There was a lot of emotion today as the public were invited to visit the Royal Newfoundland Regiment's Unknown Soldier, lying in state at the Confederation Building. A couple of the visitors dropped by the On The Go studio to share their reasons for paying their respects. (Krissy Holmes with Betty and Dennis Snow and Perry Grandy)

As our Unknown Soldier lies in state at the Confederation Building, we talk with the chair of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Regimental Advisory Council and Regimental Museum about the other unknown soldiers from the Newfoundland contingent buried in foreign countries. (Krissy Holmes with Frank Gogos)

The countdown to a massive choral festival in St. John's has begun with Harbour Voices getting underway on Saturday. We sit down with one of the four co-artistic directors for this inaugural collective singing festival to hear all about the hundreds of vocalists here in town for the big sing. (Krissy Holmes with David Buley)

There's a motorcade of Canadian army veterans from across the country who are riding to St. John's to pay their respects to the Unknown Soldier. They were supposed to be on the Argentia ferry... but instead they've been forced to make alternate plans just to get here in time for Memorial Day. We reached the national president of the Canadian Army Veterans. (Krissy Holmes with Mike Lacharite)

Young musicians from across the province will be on stage tomorrow evening at the Majestic....for the finale of this years Equinor's Newfound Talent Contest. We get a preview from the incoming executive director and the outgoing executive director of the NL Folk Arts Society. (Krissy Holmes with Diana Daly and Julie Vogt)

We get reaction to the result of game seven of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers. First, we reach a happy Panthers fan in Upper Gullies - and then we come back to the On The Go studio for a chat with a CBC Online colleague and Oilers fan. (Krissy Holmes with Cheyenne Bayse, Krissy Holmes with Dan MacEachern)

With Marine Atlantic's Argentia ferry out of the mix until July 3rd due to mechanical work, one BnB owner in Ferryland says business is gone with the wind. We speak about her concerns with yet another year of business setbacks. Following that, we get reaction and an update on the situation from the corporate communications officer with Marine Atlantic. (Krissy Holmes with Maxine Dunne; Krissy Holmes with Darrell Mercer)

The federal government taxes alcohol and cigarettes... but should a tax on soda, chips and cookies come next? The World Health Organization thinks so. On The Go's weekly Health columnist joins us to explain. (Krissy Holmes with Dr. Iris Gorfinkel)