Shift (NB)

Rare birds are really just birds that aren't where they are supposed to be. Wildlife experts call them vagrants. Our birder Alain Clavette spoke with the authors of a new book called Vagrancy in Birds - he tells us all about it.

We gather our panel of politics watchers. There's plenty to talk about with the provincial budget that was delivered this week, and the deal between the Liberals and the NDP on the federal front.

It's been two weeks since teachers and students returned from March break, and two weeks since COVID restrictions were dropped in schools, as well as elsewhere. So how are teachers dealing with the change? And what's happening with staffing, as COVID continues to spread? We speak with Connie Keating of the NBTA.

Michael Edwards is ready for the spring flowers to bloom. He's checking out perennials - and how flowers grow from something like a tulip bulb.

The province has unveiled its 2022-2023 budget. We talk through it with economist Richard Salliant. There's also a piece in this budget for property owners and renters. We also speak to the New Brunswick Coalition for Tenants Rights about that.

Colleen Kitts-Goguen brings us another edition of Chapter & Verse. She tells us about a new poetry collection by a writer and doctor from New Brunswick - Dr. Shane Neilson.

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace, We've heard these terms a lot, but how can employers create workplaces that encourage this? Career educator Shauna Cole will be here to offer tips on how to foster diversity and inclusion in hiring practices.

Saint Mary's University geography and environmental studies Professor Danika Van Proosdij wants to see the Chignecto Isthmus protected. But she says the best way to do that wasn't reflected in a recent report on the issue. We speak with her.

For years we've been hearing about the shortage of nurses in the province. There are hundreds of vacancies in the two health networks now, with more nurses reaching retirement age each year. Today the province announced deals with two New Brunswick universities to train more nurses locally. The president of UNB explains the approach.

We take a trip to the provincial archives, and hear some old phone calls from ufologist Stanton Friedman, that he made while investigating possible UFOs.