2009-06-09
09:05:18
A very exciting day for the manager of Movie Gallery here in St Stephen. Chrystal Cooke tells tide news after a miscommunication the doors will be open by mid-day today. Since the last weekend of May movie gallery at the charlotte Mall was closed. The landlord had posted a sign on the door that the place was closed until further notice.
2009-06-09
07:28:00
NB Liquor will begin charging 5 cents a bag for new environmentally friendly plastic bags.
100 per cent of the proceeds will go to MADD Canada.
Spokesperson Nora Lacy tells Tide News, the company has been looking into more biodegradable bags for a while, but could only find ones made on foreign markets.Lacy says the 45 per cent recycled material bags were a long time coming, because they could only find manufacturers in the Asian markets---meaning the bags could not be recycled in the province.
NB Liquor will continue to supply free brown paper bags, as well as new 4 bottle canvas bags.
2009-06-09
07:23:02
Two men from St Stephen are facing charges in connection with the death of a dog last month.
R-C-M-P say the two are facing charges of animal cruelty after a large dog was left in a parked vehicle overnight.
Police say the driver and a friend crossed over to the U-S and when they returned -- the dog was dead after suffering from excessive heat and lack of nourishment.
The two are scheduled to appear in St Stephen court August 4th.
2009-06-09
07:22:13
Two students are exciting about a project taking shape at Fundy High School in St. George. With the assistance of staff from NB Power and District 10, two grade 12 students are conducting a school-wide energy audit with the aim of reducing the energy by 10%.
They are now beginning the process of conducting a comprehensive inventory of the entire electrical load within the school.
The students will create a list of recommendations of how the amount of energy being used by the school can be reduced and then present their recommendations to District and NB Power with an estimation of how much energy can be saved.