The St. John's Morning Show

Over the weekend wildfires raged in Alberta with some towns issuing evacuation alerts. We hear from a couple of Newfoundlanders living in Fort McMurray.

A fire on board the M-V Flanders yesterday afternoon means that ferry is not crossing the tickle this morning. Transportation Minister John Abbott gave us an update on what happened and how it’s impacting ferry service to Bell Island.

The Morning Show's Arlette Lazarenko and Jessica Singer visited Rennie's River Elementary to ask some Grade 2 students what they love about Mom.

Meet the experts behind classic mother’s days crafts… 4 years olds. Morning Show reporters Arlette Lazarenko and Jessica Singer stopped by Milestones Early Learning Centre to speak with early childhood educator Paula Savoury and some preschoolers.

Mount Pearl resident Rick Brown is one of the leaders of the Boycott Loblaw movement, which has been gaining momentum right across the country. Rick told us more about his role with the group, and what motivated him to get involved.

Health officials say there's been 50 cases of whooping cough reported since February. CBC's Mark Quinn spoke with Dr. Natalie Bridger, a pediatric infectious disease physician with NL Health Services.

For over fifty years, he was a unique voice of political and social commentary. He was also a true Newfoundland original. Rex Murphy passed away yesterday, after a battle with cancer. We spoke with his former CBC colleague Bob Wakeham.

Over a hundred people chowed down on seal flippers prepared at the Wesley United Church, and even though some people don't fancy the fishy smelling meat, they showed up for a good cause and a good time. The Morning Show's Jessica Singer went to church to get her first feed of seal.

Morning Show reporter stopped by Wesley United Church for their annual seal flipper dinner. Marvin Barnes is a member of the church. He taught Jessica how to slice the flippers, and the lore behind the Newfoundland delicacy.

A couple of weeks ago, we started a quest to answer the age-old question...can you safely bake cakes in a butter cookie tin? Surface scientist and professor Erika Merschrod stopped by this morning with the results.