When will kids be back in school? The question on every parent's mind is the topic in our political panel this week. Panelists Erica Butler and Jamie Gillies join us.

The birding community in New Brunswick lost a legend earlier this month. Merville Cormier died peacefully on November 4th in Saint John at the age of 76. He was someone well known to our own birder Alain Clavette - he joined us to share some memories of Merv.

Craft alcohol producers in New Brunswick says they can't get their product on N.B. Liquor shelves -- and the president of the Craft Alcohol Producers' Association is stepping down over what he says are unfair business practices. We speak to Sebastien Roy about his concerns.

We turn the music spotlight toward Fredericton band Marian. Members spent the weekend making new music with new friends as part of the Greville Tapes Music Club project. Band members Jerry-Faye Flatt and Dylan Ward tell us all about it - and what else they have in the works.

Whisky and climate change may not seem connected, but they are - at least if you like your whisky with a slight hint of peat. Michael Edwards is just back from Scotland - home of whisky and COP 26. He'll fill us in.

The Miramichi region will be entering a 14 day circuit breaker Friday evening. We check in with the mayor of Miramichi to find out how the community is doing, and how these new restrictions will affect life in the coming days.

You could call it the Green Shift. We've been talking about local efforts to fight climate change each week. Today we're focused on methane at the local landfill. We check in with the General Manager of Fredericton Solid Waste to find out how trash becomes power.

More on the labour dispute front. While CUPE and the government are fairly close on wage increases, the sticking point now is pension plans. The plans are in rough shape financially, and there's plenty of evidence to suggest it was the government that created the mess they're in, in the first place. We find out more from the CBC's Robert Jones, who has been digging into this story.

Parents are on week two of having their kids learn from home, due to the ongoing labour disputes that are keeping schools closed. Leslie Williams of Moncton has a 10 year old son studying French immersion in Grade 4. We check in with her.

The province is making a change to what drugs are available through the public drug plan for people who deal with issues like Crohn's or colitis. We speak to both a patient and a doctor who think that change could do harm if it's not done carefully.