Open For Visiting

 Passamaquoddy Lodge will be open for visiting for immediate family members only as of today.

Your ask not to visit  the Lodge if you have any cold or influenza symptoms such as: fever, cough, muscle aches, joint aches, severe fatigue, head ache, sore throat or symptoms of vomiting or diarrhea.

Students Staying Home From School

Spokesperson with the Education Department says the students that are out of class province wide is at 18%. Valerie Kilfoil tells tide news some schools in different areas may be higher then others. She says as for District Ten she could not give the status of the students that are out of class at this time. Yesterday Acting Superintendent Jenny McDougal told us at the moment attendance figures are actually better then they were during the same period last year.

Police Cruiser Lost Control Trying To Avoid A Moose

One man is lucky to be alive after his car rolled over several times to avoid hitting a moose. Deputy Tom Chambers of Calais was answering to a complaint when he suddenly lost control of his car trying to miss hitting the animal. Sheriff Donnie Smith tells Tide news chambers had been in the car for over an hour before   emergency officials were able to remove him. The Sheriff says he was transported to Calais hospital then later transported to eastern Maine medical center. He says the accident happen around 6:00 last evening when he was travelling east on route 214. Smith says he is recovering well.

High Speed Internet

High speed internet continues to make its way throughout the province as part of a government contract to bring access to all New Brunswickers by July 2010. Barrett Xplore Inc says the most recent area to get wireless and satellite technology is the Hampton region.




11 towers have been built or upgraded recently from Kars to Hampton. Fixed wireless technology was first introduced July 20 in Bouctouche and since then, towers have been upgraded or built to serve several rural counties.

Shooting In Fort Hood Texas

U-S President Barack Obama says a deadly shooting at a U-S Army base in Texas is ``a horrific outburst of violence.'' Speaking at an event at the Department of Interior, Obama says it's ``horrifying'' that brave American troops have been targeted.


 The U-S Army says 12 people were killed and 31 wounded at the Army base at Fort Hood, Texas. The suspect was wounded and remains in stable condition.

Maine on Power Deal

The Governor's Office in Maine is taking a wait and see approach towards the possible sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec.Karin Tilburg is Senior Policy Advisor to Governor John Baldacci.
She tells Tide news they don't know yet what impact it will have on their efforts find renewable energy sources.

Tilburg says right now they can't say whether it's a better deal for one province over the other.