Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Teenager Killed in Crash

No name is being released after a A 19-year old girl from Fredericton Junction was killed following a single vehicle crash yesterday. RCMP were called to the Back Tracy Road to find the vehicle she was driving left the road and hit a pole. She was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the vehicle.


A 19-year old man in the vehicle suffered a few cuts and bruises but officers believe alcohol, speed and slippery road conditions all contributed to the accident happening.

New Incentives for Nurses

Talk is being replaced with action in the drive to bring more nurses to the Province. The Graham Government has announced a $10,000 incentive to nursing graduates who accept positions targeted as being hard to recruit. Health Minister Mary Schryer says this is a necessary tool to continue boosting the ranks.
President of the Provincial Nurses Union Marilyn Quinn says this is another positive step in recruitement.

The program is available to nurses who graduated after March 3 of this year and to nursing students in their fourth year of studies who accept positions identified as hard to recruit. Since October of 2006, 357 nurses have been recruited to the Province.

A Special Gift To The Huntsman Marine Science Centre In St Andrews















( Photo ,Courtesy Of The Huntsman Marine Science Centre )


The Huntsman Marine Science Centre received a special gift from a little girl. Having just launched a ‘Seal the Deal’ campaign to raise the final $2 million needed for the new Bay of Discovery Centre, a donation came in from a 6 year old of Fredericton. Kayley Clark who decided that friends shouldn’t bring her gifts for her birthday party, but instead bring cash to help the seals move in to their new home. And to top it off, not con-tent with raising just over $126 from the party itself, Kayley added the money she was given for her birthday, to make the total amount she donated $186.85.




On Saturday, Kayley and family present Muriel Jarvis, Huntsman Director of Business Development, with the donation. In return for her thoughtful gift, Kayley received a toy seal with a personalized name tag, some postcards and a one-of-a-kind seal poster, along with an invite to visit the new centre when it is opened in 2011.

NB-Bus-Route-Cuts

The Energy and Utilities Board is not ready just yet to give Acadian Coach Lines permission to make cuts to its bus routes in the province.


The Board wants more information about the ridership and costs of the two routes the bus line wants to chop.

Acadian is asking get rid of its routes from Saint John to Bangor, which also serve Charlotte County as well as the Fredericton to Miramichi routes, which also stop in communities along Route 8.

While asking for those cuts, Acadian has plans to increase the number of express buses that operate between Saint John, Fredericton, Moncton and Halifax.

Supply and Services Likes NB Power Proposal

Nothing but praise about the NB Power-Hydro Quebec proposal from the Minister of Supply and Services. Ed Doherty says as more details are rolled out, he believes more people are on board with making it reality.


Minister Doherty adds for anyone who is concerned about escalating energy rates, this proposal should take aware any worries.

Martina McBride at Harbour Station

98.1 The TIDE is proud to present Country music superstar Martina McBride at Harbour Station. McBride’s March 16 performance in Saint John will be her only New Brunswick date. McBride is a four-time Country Music Association "Female Vocalist of the Year" winner ,tied with Reba McEntire for the most wins. She has also won the "Top Female Vocalist" award three times from the Academy of Country Music. McBride will be supported in her Harbour Station appearance by country artist and songwriter Gord Bamford.

Awards and nominations Bamford have received include the 2008 "Top New Male Talent of the Year" from the Canadian Country Music Association.
Tickets for the March 16 concert go on sale this coming Saturday (Dec. 19) at 10 a.m.

They’ll be available online at www.harbourstation.ca, by calling 657-1234 or 1-800-267-2800 and in person at the Harbour Station Box Office.

3rd annual Cop's for Kid's























( Photo Courtesy of the Washington County Sheriff's Office)


 
The 3rd annual Cop's for Kid's campaign was a great success this year thanks to many citizens of Washington County.


They received over 300 stuffed toy's from various groups and individuals from all over the county this year.

They were able to send 125 to an orphanage in Cambodia and are in the process of distributing them to local groups so they can get them to needy families.