated Tears of the Kingdom. He’s here to tell us if you should play it, too.

A new program from the Saint John newcomers centre will help international students stay in the province post-graduation, by helping them find meaningful employment. We'll get the details from managing director Mohamed Bagha.

The province's four anglophone district education councils may go to court to fight legislation taking away their powers. And they may have a novel constitutional argument on their side. The CBC's Jacques Poitras will bring us that story.

We gather our panel of politics watchers to weigh in on the big stories in provincial politics. In the spotlight this week: Policy 713, and overhauls for both district education councils and regional health boards.

Alain Clavette speaks with the illustrator of a new field guide about flycatchers, a group of birds that are notoriously difficult to identify.