Shift (NB)

A group of Commerce students at Mount Allison university are taking their entrepreneurship studies to the next level, and opening a new cafe called 'The Sip.' We speak to one of the students involved, Pushkaraj Jadhav, and the class' professor, Nauman Farooqi.

The defection of two MLAs and the dissolution of the People's Alliance party is still reverberating across the province, and in the Legislature today. The CBC's Jacques Poitras will join us with his analysis.

It's baby season at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute in Sackville! Pam Novak tells host Colleen Kitts-Goguen about the tiny critters she has in her care, and what New Brunswickers should watch out for this spring.

The Peoples' Alliance will no longer have seats in the New Brunswick Legislature. Speaking to reporters today, Leader Kris Austin announced his decision to join Blaine Higgs' PC government. And Alliance MLA Michelle Conroy is going with him. Political Scientist J.P. Lewis weighs in on the situation with host Colleen Kitts-Goguen.

Today on Chapter and Verse, a new book by Maritime author Elaine McCluskey. It's a fantastic short story collection called "Rafael Has Pretty Eyes." She tells host Colleen Kitts-Goguen all about it.

Frye Fest gets underway next month. Host Colleen Kitts-Goguen takes a look at the Moncton area's annual literary event with festival director Pierre-André Doucet, a very busy man - it's the first in-person festival since before the pandemic.

The longer term costs of COVID-19 could easily exceed that of hospitalizations, says our medical columnist Dr. Iris Gorfinkel. She'll join us to take a look at what can be done as medical restrictions loosen across Canada.

The UNB women's team made it all the way to the semifinals in the women's U Sports nationals. They unfortunately lost to the Saskatchewan Huskies in yesterday's bronze medal game. But they're building on the successes nevertheless. Sarah Hilworth is the hockey team's head coach.

Just because public health restrictions are gone doesn't mean it's smooth sailing for restaurateurs. We'll pay a visit to a Fredericton restaurant, where most of the employees have tested positive for COVID, and the doors are closed for now.

It's been just about two weeks since COVID restrictions were dropped in the province. Over the past two years we've been told masks and distancing and isolation requirements were needed to take the pressure off of hospitals. So how are hospitals coping now? We'll hear from the CEO of the Horizon Health Network, Dr. John Dornan.