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Our birder talks bird names with author Susan Myers.

Our political panel reconvenes . This week, we talk about a dead end for LNG, new polls and the premier's future... and we'll talk about electoral boundaries as well.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We reach Branaavan Sivarajah, a postdoctoral fellow at both Mount Allison University and Carleton who is researching microplastics in biosolids, to learn more about what bioplastics like PFAs are.

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