The St. John's Morning Show

You want to book a flight with Flair, but you just aren't sure whether you can rely on budget airlines. John Gradek is a lecturer in aviation management at McGill University. He gave us his advice on dealing with low-cost carriers.

With Mother’s day coming up this Sunday, we decided to ask one influential mom in this province about how her mom has played a positive role in her life. Morning Show reporter Arlette Lazarenko spoke with Newbornlander owner Constanza Safatle.

It's Heart Failure Awareness Week. The Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s has a dedicated Heart Failure Clinic. Rody Pike is a nurse practitioner who has worked with the clinic since 2011. He joined us alongside Dr. David Hart, who's been a client at the Heart Failure Clinic for the past two years.

Our Lady of Mercy church will BE the Next Great Save. The historic church in Port au Port West has won a national competition, with a 50-thousand dollar grand prize. We spoke with Joanne Rose, treasurer of Our Lady of Mercy Complex Committee.

26-year-old singer Matthew Cooper from Conception Bay North has a chance to make it to the finale of Canada's Got Talent, which airs this Tuesday at 9:30 island time on City TV.

16 million stamps featuring a photo of the Torngat Mountains have been printed by Canada Post. We spoke with the man behind the image, Photographer Michael Windsor of St. John's.

Bronze shoe sculptures will be placed will be placed at key memorial sites in Canada as part of the Global Irish Famine Way Project, which traces the journey of emigrants during the Great Irish Famine. Eamonn McKee is the ambassador of Ireland to Canada. He joined us in studio this morning with event details.

John Cullen's new podcast, Broomgate: A Curling Scandal, is about a broom that nearly destroyed the sport. One of the first teams to sweep with that broom was our own Team Gushue. Brad joined us this morning and talked about the part he plays in the podcast.

The Rotary Club St. John’s East is hosting a screening of this year’s submissions for the International Fly Fishing Film Festival Thursday night at Memorial University. Past president Terry Reardon and current president Kristina Ennis joined us in studio this morning with the details.

The provincial government plans to scrap nearly 300 private agency nurses within the next few years. While the province may have a plan on how to recruit nurses to fill the gaps, Mark Hernandez says keeping them here will determine its success. He spoke with the Morning Show's Jessica Singer.