The provincial government is launching a $6-million program to encourage people to buy local. It's called Nova Scotia Loyal, and it's already facing sharp criticism. Sobeys was awarded a nearly $1-million untendered contract for the program. Through it, shoppers can get Scene points at Sobeys, or Air Miles at the NSLC when they buy local goods. NDP MLA Lisa LaChance weighs in.

Jacob Sampson from 2b Theatre is joined by a group of African Nova Scotian artists and theatre makers as they head to the International Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Jacob stopped by to tell us all about it before the group heads to the states.

What was supposed to be a five-day family reunion in Africville came to an abrupt end over the weekend when shots were fired into a crowd, injuring five people. We check in with Paula Grant-Smith to find out how the community is coping. She grew up in Africville and was there with her grandkids when it all happened.

Culture columnist Tara Lynn Taylor tells us all about why a sea sponge and an ostrich are singing and dancing on stage together. Plus, a theatre that thrills and chills in Wolfville.

Acadian community member and Information Morning Alum Louise Renault joins us with a new column, to tell us about the upcoming Acadian World Congress. Thirty thousand people are expected to flock to southwestern Nova Scotia in August, to take part in the big event!

Coming off their Olympics victory over New Zealand yesterday, the Canadian women's soccer team takes on host country France this Sunday. CBC is hosting a free watch party at the Halifax Central Library. We hear about that, and get reaction to the drone drama.

We recently spoke with journalist and author Joan Baxter and Mi'kmaw grandmother, water protector and land defender Thunderbird Swooping Down Woman about the development of the Goldboro gold mining project. To respond to their criticisms, we reach out to an environmental assessor with the province.

This time of year, many young people are spending more time outdoors and less time on screens. That can be a good thing for their eye health and eyesight. For more on the link between screen time and eye development, we reach our house doctor Peter Lin.