With the Canada Summer Games less than two months away... its time to spark up the Roly McLenahan Canada Games Torch and begin the official Orangestore 2025 Canada Games Torch Relay. We reach the cohort of representatives from this province gathered on Parliament Hill in the leadup to the ceremonial lighting... in our own "pass the phone" version of the relay.. (Krissy Holmes with St. John's mayor Danny Breen, Canada Games CEO Karen Sheriffs, Paralympian Katarina Roxon, NL tennis star Declan Walsh and sponsor David Button of North Sun Energy)

It's a big thrill for St. John's-based musician Kelly McMichael as her album "After The Sting Of It" makes the 2025 Polaris Prize Long List. (Krissy Holmes with Kelly McMichael)

Summer is right around the corner... and there's still no provincial election call. Now it looks as though we might end up with a municipal election and a provincial election happening around the same time this fall. We talk competing campaigns with the president of Municipalities NL. (Krissy Holmes with Amy Coady)

The Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra has just announced their new music director and conductor. We reach the winning candidate in Montreal to talk about stepping onto the podium in this province. (Krissy Holmes with Simon Rivard)

A book about two brothers from the United States hiking the Labrador wilderness has picked up prize at the annual Foreword Indies Book of the Year Awards. "In the Shadow of Tungusuak" was written by the late Chris Buckley. On The Go's Francesca Swann speaks with Chris's brother Brendan about some of the life-changing moments they had navigating the mountains, glaciers, rivers, and meadows of the Torngats. (Francesca Swann with Brendan Buckley)

Many regions in the country are being affected by wildfire smoke, which has become a regular part of summer for Canadians. We heard from a medical professional on the potential health risks that come with the drop in air quality wildfire smoke brings. (Krissy Holmes with Dr. Anne Gunz)

Would you recognize a tick bite if you saw it? On the Go's health contributor brings us some advice about tick season and lyme disease... a potentially serious infection caused by the bites. (Krissy Holmes with Dr. Iris Gorfinkel)

The Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival launches its 25th anniversary year with musical collaborations and a tour starting Tuesday in Labrador. The festival's co-artistic director and three of the members of the trio headed to "The Big Land" join us in the On The Go studio. (Krissy Holmes with Nancy Dahn, violinist Arian Vriens, pianist Esmee Gilbert and cellist Emma Schmiedecke)