Our birder talks bird names with author Susan Myers.

It's St. Patrick's Day and two New Brunswick cities claim to be uniquely Irish places to live. Saint John bills itself as Canada's Most Irish City. And Miramichi calls itself the Irish Capital of Canada. We talk to Paddy Quinn, a city councillor in Miramichi.

While plans for Fredericton's new performing arts centre are almost complete, the city is asking for the public's help in finalizing some last details. We talk with Tim Yerxa, executive director of the Playhouse.

Some new research from Dalhousie University is helping ocean scientists better understand the whereabouts of North Atlantic Right Whales. We talk with Delphine Durette-Morin, an assistant scientist for the Canadian Whale Institute.

Property tax increases for two New Brunswick mills have been undone. The province will now credit them 700K. Why the change? The CBC's Bob Jones will join us with details.

As one air travel route gets set to end in New Brunswick, a new one is taking its place. Discount airline Lynx Air will start operating out of Fredericton this summer. What's the longevity though? We'll get some analysis from industry watcher Duncan Dee.

Symphony New Brunswick is incorporating a little mystery and detective work into a series of performances later this week. The concert is called Whodunnit? And it features a mystery composer and a mystery symphony at the end. The audience's job is to try and figure it out. We'll get more details from SNB's music director Mélanie Léonard.

A new provincial election map for New Brunswick is almost finished. An independent commission filed its final report today, bringing the process close to the finish line. Provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras joins us to lay it all out.

It's been about a year since the H5N1 strain of avian flu was first confirmed in this province. We reach Megan Jones, a professor of wildlife and anatomic pathology at the Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI, for an update.

Our birder speaks with author Susan Myers about her book Bird Name Book: A History of English Bird Names.