The New Brunswick Adoption Foundation announced the recipient this week of the Erminie Cohen Compassion Award - Dr. Elaine Deschenes. She founded the Southeast Social Pediatric Centre in Memramcook - which assists children and families in vulnerable situations using a collaborative care model.

Game, set, match! Nintendo has rolled out its latest motion-sensing game. But does this latest offering from the company meet sky-high expectations? We'll check in with our CBC gaming experts Danielle McCreadie and Jonathan Ore.

New Brunswickers continue to try and find ways to welcome Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion. Many families have already arrived and are beginning to settle. A group has formed in Miramichi, focused on providing support to people who choose that community. We'll speak with one of the people involved.

Michael Edwards at Science East has been spending perhaps a little too much time staring at his toothpaste. And he's been wondering about the stripey stuff in the same way others wonder how they got that caramel inside that chocolate bar. How do they keep those stripes consistent through the tube? It's Science, of course.

It's the second day of the inquest into the death of Chantel Moore, an indigenous woman who was shot and killed by police in Edmundston last year. The CBC's Alexandre Silberman is covering it - he'll join us with an update.

We're getting a crash course on sea shanties over the next couple of months. It's all ahead of the first Fundy Sea Shanty Festival. The event is scheduled for August 12 to the 14th in St. Martins. Gary Caines is our guide. He's a founding member of local sea shanty group Before The Mast. Today, he teaches us all about long-haul shanties.

Many people have been battling with their lawns this spring. More specifically, with large patches of brown, dead grass caused by an infestation of European Chafer Beetles. Vanessa Vander Valk met up with Mike LaCroix, foreman of parks and trees for the City of Fredericton. He's been doing battle on a large scale, and winning.

Our political watchers Erica Butler and Jamie Gillies chat with Vanessa Vander Valk about the federal Conservative leadership debate and check in at home as the NB legislature resumes sitting.

Shift's birder Alain Clavette joins us in studio to answer a few listener questions about birding.

Under 35 and looking to start a family? The town of Caraquet wants you to build a home in their community. We'll hear why from Mayor Bernard Theriault.