A number of New Brunswick communities will be getting a bit closer in the coming months. The province released its plan for local government reform. it involves cutting the number of local entities from 340 to 90, including 78 municipalities and 12 rural districts. We check in with the Union of New Brunswick Municipalities for their thoughts.

Supply chain issues are creating a bit of a boom for a Florenceville-Bristol company. Bell Wire makes - among other things - the wire rings used to create Christmas wreaths. We hear from the company's co-owner Martha Bell.

We get reaction to the health plan from the Green Party's health critic and Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton.

The province unveiled its much-anticipated health reform plan today. Health Minister Dorothy Shephard will talk us through some of the details.

The province announced plans to expand a pilot project called Nursing Homes Without Walls, a program that aims to help seniors stay in their homes longer. We learn about the program from the nursing professor who started it all, and get some reaction from the Coalition for Seniors and Nursing Home Residents' Rights.

The Bordertown Fest in Sackville kicks off this week with music, art, food and theatre, including a one-man production of the Dickens' classic 'A Christmas Carol.' We speak to the man behind that show - Ron Kelly Spurles.

Students are back in school today after the province reached tentative agreements with CUPE over the weekend. You may remember hearing from a parent in Riverbank at the start of the strike. Victoria Hutt shared her concerns then about taking on the role of tech support and teaching assistant for her three school aged children. We checked back with her today to find out how her family managed.

We check in with climate researcher and activist Louise Comeau for a New Brunswick perspective on the commitments made at COP26.

The province unveiled a new Primary Care Network today, to help New Brunswickers without a family doctor access timely healthcare. How effective could this be as a solution? And what more needs to be done to connect more people with care providers? We check in with retired nurse practitioner Hallie Bass for her thoughts.

Some parents will join the strike next week. We'll talk to Melissa Daigle-Richard, the creator of a Facebook group calling for a virtual learning boycott, who says she's done with virtual learning after today.