Shift (NB)

We'll check in with an Ottawa woman who just completed the Nepisiguit Mi'gmaq Trail in Bathurst/ Laurie Gagnier took on the journey as a way to raise money for children's hospitals.

While some travel restrictions have been relaxed, there are still requirements when you're crossing the border around vaccination and filling out the ArriveCan app. That could be coming to an end. The federal government is considering dropping those requirements at the end of the month. We'll speak with former Air Canada COO Duncan Dee.

A study about violence against women during the pandemic is expanding into New Brunswick. Dr. Alexa Yakubovich is an assistant professor in the department of community health & epidemiology and the lead researcher on this study.

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is hoping the province will follow P.E.I's lead in slowly replacing diesel school buses with electric ones. We talk to the council's climate change director Louise Comeau.

This Sunday is Open Farm Day in the province and Matthew Golding will be showing people how to make cordage as part of a wildcrafting demonstration to celebrate.

Our birder Alain Clavette explores Kent Island and shares what he found.

Deer Island successfully welcomed a 16,000-pound granite sculpture created by Saint John artist Jim Boyd. We find out from Deer Island Chamber of Commerce president Katherine Landry how the sculpture was transported and what this means for the community.

Hockey New Brunswick has launched its first program for children with special needs in Dieppe. We talk to executive director Nic Jansen and the mother who made this all happen for her son.

St. Thomas University professor Michelle Lafrance wanted to create a solution for older adults and their caregivers. We'll talk to her about the guide she and her team have created.

When you think of where science is done, likely a lab comes to mind - with beakers and bunsen burners and the like. But, some science is done in rather extreme circumstances - by design.

Michael Edwards of science east has that story.