Nurse practitioners are a big part of our healthcare system...especially when it comes to primary care. UNB is marking 25 since the it's NP masters program was launched. We'll talk about it with associate dean Sue O'Donnell. 

We'll ask Chef Jordan Hansen of Atelier Tony in Dieppe what's cooking. The restaurant has an event coming up focusing on local luxury ingredients -- he'll highlight a few. 

with a new provincial government at the helm, discussions around who should pay for upgrades on the Chignecto Isthmus are resurfacing. New Brunswick Senator Jim Quinn tells us what he'd like to see happen. 

Communities in the northwest have been working on an accessible public transit system for a number of years. Now the funding is in place, and the project is a go. We'll find out what the system will look like, and how long before the rubber hits the road.

Pam Novak is looking after a turkey vulture that got into a bit of a tangle with a vehicle.

Homesteader Mark Trealout is sharing an experiment you can do at home to figure out what kind of soil you're working with in your garden. 

Improving access to health care is job number one for the new health minister and Dr. John Dornan has said he'll be working with groups such as the New Brunswick Medical Society to achieve it. We'll speak to the society's president, Dr. Lisa Babin.

We gather our panel of politics watchers to talk about the latest news. 

We heard last week about the Chignecto Rose, a flamingo spotted in Dorchester more than 50 years ago and flown, in a plane, to the Bahamas. It seems the bird is not on New Brunswick's official list and we'll find out why.

Former broadcaster David Pate had a real fascination with national anthems. He hosted a podcast about them and he wrote a book. Sadly he passed away before the book was released but a friend joins us in the studio to talk about this weekend's launch event. 

Gary Campbell with the York-Sunbury Historical Society helps us remember Lieutenant Russell Edward Ganong of St Stephen, who served in the Second World War. 

Ross Hebb joins us to talk about his new book, A Canadian Chaplain in the Great War: Revisiting B.J. Murdoch's The Red Vineyard.

We head to Fredericton to see what the 11th Mile's Peter Tompkins is cooking up. 

We speak with a New Brunswick filmmaker who's film Do I Know You From Somewhere? will be showcased at the Silver Wave Film Festival in Fredericton this weekend.

One year in, and nearly 2 million dollars has been returned to New Brunswickers. We'll talk with the FCNB about the database created to return cash you likely forgot you were owed.

Les Moontunes won a Music New Brunswick Award last month for innovator of the year. We'll talk with a member of the 7 piece band that features two drummers, a trumpet, a saxophone and more.

As the weather cools, we'll once again be using all kinds of fuels to heat our homes. Many of those fuels are associated with carbon monoxide. We'll hear from a retired firefighter whose personal tragedy set him on a mission to raise awareness. 

The idea of a regional cap and trade system to replace the federal carbon tax was raised this week. We'll check in with the Conservation Council to find out how that system might work and what it would mean for industry and consumers.

 A 110-year-old quilt is on display this week at the New Brunswick Military History Museum. The quilt was apparently raffled to raise money to support the war effort...and features the names of hundreds of New Brunswickers embroidered on it.

A new play tells the story of Leslie Allen, a man lost in the New Brunswick wilderness in 1927. We'll speak with a couple of people involved in mounting the production this week in Miramichi.

Mark Trealout is crossing tasks off his to-do list this November. We'll check in with him on his homestead.  

Hear the story of the Canadian men and women who took part in the Battle of Britain in 1940 when Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany. Author Ted Barris has searched out their papers, memoirs and family members to keep their memory alive.   

The National Women's Under-18 Hockey Championship is on in Quispamsis this week. We'll check in with the head coach of team Atlantic and the team's captain, who is from Dieppe.

A couple of tornadoes touched down in the province on Friday. We speak with the Fredericton-based storm chaser who spotted one of them.

The Return of Grace is Marshlight Theatre's newest showcase that will begin this week. We hear from the writer and director of that play, next.