Shift (NB)

Every Thursday Vanessa Vander Valk speaks with people who are serious about food all over the province. Kinga McDonald opened Pyra, the Polish Potato in St. Stephen last fall with her mother and her husband. It's a grocery store and a sandwich shop.

Many families would love the opportunity to enroll a child in sports or perhaps to sign them up for an art or music class. But whether it's hockey, pottery or the pan flute, participation can be costly. The Town of Salisbury has just announced a new pilot project they hope will help.

It looks like New Brunswick students are becoming more adept at playing hooky…and the province is noticing. Dean Mutch, superintendent of the Anglophone North School District spoke with Vanessa Vander Valk. Provincial numbers are

It’s now a little easier for some paramedics to work in the province. Paramedic regulators in PEI and New Brunswick have signed a memorandum of understanding to make it easier for paramedics in one province to work in the other. Chris Hood, Executive Director of the Paramedic Association of NB, spoke with Vanessa Vander Valk.

The New Brunswick government collected $18 million in industrial carbon tax revenue from the province's biggest emitters last year. They plan on giving that money back to them this year in the form of subsidies. That’s drawing some considerable attention from environmental advocates. Moe Qureshi, the director of climate research and policy for the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, spoke with Vanessa Vander Valk.

A spay and neuter clinic for barn cats and rural strays. We'll speak with the manager of the Oromocto SPCA.

We're now just 100 days away from the start of the Paris Olympics and the Paralympics.

Where are New Brunswick athletes in their quest to make the games? Chantal Rochon with the Canadian Sports Institute Atlantic answers. 

There's $8.5 billion in new spending for housing in the federal budget. Will it make a difference when it comes to availability and affordability? We'll speak with the Canada Research Chair in Resilient Communities.

Have you heard about Civics 10? The course is new this year and a requirement to graduate. We'll find out what kids are learning about how our government and society operates. 

The 25th edition of Moncton's Frye Festival begins in just three days. We talk with programming and operations manager Noel Bourque about what the events planned for kids.