The St. John's Morning Show

Shore Thing is a summer series exploring the interesting marine life on and around the shorelines of this province. Our guide is Jeff Clements. He's a biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Moncton. First up, the Northern Moonsnail!

The Conception Bay Museum in Harbour Grace opened for the summer today. The Morning Show's Darrell Roberts stopped by the museum last week for a tour. He spoke with past chair Pat Collins.

Riddles, obstacles, anxiety, adrenaline. It's all part of the Amazing Race Canada, and two guys from Mount Pearl are all in. We spoke with Colin Rose and Matt Roberts, who are one of the teams competing in the show's new season.

Nine-year-old Gracie Barker saw a problem. She demanded action. And the ducks of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's are safer for it. The Morning Show's Jamie Fitzpatrick meets with Gracie, her mother Tara, and fellow duck safety advocate Chantal Parsons.

Conception Bay South's proposed plan prioritizes things like backyard suites, multiplex units, smaller lot sizes, narrow roads... and the list goes on. But is the town moving too quickly, and missing out on the big picture? CBS residents Karen Morris and Phyllis Smith joined us this morning with their thoughts.

Indigenous veterans from Labrador served in the first world war and conflicts since. Today we spoke with archivist Aimee Chaulk about some of the more notable Indigenous soldiers from World War One, and what made them so valuable when it was time to do battle.

The soldiers who served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the first world war came from all over the province, and today's repatriation ceremony represented them all. Ed Fewer is the treasurer of the Grand Falls-Windsor Royal Canadian Legion Branch 12. He was in St. John's today to take part in the Memorial Day events, and joined us on the line this morning to discuss why the ceremony is so important.

Today, Newfoundland's unknown soldier was laid to rest more than a century after he died fighting for the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. The soldier's remains were repatriated from France in late May. The interment took place this morning at the newly-refurbished National War Memorial in downtown St. John's, where our Morning Show reporter Darrell Roberts joined us live, and where he spoke to guests about the event.

Sending an unknown soldier to rest back home, 100 years later, CBC News is gearing up for its special coverage of the centennial anniversary of the National War Memorial in downtown St. John's. The CBC's Heather Hiscox joined us in our studio to talk about it. She is the host of Morning Live on CBC News Network, and will be hosting our coverage on Monday.

The unknown soldier will be lying in state, starting today at Confederation Building, with the big ceremony taking place at the War Memorial in downtown St. John's on Monday. To give us the full list of events, Berkley Lawrence joined us on the line today. He is the 1st vice-president of Dominion Command with the Royal Canadian Legion.