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Some members of District Education Councils in the province are worried the DEC system will soon be dismantled. New draft changes from the education department would see those responsibilities divided between new regional councils and a new provincial board.

Education Minister Dominic Cardy speaks to the changes.

Veterinarians are reminding you to make sure your pet is vaccinated. A number of cases of parvovirus have been reported to the Riverview Animal Hospital over the past few weeks.

No doubt you'll remember concerns about so-called murder hornets appearing in North America.

It seems that efforts to deal with the creatures have lead to some new research on pheromones.

Saint John's Kaya Sleep just released her debut EP. It's called Arm's Length and features four original songs.

Shauna Cole, our career columnist talks tips for young people looking for work.

Sea shanties have been around for hundreds of years.

They've really caught the public imagination again over just the last couple of years.

Gary Caines is a founding member of the Saint John-based group Before the Mast.

He's decided the time is right to launch a brand new festival - the Fundy Sea Shanty Festival.

How long ago would you think the oldest colour photo in New Brunswick was taken? Would it surprise you to learn it was 1939? It surprised the archivists at the province archives. We'll hear all about it.

19 pediatricians are calling on the province to reinstate the mask mandate in schools. In a letter they say the number of cases and hospitalizations is just too high. We hear the argument from one of the pediatricians who signed the letter. For his part, Education Minister Dominic Cardy has indicated he won't change the policy unless the direction comes from public health.

Our panel of politics watchers join host Khalil Ahktar for a look into this weeks' big political news.

Last week, our birder Alain Clavette dove into the topic of vagrants. The rare birds that birders in this province get all excited to see aren't always that rare - its just that it's somewhere it shouldn't be. A new book called Vagrancy in Birds explains all of this. Today, Alain is back with more of his conversation with the authors of that book.