On today’s show:
- It’s Petite and Proud Day! Let’s celebrate the great variety of human beings.
- Celebrate Firefighters’ Day by thanking the men and women who enter dangerous situations to help protect people, property and safety.
- Oranges, sugar, water, heat and time: make your own for Candied Orange Peel Day.
- Haven’t gotten your bike out yet? Well, you should: it’s Bike Month after all.
- And, of course, we celebrate one of the most widely celebrated and inspiring science fiction series of all time: it’s Star Wars Day!
- Listen to the end of the show for Mos Eisley Rap Show from Nova Scotia’s Wordburglar, and a silly little skit created by yours truly: A Geek Prayer.
- We revisit Bondo’s Pick from 2018 of Rae Spoon‘s Undertow.
- Today’s interview is with Tracy Austin, one of the FAA artists-in-residence from 2019 who works with Miniature Doll Sculptures.
COVID-19 update:
- The province announced no new cases of COVID-19 for the fifteenth day in a row yesterday.
- This announcement leaves the total number of cases at 118, all of whom have recovered.
- New Brunswick is the first province with a 100 per cent recovery rate.
- Dr. Jennifer Russell said this fight is far from over and as long as there are cases in other provinces, New Brunswick will have to stay vigilant.
- The Prime Minister said the government is investing $240 million in providing health care online, including mental health services.
- The federal government is also increasing the Canada Child Benefit by $300 per child.
- Health Canada is recalling Canadian-made rapid COVID-19 test kits after issues were discovered with the sample swabs.
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