Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Innovation Awards

The 2009 Innovation Recognition Awards have been handed out to 15 companies in the province. Premier Shawn Graham and Business New Brunswick Minister Victor Boudreau were in Bathurst last night to announce the recipients. They include Sticks and Stones Fabricating in St. Stephen ,Advanced Publishing Corporation in Saint John,  and Energy Systems and Design Limited in Sussex.




The winners represent the best examples of the 26 thousand small businesses in the province that create and adopt innovative practices in the workplace.

Flushing Hydrants

The Town of St.Stephen will be flushing hydrants beginning today for approximately the next  two weeks. The town says you may have some discoloration of your water.

Peaceful Parade










(File Photo SSES)

Stephen Elementary School will be hosting a peaceful schools parade, to celebrate as part of a global network of peaceful schools. The students will parade down King Street from the Border Arena to the Kirk McColl Church and back to the school. The walk begins at 12:45 October 28.

H1N1 Influenza Information Session

Town of St. Stephen will be hosting a Public Health information session on the H1N1 influenza at the St. Stephen Legion located at 43 Queen Street West on Friday.

This will give you an opportunity to have all your questions answered. The session takes place between 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

New Candidate

More than 800 card holding Tory members have voted in fisher Curtis Malloch as the Conservative candidate for the riding of Charlotte-Campobello during the next provincial election. The Conservative party of New Brunswick held its nomination convention over the weekend. Malloch beat out John Craig and Joseph Moffatt for the riding and Malloch tells us he's honoured:


The riding had been held by Conservative MLA Tony Huntjens since 1999.

New Border Crossing
















(Photo Courtesy of Facebook)

In just over a month from now you could be crossing the new border into the United States. Minister of Veterans affairs Greg Thomspon tells Tide news depending on schedules the new St Stephen and Calais border will open November 21st.



Thomspon says the opening of the new border crossing will be the first in Canada in the last 75 years.