Schedules For The H1N1 Clinics In Charlotte County

 Here are the priority groups :

 Children 6 months to 18 years (first dose)

Children 6 months to under 36 months (second dose and are at least 21 days following first dose)

Children 3 years to 9 years with a chronic medical condition (requiring second dose and are at least 21 days following first dose)

Individuals with a respiratory medical condition

Individuals with lung disease that requires ongoing medical care, such as: asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or cystic fibrosis.

Individuals with breathing difficulties related to a physical, neurological or muscular disorder (e.g. ALS, multiple sclerosis, quadriplegia, paraplegia).

November 26

9am - 8pm Grand Manan Grand Manan Community Centre (Gym)


November 27

10am - 5pm St George St George Community Centre

11 J.O. Spinney Dr.

Priority groups

November 28

9am - 5pm Old Ridge St. Stephen High School

9372 Route 3

(* Use front entrance) Priority groups

 
November 29

11am - 5pm Campobello Campobello Health Centre

640 Route 774, Unit 1

Priority groups

November 29

11am - 5pm Deer Island Deer Island Health Centre

999 Route 772 Priority groups

 
November 29

10am - 4pm St Stephen St. Stephen Middle School

11 School St. Priority groups

A light in Memory Of A loved One

Home Support Services will be having there 6th annual festivals of light ceremony tonight. You can purchase a light in memory of a love one. Family members will speak on behalf of their love one to explain the experience they've had with Home Support Services over the years. The light ceremony will take place at 41 Budd Avenue at 7:00pm.

Chemical Spill Caused School to Close

Fundy High Students had to be sent home today due to a chemical spill in the school. Acting superintendent Jenny McDougal tells tide news the head Custodian was walking in the school and discovered a smell in the lab. When the Custodian entered the lab there was a shelf that broke and quit a few chemicals got mixed together. The fire department along with the hazard material team recommended the school to close for the day for safety reason.

Nobody was hurt.

Two more Deaths In Maine

Two more people have died in Maine due to the H1N1 virus. That brings the total to nine since August.

According to a press release from the Department of Health this past week 31 Maine people have been hospitalized, including eight children. The H1N1 clinic will be held in Calais on December 9 from 8- 1pm at the Calais elmentary school.



For more information you can visit www.maineflu.gov

Fundy High Students Sent Home

Fundy High Students in District Ten will be sent home shortly. School officials tells us further details will be released as soon as the information is available.

Province's Toll-Free H1N1 Flu Line

The next time you call the Province's toll-free H1N1 flu line it shouldn't take as long. Call volumes increased shortly after media reports of the deaths of two teens in Ontario from the swine flu but the information line didn't have enough capacity to handle the increase so that resulted in long wait times.


More operators have been added and a new automated voice-activated system for callers has been put in place. The 24-hour information line is 1-800-580-0038.

Gas Prices Are In

The Energy and Utilities Board has released it's weekly price schedule which shows a litre of self-serve going for a maximum of 99.2.  Gas stations in St Stephen are selling a pump price of 99.9.

Diesel is up percentage points at $101.8. Furnace Oil also up a few percentage points, coming in at 82.4 with not much movement in propane either at 93.6.