The Spinning Wheels relay team is a cycling organization that is raising awareness for Parkinson's disease by cycling across Canada. Over the weekend they started their journey on Newfoundland's west coast. CBC’s Amy Feehan met up with them in Howley and spoke with cyclists Lloyd Taylor and Li Jiang for more.

Hydroponics facilities are growing across this province, allowing for more and more people are choosing to farm indoors. St. Anthony Basin Resources Incorporated, or SABRI, is the latest to use the technology. They're setting up a brand new facility in the St. Anthony area to grow fresh vegetables, according to CEO Chris Mitchelmore.

Newfoundland and Labrador has one of the highest personal income tax rates in all of North America. Conservative-leaning think tank, the Fraser Institute, says those high taxes keep medical professionals from working here. It says if the government wants to improve recruitment and retention in health care, it'll have to consider tax cuts. Alex Whalen is an analyst at the Fraser Institute, and spoke with CBC's Leigh Anne Power.

The world will be watching the thirty-third Olympiad in Paris. There were to be no Newfoundland athletes in the opening ceremonies, but back in 1920, at the seventh Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium, it was a different story. Newfoundland saw its first-ever native son compete on the Olympic stage. The CBC's Leigh Anne Power brought us the story of marathon runner Eric MacKenzie Robertson.