The New Brunswick Summer Music Festival is underway in Fredericton. And for a number of years there's been a festival within the festival. Fuze is a collaboration between classical musicians and a local band. It's the brainchild of Fredericton native Greg Harrison. And this year, Sleepy Driver has signed on.

A Moncton gallery is helping a professional artist whose house in Hunters Home was destroyed by a fire last month. Ian Saxby suffered burns on his arms and legs during the blaze, and remains in hospital. He also lost many of his paintings in the fire. Buff Slaney of Moncton's Starving Artist Gallery is now fundraising for the painter and selling some of Saxby's remaining art.

Woven Cultures is a group of young immigrants teaching children about identity and inclusion. But rather than just telling them about it, co-organizer Khairunnisa Intiar says they're visiting classrooms and encourage students to share their own stories and hear about others.

New Brunswick educator and author Kelly Cooper is hitting the road this month. She recently published her first children's book. It's called If a Horse Had Words, and is loosely based on her experiences growing up on a farm in Saskatchewan.

You've likely heard about Superman, Wolverine or Deadpool. But how about Maple Man and his team of animal sidekicks? They're a new edition to the list of Canadian superheroes and were created based on a comic book script writing workshop by Peter Breau of the Fundy Comic Arts Society.

Provincial officials say blue-green algae is to blame in the deaths of three dogs that played in the St John River, or along the shore. The dogs died in late July, and Dr. Jim Goltz, the province's top veterinarian, said two necropsies were performed last week, on a dog from each site.

Birder Alain Clavette visits the southern tip of Nova Scotia, where researchers have build a bird observatory in Clare - in particular to study migratory owls.

Bird lovers rejoice! A Fredericton couple have donated their land on Grand Manan. And Paula Noel, provincial program director with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, says the land will become part of the island's migratory bird sanctuary.

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats cancelled their performance at Fredericton's Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival. The band's producer and Nathaniel's mentor has died and the funeral will be held during the festival. That leaves Harvest with a big hole to fill six weeks out, but festival director Brent Staeben says they're already contacting potential replacements.

The federal government is making changes to its carbon tax plan for industry. Louise Comeau, director of the Environment and Sustainable Development Research Centre at UNB, has been looking at how that will effect businesses in the province.