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In recent weeks we've heard a fair bit about a group of chemicals often referred to as PFAs. We learn more about them with Heidi Pickard, who's been studying these chemicals for 8 years now.

Dieppe choir group Les Jeunes Chanteurs D'Acadie was one of six choirs selected from cross the country to take part in the Canada Carnegie Festival over the weekend. We talk to director Nadine Hébert about their experience.

With the legislature back in session, there's lots for our panel of politics-watchers to dig into, especially when it comes to this province's power future.

Alain Clavette got his hands on a new field guide that will help with near-impossible flycatcher identifications. He'll tell us all about it.

The Mass Casualty Commission's final report had a lot to say about gender-based violence. The report calls the issue an epidemic, and it calls on all aspects of society to treat it as such, including epidemic-level funding. We'll speak with Cathy Holtmann of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence in Fredericton.

Cost is just one of the factors holding up movement on the Atlantic Loop project. So how likely is a financing offer in the federal budget to move the needle? UNB political scientist Heather Millar shares her thoughts.

The long-awaited final report from the Mass Casualty Commission was released today. CBC's Ruth Davenport gives us a rundown of its findings.

We'll check in with Pam Novak at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute. They've just released a Barred Owl that recovered from a collision injury. And they're taking care of a big brown bat that woke up a little early this spring.

How can we get more people working in the trades? While at the same time decreasing barriers for newcomers to access the workforce? A pilot project at NBCC may have an answer - a pilot project designed to help newcomers get into the skilled trades faster if they have some previous experience. We'll speak with Patrick MacKenzie, CEO of the British Columbia non-profit that created the F.A.S.T. program.

We'll get some advice from gardening expert Alyson Chisolm on how to start your spring seeds, and grow the garden of your dreams.