If you are looking for information about your great-great-grandparents, or perhaps the original spelling of your name, chances are they have what you need at the provincial archives. Right now, you still have to comb through the records. But Joanna Aiton Kerr, manager of services and private sector records, says

that's about to change, thanks to a major digitization project.

Peter Vinall and his investors spent tens of millions of dollars to build an experimental waste treatment plant near Chester, Nova Scotia. If it works, it could make burying garbage a thing of the past. And Vinall hopes to one day deploy the technology worldwide, in an attempt to keep plastic waste out of the ocean. The CBC's Jack Julian has more on this from the G7 summit on climate change, oceans and clean energy.

The 39th New Brunswick election is nearing its close. So who's been most effective this campaign? What issues have resonated with voters? And what issues have been largely ignored?

The party leaders are beginning their final sprints to the finish line before the election. The CBC's provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras takes one last look at the campaign.

The CBC's Harry Forestell sat down with the leaders of New Brunswick's five major parties to talk about their platforms, and their vision for the province. In this episode, Harry talks to Brian Gallant, the leader of the provincial Liberal Party.

A grape grower in the province has more grapes than he can process. Rather than let them go to waste, he's contacted Fredericton Food Rescue. Volunteers will be spending their evening picking the leftover grapes. The groups' organizer Susanne White says the grower will get a third, the volunteers another third, and the last third will go to community groups.

During this election campaign, families who are worried about providing care for an elderly parent or grandparent will likely zero in on what the parties have to say about senior care. The CBC's Rachel Cave has been looking into this, including the case of a woman who's been following her mother's nursing home care through a webcam.

The CBC's Harry Forestell sat down with the leaders of New Brunswick's five major parties to talk about their platforms, and their vision for the province. In this episode, Harry talks to David Coon, the leader of the Green Party.

The top issue in the provincial election may be the economy. But it seems no one wants to talk about the role immigrants will play. Alex LeBlanc with the New Brunswick Multicultural Council has been touring 15 communities in the province to talk about their hopes and concerns for attracting newcomers.

The CBC's Harry Forestell sat down with the leaders of New Brunswick's five major parties to talk about their platforms, and their vision for the province. In this episode, Harry talks to Jennifer McKenzie, the leader of the New Democratic Party.