Fredericton band Wicked Vices released a debut EP last month.The band will play the Living Roots Festival in Fredericton in May. Ryan Barrie is the drummer and he chats with Shift host Vanessa Vander Valk.

New Brunswick's premier and his education minister have adopted different messages about the province's relationship with China. Provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras has details on that story.

A compass uses the earth's magnetic field to determine direction. Many animals are able to sense magnetic fields as well, that's part of the reason birds stay on track during migration. But what about humans? Michael Edwards of Science East has been looking at some new research.

Luc Caron says a new school program aims to introduce students to jobs they may otherwise not consider, and help out local manufacturers seeking employees. He is the executive director with the Francophone North West School District.

Lisa Ann Ross of Fredericton's Solo Chicken Productions and Erica Frecker with L'Arche Fredericton say the two groups have teamed up for The Spirit Project. It's a year-long series of free creative workshops in visual art, improv, movement, music and film for adults with and without intellectual disabilities.

Miramichi has seen a big influx in newcomers in recent years. And many of them stay. The community's retention rate is so good, city representatives - including Craig Silliker with the Miramichi Regional Multicultural Association - gave a workshop at a national immigration conference last week.

Some of the archives' collections also speak to the personal interests of those working there. Take Elena Cobb, for example. She works at the archives, and is a member of the Fredericton Society of Artists. The society is hosting its 70th anniversary this year, and Cobb has been collecting several posters from past shows.

The Tom Donovan arena is in the running alongside rinks in Alberta, Quebec and Saskatchewan. The local rink is not only an important part of community life. But resident Jennifer Hallihan says residents also applied to the contest in memory of a young student, Thomas Dunn, who passed away last year.

Over 1,700 citizenship ceremonies are held in communities across Canada each year. But the vast majority of Canadian citizens have never experienced one. This week, residents of Fredericton participate in a Citizenship Reaffirmation Ceremony, led by citizenship judge Rina Arseneault.

We're saying goodbye to winter, with our birder, Alain Clavett and a snowy owl researcher from the University of Moncton.