Lebanon was rocked by yet another devastating explosion over the weekend. We check in with Reem Fayyad, a Lebanese woman living in Moncton, about what's going on in her home country, and how she and her family are coping.

We talk to UNB student Patrick Hickey about why he's pushing back against the school's decision to not make vaccines mandatory for the upcoming school year.

We make regular trips to the provincial archives and usually we learn about the province's past through donated or acquired items. However, one archivist is creating her own items. Elena Cobb has a recorder and a microphone and she's gathering interviews. She's calling it the Fredericton Community History Project.

A forest fire has been burning over the last few days near Mount Carleton. As many as 64 hectares have burned, and some 60 firefighters have been sent to tackle the blaze. We get an update on the fire from Roger Collet, the Department of Natural Resource's Wildfire Prevention Officer.

The feds have announced new funding to help the fishing industry transition to using whalesafe gear. We speak to Lillian Mitchell with the Fundy North Fishermen's Association about the new program and what it will mean for New Brunswick fishers.

We're off to the Hayes Farm in Fredericton to learn about cover crops. You see there's a section of the farm that just wasn't producing, so they took it off line and planted 8 different crops to help build the soil.

Alain Clavette took a boat full of birders out in the Bay of Fundy last weekend. They saw all sorts of pelagic birds you'll never see from shore, plus a mola mola fish and some whales too. We hear all about it.

Last year there were few opportunities for artists to play paid gigs. So the Levee on the Lake in the Sackville area was created to find a safe way to feature live music, and it won the ECMA for best event! This year's event begins next Thursday. We speak to organizer Shelley Chase.

Arianna Martinez of Fredericton has a film competing in the CBC's Short Film Face-Off this month. It's the first film from New Brunswick selected for the competition in more than 10 years.

Mayor Adam Lordon explains the city's new draft plan for active transportation delivered to council this week.