Shift (NB)

Our birder Alain Clavette spoke with an expert to learn about a bird that is threatened, the Bicknell's Thrush.

If you're not quite sure where to start when it comes to combating climate change on a personal level, New Brunswick Community Harvest Gardens is hosting a series of Zoom workshops beginning next week to help out. Carol Muncer is the garden director, and she's our Green Shift guest this week.

More than 200 mayors, councillors and municipal workers from around the province will gather in Fredericton this weekend for an orientation held by the Union of New Brunswick Municipalities.

We talk to Dan Murphy, the executive director of the union.

The Folk Alliance International was recently held in Kansas City. We talk to Mike Biggar of Quispamsis about his experience there.

Sistema New Brunswick is expanding into the Chaleur Region. The program teaches children to play music...but it's really about addressing poverty and setting kids up for success in whatever career they might choose. We speak with Sistema New Brunswick CEO Ken MacLeod.

The successful search for a pea-sized radioactive capsule in Australia has peaked the interest of Michael Edwards. He's with Science East in Fredericton.

The race is on to save people trapped in the rock and dust in parts of Turkey and Syria. New Brunswick is home to many Syrian families who fled the war in that country in recent years. Now many are trying to reach friends and loved ones back home. Mahmoud Alhallak is a board member of the Syrian Association of Fredericton.

Mount Allison University is aiming to support students transitioning into the workforce. Dress to Impress provides lightly used professional clothing to those who need it. We speak to program coordinator Cynthia Dyke.

New Brunswick is bringing a table tennis team to the Canada Games for the first time in 20 years. We talk to players Harrison and Oliver Woodworth and their coach Michel Ichiy.

We already know that libraries are for borrowing books. But what else do they lend? Turns out.. a lot. We talk to the Fredericton Library's executive director Julia Stewart about all the quirky items and kits it offers.