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A record 5 New Brunswick athletes are heading to the Parapan Am Games in Chile. We reach Parasport New Brunswick executive director Sally Hutt.

This week our birder heads out to find some snow geese and speaks with the author of Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration

80 years after the Battle of Ortona a group of Canadians are in Italy to learn more

We'll hear from two New Brunswickers. UNB professor Lee Windsor, and Richard McQuade whose father fought in the Italian Campaign

Lexi Daken's family has been advocating for change since the 16 year old died by suicide in February of 2021. A coroner's jury endorsed 12 recommendations made by the Horizon Health Network and they made 10 recommendations of their own, including increasing awareness about available mental health services. John Sharpe has been paying close attention to these issues. He's the executive director for Partners for Youth.

If you want to use a midwife during your pregnancy and birth in New Brunswick, your only option is in Fredericton. But that's something advocates would like to change. A third party report was done last year, analyzing the success of the midwifery program in Fredericton. And it came up with a number of recommendations, including expanding the program province wide. Green MLA Megan Mitton brought this up in the Legislature last week, tabling a motion to immediately implement recommendations from the report.

Several people at risk of homelessness now have a new place to lay their head in Miramichi. Miramichi Housing Solutions Inc secured 8 units for individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Jory Geikie, the executive director of Miramichi Housing Solutions Inc, spoke with Vanessa Vander Valk.

Woodstock’s Aaron Bouma has spent the past couple of years building the Carleton County Military Museum, literally. Bouma has worked on everything from the exhibits to the very structure the museum sits in. And now all his work will be visible to the public. The museum will be holding an open house on Sunday.

No snap election does not mean no election expenses. Elections New Brunswick took steps to prepare for an election this fall that in the end the premier decided not to call. That included signing more than 40 leases. The CBC's Robert Jones has been looking at that story -- he joins us.

What started as a way to teach New Brunswick students about local military history has turned into a brand new book. We'll speak to James Rowinski, author of "In Perpetuity: The First World War Soldiers of the Fredericton War Memorial."

Premier Blaine Higgs is looking for a way out of the federal carbon tax. Higgs says he doesn't have an opinion from his lawyers yet, but it's already looking like the premier may not have a legal leg to stand on. The CBC's provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras has the story.