St. Stephen Chamber of Commerce 19th Annual Meeting...

The 19th annual Chamber of Commerce meeting was held last night with Guest Speak John Ferguson CAO for St. Stephen who spoke on the New Charlotte County Civic Center and what it means for St. Stephen and the region.... A large Donation to to the Civic Center was made by Sun Life Financial in the amount of $50,000..The Night didn't end there as Shelly McKeeman gave an extensive report on Chamber activities in the past year. The new board of director was installed and will be lead by Geoff Knight. Knight is the Executive Director of The Community Business Development Corporation.

District 10 receive National Certificate of Merit at Government House.

Five New Brunswick School Districts were presented with a national certificate of merit at Government House.

School superintendents from each district were presented with the Partners in Progress toward Inclusion certificates of merit by the New Brunswick Association for Community Living (NBACL) during its national Inclusive Education Achievement Awards ceremony.

Beginning in September, 2006, NBACL partnered with District 10 to develop ways to engage and involve high school youth to make their schools more inclusive. The partnership continued in 2009, allowing NBACL’s Transition Coordinator to work with students to create and implement a plan which will prepare them to participate in community life after high school. The Hon. Roland Haché, Minister of Education for NB. accepted the Award for School District 10 as Superintendent Derrick O'Brien was not able to attend the event.

          

A successful project that has come out of this partnership is the Workforce Development Program. Since 2006 NBACL has been working with 10 grade 12 students a year to help them acquire job readiness skills and Co-op education with employers within the community. The goal is to have the employer hire the studentafter graduation from high school.

NBACL, a provincial non-profit organization which works on behalf of children and adults with an intellectual disability and their families, recognized School Districts 6, 10, 14, 17 and 18 for their work in partnering with them on various initiatives to test approaches and find tools and strategies to improve inclusive education.

Current Maximum Prices for Gas

Gas prices are continuing their slow decline after the weekly setting. The maximum price for self serve regular is 99.7 a litre but is being sold in the around town for 97.6. The max for diesel is 104.1 Heating oil is listed at 87.2 and propane has gone up to 117.2 a litre.

All prices are in cents per litre.

Motor Fuel Maximum Total Price (incl. HST)
Regular Unleaded Gasoline Self-serve 99.7
Regular Unleaded Gasoline Full-serve 102.5
Mid-grade Unleaded Gasoline Self-serve 103.1
Mid-grade Unleaded Gasoline Full-serve 105.9
Premium Unleaded Gasoline Self-serve 106.5
Premium Unleaded Gasoline Full-serve 109.3
Ultra-low Sulphur Diesel Self-serve 104.1
Ultra-low Sulphur Diesel Full-serve 106.9

Heating Fuel Maximum Total Price(incl. HST)
Furnace Oil 87.2
Propane 117.2