With an eye on the weather, the Red Cross advises people to get ready for an early flood season. Last years major spring flood left more than 2,500 people stranded. Bill Lawlor, the Red Cross' provincial director, says some residents have still not been able to return to their homes.

The World Pond Hockey Championship is well underway in Plaster Rock.Teams have come in from across the country, and the world. Organizer Danny Braun says many of the visitors come to experience a Canadian hockey experience.

Birder Alain Clavette shows how Valentine's Day is all about birds, and shares news about the annual great backyard bird count, which starts Friday.

For Ed Knuckles of Knuckles Truffles, chocolate is an everyday indulgence. He started making truffles years ago for friends. But it wasn't until he retired from his performing career and moved to Sackville, that he thought about getting into chocolate as a business. Now he has a shop, a chocolate apprentice and a couple of bakers.

It's winter carnival season in the province. In Hillsborough, the Golden Oldies Snowmobile Club will be there with some vintage machines to show. Club president Paul Wilson says what qualifies as an antique is a bit of a grey area, though.

John Hamilton retired in December as principal of Bliss Carmen Middle School in Fredericton. A month later, he visited hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico to help rebuild a damaged school.

A nurse and doctor from Woodstock, along with a nurse from Halifax, are stuck in Haiti during the sixth day of violent protests there. Cathy Davies, Rachel Blaquiere and Dr. Heather Dow travelled to Haiti to provide free medical aid in small villages and towns.

In a report published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, doctors warn patients to use caution with edibles, after a 70-year old Saint John man showed signs of a heart attack from eating a lollipop containing THC. Cardiologist Dr. Robert Stevenson is the co-author of the report, and also one of the doctors who saw the patient that night.

The world's oldest periodic table was recently found in St. Andrews University in Scotland. It dates back to about 1885. It's a timely discovery, with the periodic table celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Michael Edwards of Science East has been looking into the table's history.

John and Lisa McLaggan of Tomato Tomato are getting set to release their brand new album. It's called Canary in a Coal Mine.