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Information Morning in the Summer 2025

Information Morning in the Summer returns this July and August. Beginning on July 2, you’ll hear a province-wide summer edition of the show with guest hosts Khalil Akhtar and Colleen Kitts-Goguen. Your regular local morning shows will return after Labour Day.

This July and August, join us for a province-wide edition of the show

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Information Morning in the Summer returns this July and August. Beginning on July 2, you'll hear a province-wide summer edition of the show with guest hosts Khalil Akhtar and Colleen Kitts-Goguen. Your regular local morning shows will return after Labour Day.

Weekly giveaways

Tune in each week for a chance to win fabulous prizes featuring local New Brunswick items and some of our most popular CBC swag. Whether you like to be active, read, cook or just simply relax in your own backyard, tune in to find out how to get your hands on these hot summer prizes.

A photo of tea, coffee, a word search, CBC Socks and a CBC Tumbler
Our theme for the Information Morning prize pack for Friday, July 4 is "Rise and Shine". (Andrea Stanford/CBC)

For week 1, our prize pack theme was "Rise and Shine". Items include Maritime breakfast tea, a New Brunswick Word search, coffee, CBC Socks and a CBC Tumbler. Congrats to Norma Little from Harvey, who is our lucky winner!

The next prize pack will be posted on Monday, July 7 and the winner will be announced on Friday, July 11. Tune in for all the details!

Highlights from the week of June 30

A mom in southwest New Brunswick started the summer break fighting to have speech therapy services restored for her daughter. Lisa Green's campaign was successful​. She spoke with Khalil Akhtar.
This summer, every week, we'll be visiting the New Brunswick Literature Garden, learning about writers and the plants that inspired them.
You never know what will wash up on our New Brunswick beaches, maybe even something explosive. CBC's Megan MacAlpine brings us one story about how CFB Gagetown deals with stray dangerous items.

About your hosts

Colleen and Khalil
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Khalil Akhtar

This is Khalil Akhtar's fourth year hosting Information Morning in the Summer. He joined CBC in 2002 and has worked as a news reporter, producer and radio host in New Brunswick and British Columbia. For 13 years, he hosted a weekly column about food issues that aired on CBC Radio programs across Canada. Khalil will be hosting throughout July.

Colleen Kitts-Goguen

Colleen Kitts-Goguen is an award-winning journalist with CBC New Brunswick. Originally from Moncton, she now lives in Fredericton where she is a senior writer for CBC News and a backfill host for radio current affairs programs. Colleen will be with you in August.

How to listen

Hear Information Morning in the Summer on CBC Radio One or on CBC Listen, in Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton.