Shift (NB)

Communities around the province are grappling with a shortage of housing, and that includes the city of Edmundston. It hopes to build 220 homes over the next three years. We speak to project lead Isabelle Laplante.

New Brunswickers head to the polls in 31 days, and the campaign is already picking up speed. We'll gather our panel of politics watchers to set the stage.

On What's Cookin' we'll visit Cranewood on Main in Sackville. Malcolm Campbell is busy baking all kinds of treats using local blueberries. 

Carl Duivenvoorden is taking volunteers to clean up the beaches on Frye Island on Saturday and raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation. He'll tell us about it.

Municipal leaders have long suggested the funding model for communities is not keeping up with the realities on the ground and now they have a report that shows local governments face at least a $200 million per year shortfall. They've invited the leaders of the three major parties to a forum tomorrow night. We speak with the president of the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick.

Mark Trealout is harvesting late summer veggies and fruits and he's starting to put parts of the garden to bed for the winter months.

It's been 50 years since the first class graduated from UNBSJ, and there's a big Alumni event this weekend to celebrate. We'll speak with a member of that first class

Young people don't vote as reliably as older adults. With a provincial election just weeks away, a national nonprofit is on the ground urging young people to cast their ballots.

Lobster fishers in the Bay of Fundy say poachers are fishing out of season, and they're calling on fisheries officials to do something about it. We'll speak with the executive director of the Fundy North Fishermen's Association.

The province's child and youth advocate Kelly Lamrock weighs in on Statistics Canada's latest mental health survey of young people.