Our birder Alain Clavette has been engaged in a project over the last couple of months. He's been patchbirding - or slowbirding - walking about a 3 kilometer path starting and ending in his own yard everyday. He spoke with a professor who wrote the book on the subject. Joan Strassmann is an award-winning teacher of animal behavior.

Some sad news today. Songwriter and performer Shirley Eikhart has passed away. She wrote songs that resonated with music lovers across the globe, including of course Something to Talk About - made famous by Bonnie Raitt. Eikhard's roots are right here in New Brunswick. We'll speak with music writer Bob Mersereau about her life and legacy.

Earlier this Fall we learned the government would be phasing out the french immersion program in the anglophone sector. Today education minister Bill Hogan revealed a framework for French language education this coming September. We'll hear from him, and from some of the politicians and parents raising concerns.

You may not think of caring for seniors as a particularly physical job. But in fact people who work at nursing homes are vulnerable to injury - causing staffing issues. A number of people involved in the sector have just returned from Denmark to look for solutions. We'll hear about it.

A couple of eagle-eyed Mount Allison students spotted a pine grosbeak in trouble, and now the bird is getting help at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute. We'll check in with Pam Novak.

More Christmas feast tips from Chef Karen Mersereau. Today, she'll tackle desserts on a dime.

Harm reduction groups are once again warning about the safety of the drug supply in New Brunswick, after a deadly benzodiazepine was detected in blood samples.We'll speak with Julia Dingwell at Avenue B in Saint John about what she's seeing on the ground.

It's been a year since the province outlined its plan to stabilize the health care system. Today the New Brunswick Health Council released its first quarterly progress report. We'll speak with the council's CEO about what we can take away from it.

A new school is a go for Shediac Cape. And for the first time, it will include K -12, so high school students won't need to be bussed to Moncton. The school wasn't on the priority list last year, but has seen substantial growth over the last 12 months. We'll speak with the district superintendent Randy MacLean.

Alain Clavette speaks with a researcher from Acadia University who's been looking at mercury levels in pelagic birds.