Athlete Funding

The Provincial government is giving more than 98 thousand dollars to 83 athletes in the province to compete at the provincial and national levels. The funding will help top amateur athletes make the senior or junior national team and will come from the New Brunswick Athlete Assistance Program.Athletes must be competing in a recognized sport in a major event such as the Olympics, Paralympics or Canada Games. The grants range from $500 to $3,000.

Hit By Lightning update

A three-year-old boy hit by lightning in a Brampton, Ont., park continues to improve in hospital.The unnamed boy, five-year-old Kyus Caines and Kyus' 26-year-old mother Dulce Caines were struck Wednesday afternoon as they were leaving the park.Oral Caines says his son Kyus, who is in critical condition in hospital, bore the brunt of the lightning strike, while the other two were hit more indirectly.Kyus' grandmother told the Toronto Star the little boy was carrying a metal scooter over his shoulder at the time.A spokeswoman for the Hospital for Sick Children says the three-year-old boy's condition has been upgraded from serious to good.