Shift (NB)

Some Canadian healthcare facilities are dropping their mask mandates. Health columnist Dr. Iris Gorfinkel joins us to discuss how this is impacting the spread of COVID-19, and other unpredicted outcomes.

A couple of weeks ago we spoke with the Mayor of Carleton North. That community was moving to create its own municipal police force to replace the RCMP. Now Hartland wants in as well - and there's a meeting planned next week with the public safety minister. We'll speak with the mayor of Hartland.

Last week our panel of politics watchers talked about the coming byelection. Now that it's over they'll weigh in on the results - and other stories from the week.

Alain Clavette will bring us along on an outing he did recently with a novice birder, as they search for ducks.

Stephen Lewis is taking over as director of the camp his parents started more than 30 years ago. Bar None Camp has been closed for nearly 4 years, but it will re-open this summer offering a free camp experience to at-risk kids. Stephen joins us to explain what re-opening the camp means to him.

On Green Shift this week, we'll hear about the Environmental Farm Plan Program. Farmers have been using the process for years to identify possible issues, and learn about ways to improve sustainability.

We continue our look at stargazing this week when we chat with Curt Nason of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Brunswick.

It's still pretty rare to see an electric vehicle on a New Brunswick street, but sales are beginning to pick up steam. If that continues, how prepared is the province in terms of charging infrastructure? The CBC's Robert Jones will join us with that story.

Good news for a loon that hit a light pole in Moncton. Pam Novak at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute has that story, and word on another collision that didn't end so well.

Host Vanessa Vander Valk borrowed a telescope from the library this week for our Library Borrows column. Amateur astronomer Chris Curwin joins us for some stargazing 101 to help her get going.