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It’s Poshmark without the shipping. Marketplace without the messaging. A yard sale without the cars in your driveway. The Online Grapevine is redefining how to sell things online in New Brunswick.

If you’re frustrated with the time consuming back-and-forth messaging, price haggling, scammers, coordinating pick ups, pricing shipping, and all those headaches of online selling & shopping – listen in! The Online Grapevine takes away those pain points & gives you a brand new way to sell & shop for local items – clothes, shoes, accessories, home decor, baby gear, kids’ toys, & books, more.

The Online Grapevine is a new internet-based version of the successful Grapevine Events pop up consignment model, which began in 2016. Co-owners Cary Beaumont & Jenna Morton (yes, Jenna’s more of a guest than a co-host this episode!) are taking their approach for in-person events & applying them to an online option that already has hundreds of people ready to sell & shop The Online Grapevine.

Want to know more? Check out their Facebook page or follow along on Instagram. You can register to sell items at myconsignmentmanager.com/grapevineevents Registration for selling in the Spring Online Pop Up is May 1st. Shopping happens May 13 – 16 at https://theonlinegrapevine.myshopify.com/ Shoppers MUST PICK UP ITEMS on May 23; locations in Moncton & Saint John.

The Jenna & Tosh Show is a co-production of Pickle Planet Moncton and The Podcast Hub, and is recorded & aired by Rogers TV New Brunswick. Follow us for a new episodes each Monday!

If you’ve ever wondered about botox, fillers, and other medical aesthetics – and how to make use of them safely! – this episode is for you! LPN Ashely Moores is the Lead Cosmetic Nurse at Riverview’s Bloom Health Studio. She’s passionate about safety, on a mission to ensure that people understand the importance of choosing your provider and treatments carefully. She’s also witty, chatty, and a great guest! Whether you’re considering medical aesthetics or not, you’re sure to take something away from this episode.

The Jenna & Tosh Show is a co-production of Pickle Planet Moncton and The Podcast Hub, and is recorded & aired by Rogers TV New Brunswick. Follow us for a new episodes each Monday!

The push continues to raise enough money to build a trauma-informed early childhood learning centre at the Courage Centre (also known to many as the Beauséjour Family Crisis Resource Centre) in Shediac.

One simple way to help – sign up to take part in the 2024 Shoppers Drug Mart Run for Women! Your $60 includes a swag bag, t-shirt, & finisher’s bracelet, along with a direct impact on funding for the centre.

Kristal LeBlanc is the executive director of the centre, which includes various support services for those transitioning from violent situations – emergency housing, forensic medical exam space, drop-in mental health support, a children’s playroom that serves as a neutral space for visits or custody exchanges, and several justice facility dogs (two of whom joined us in studio for this recording). She shares about the growing need for the centre’s services and the importance of creating a space specifically designed for children who are navigating life after trauma.

The annual Shoppers Drug Mart Run for Women is a large part of the centre’s funding mechanism, and everyone can help – either by participating in the walk/run or donating through someone who is. (Hint, hint — Jenna is Captain for the Leveraging Local Team. You can donate online or sign up to join us!)

The Shoppers Drug Mart Run for Women Moncton takes place on May 5 at Centennial Park. You can find more about the local event on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/runforwomenmoncton

The Jenna & Tosh Show is a co-production of Pickle Planet Moncton and The Podcast Hub, and is recorded & aired by Rogers TV New Brunswick. Follow us for a new episodes each Monday!

Disclosure: Tosh is the MC for the Moncton run & Jenna has received her registration in exchange for race promotion. This podcast was not officially a paid promotion. We both believe in the Centre and the invaluable services it provides to our community. All opinions are our own.

Most of New Brunswick will experience an afternoon total eclipse of the sun on Monday, April 8, 2024. The timing of this rare occurrence is causing lots of excitement – and some anxiousness.

Parents want to make the most of the event while ensuring everyone’s safety. To put your mind at ease, we asked New Brunswick Association of Optometrists president Dr. Alexis Keeling to join us and answer questions such as:



* How do I know if these solar eclipse glasses are actually certified?

* Why isn’t it safe to look at the eclipse directly?

* Are pets in danger if they’re outside during the eclipse?

* How to enjoy this experience without going outside and looking at the sun?



Fore more information on eye safety, visit the Canadian Association of Optometrists’ website. We’ve also included some Dr. Alexis Keeling’s comments about the upcoming total solar eclipse below for quick reference.

The Jenna & Tosh Show is a co-production of Pickle Planet Moncton and The Podcast Hub, and is recorded & aired by Rogers TV New Brunswick. Follow us for a new episodes each Monday!

“It’s important to never look at the sun. It doesn’t matter whether there’s an eclipse or not. The sun is a powerful thing that can damage our eyes.”

“Make sure that if you are going to look up at the sun that you’re wearing certified eclipse glasses. These are not sunglasses. These are 200 times darker than sunglasses. You put them on and you look up and you find the sun because that’s the only thing you’re going to see.”

“If you look at the sun and you’re not wearing these, you can do permanent damage to your eyes and cause blindness for the rest of your life within seconds. And that’s kind of the thing we need to keep people safe about. We don’t want to scare anybody. We just want to make sure everybody is ready and well educated and has a really good time safely.”

“It needs to have a certification number. ISO 1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 2. I’ve said it so many times, it sounds like my phone number! Some of them have a best before date, they should have a warning. They are made of aluminized polyester. There’s two thick layers of that. So as long as you have these certification requirements, they should be good.

“As the president of the New Brunswick Association of Optometrists, we distributed 200 pairs to every optometrist in New Brunswick. Call your local optometrist, get in, get a pair for your family so that you know that everyone’s eyes are safe.”

“Kids have larger pupils, so that’s another reason why our youngsters are at more risk of damage inside the eye. It would only take less seconds for them to have damage than someone older with a smaller pupil who would look up would be about more seconds than a child.”

“When we look up at anything, we use an area the inside of our eye called the macula, and it’s about the size of a pinpoint. And I’m sure you’ve heard of macular degeneration. It’s a condition that happens to some people as they get older. So the macula is a very fine detailed central vision, and that’s what we look at things with in detail. There are no pain receptors in the back of the eye. So damage happens there during an eclipse if someone’s looking at it wit...

A new type of book club is taking the world by storm – including Moncton! Silent Book Club is a movement where people gather to read their own materials in a communal setting. There’s no pressure to read something ahead and prepare discussion points. The only trick is getting on the RSVP list before the space hits capacity! Local volunteer organizer DJ MacDonald joins Jenna & Tosh to talk about starting the club, how it’s grown to 100+ person events in just a few months, and why reading seems to be having a moment in 2024.

Find details on the next Silent Book Club meeting on Instagram @silentbookclub_moncton or Facebook.

The Jenna & Tosh Show is a co-production of Pickle Planet Moncton and The Podcast Hub, and is recorded & aired by Rogers TV New Brunswick. Follow us for a new episodes each Monday!

If you’ve felt trapped in a never-ending cycle of not having enough time and energy to complete your tasks – you’ll find yourself nodding along, taking notes, and considering some mindset shifts listening to this episode! Jenna & Tosh are joined by Heather McDonald, a marketing agency owner who wears many hats, including that of coach. She’s passionate about helping others avoid the burnout she experienced, and sharing the steps she takes to regain her sense of control.

The Jenna & Tosh Show is a co-production of Pickle Planet Moncton and The Podcast Hub, and is recorded & aired by Rogers TV New Brunswick. Follow us for a new episodes each Monday!