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Karen Mersereau is pretty passionate about food waste. Today, she'll share dozens of ways to ensure eggs end up on your plate, rather than tossed in the trash.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Karen Mersereau is on a mission to keep food on your table and out of the trash. This week she tackles all of those bread ends, broken buns and stale baguettes that stack up in your freezer.