Salmon advocates rejoiced this week, after catch numbers in Greenland showed up as the lowest on record for years. Bill Taylor, president of the Atlantic Salmon Federation, describes how an agreement with Indigenous fishermen led to the low numbers, and is helping to replenish the fish population.

Alain Clavette took his ornithology class on a field trip, and saw birds displaying the first signs of courtship behaviour.

The story of five children living in neglect in Saint John prompted a year-long review of the province's child welfare system, and 100 recommendations to improve the system. Plus, a compromise brokered to deal with the issue of bilingual paramedics seems, for now, to please all sides.

A pair of entrepreneurs in St. George have launched a website called Ocean Door Online. Murray Tucker and Justin Harris deliver fresh seafood to your house, anywhere in the country.

Bathurst-born and Fredericton-based musician Jenn Russell is launching her second album of jazz tunes, Triple-Step. She also has a big launch show coming up. It's a fundraiser for Liberty Lane, a charitable organization that offers Second Stage Housing to women and children who experienced family violence.

Les Preliminaires premieres in Fredericton this week. It's a play about sexuality and body image. But playwright Xavier-Lord Giroux says he also hopes to start a bit of a revolution in the Francophone theatre scene.

The government says a new legislation, Bill C-83, will do away with solitary confinement in Canadian prisons. But critics argue it's more of a re-branding. Canadian Senator Kim Pate says issues of prisoner segregation and separation of prisoners remain in Canadian prisons.

A child visiting Science East recently asked director Michael Edwards: Does science know everything? It got him thinking about sorting fact from fiction, and some pretty basic stuff we still don't really understand.

Moncton historian Maurice Basque says more civic discussion on bilingualism is needed to make people understand its history in the province, and why it's important. He spoke at a public debate on anti-bilingualism and francophone communities, hosted by the Universite de Moncton.

Fredericton is hosting the fourth Songs of the City concert this week. Once again, musicians partnered with the United Way and met with a client to learn about that person's story, and then interpret it in song. Jerry Faye is one of the local musicians performing at the event.