Shift (NB)

Our birder talks with humorist Aaron Reynolds about his book Effing Birds.

On this week's political panel, The Higgs government has reversed course when it comes to replacing the current French immersion system. The province announced a record budget surplus of more than $862 million dollars. And, the unjust dismissal case that awarded the former head of Horizon $2 million dollars. We talk with Alexandre Boudreau with Acadie Nouvelle,

Michelle Leblanc with Radio-Canada in Moncton and Jacques Poitras, CBC's provincial affairs reporter.

The World Pond Hockey Tournament is taking place for the first time in three years, starting Thursday. We talk to tournament president Danny Braun during all the hustle and bustle.

For the first time in about 20 years, Joe Ross of Fredericton is back in the recording studio. We'll talk with Joe about his return to music and the release of his new single.

Birds are generally well-adapted to our climate, but there's a mourning dove at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute that's suffering from frostbite. We'll chat with Pam Novak about it.

Horizon Health Network boasted improvements within the healthcare system earlier this week. We talk with Chris Hood, the executive director of the Paramedics Association of New Brunswick, for his thoughts.

Jake Palmer is an old friend of the show who joins us from time to time to share a story. This one is a bit of a warning from when his retina detached.

It turns out there's a lot more than books, CDs and movies at the library...and that's something we plan to explore in the coming weeks. We'll chat with Julia Stewart at the Fredericton Public Library about lending ukuleles.

Karate is making its debut at the Winter Games this week. We talk to Karate New Brunswick's Sensei Neil Pond about the effort that went into making the sport qualify.

It only takes one exhaust system, a couple of burst pipes and a copper wire theft to ruin a week. We'll hear how all of that happened to Theatre New Brunswick in the span of just seven days. We hear from artistic director Natasha MacLellan.