Kristen Wheaton Clayton, New Brunswick director of the Canadian Transplant Association, says there are many misconceptions and a lack of education around organ donation in the province.

Vulnerable patients with severe mental illnesses have been the victims of "mistreatment and inadequate care" at the Restigouche Hospital Centre, based on a scathing report from the provincial ombud back in February. Now an independent consultant has looked at ways to improve the level of care at the facility. Ombud Charles Murray weighs in on the consultant's report.

Like any good fantasy there are magical elements in the popular TV series Game of Thrones: Dragons, an army of the dead, and weapons made of a special steel. Michael Edwards of Science East has been looking for bits of scientific possibility.

The motto on New Brunswick's coat of arms is the focus of a symposium this Friday and Saturday in Saint John. It's the first in what's expected to be a series designed to facilitate some tough conversations about who we are and what draws us together, says creator Stephany Peterson.

A Riverview High student wants to help cyclists be seen. Beth Stevens invented a special bike light that tells motorists when they're a meter away.

The Saint John String Quartet's new album, Canadian Hits:Unplugged, is different from anything they've done before. Cellist Sonja Adams said creating it was a great learning experience because the style of music is so different from the classical music they usually play.

Chef Pierre Richard of Little Louis in Moncton just returned from winning the Canadian Plate Challenge in Toronto. He created a chowder made from ingredients sourced from every province and territory in the country.

Victoria West recently returned from Norway, where she took home a Bronze Medal for Team Canada at the World Photographic Cup. The winning photo was inspired by a scene from an oil painting of Dante and Virgil. And the model was her husband.

When Allison Watson started being hospitalized more often because of her Cystic Fibrosis, she made the difficult decision to travel to Toronto for a double lung transplant. The road to recovery was winding, and uneven, but today she's doing well. She wrote about her journey in a new book called Transplanted.

Executive director Vanessa Roy-MacDougall said the festival allows nature lovers to explore different landscapes and aspects of the natural world. This year, visitors can participate in over 50 trips, including one to Machias Seal Island.