Lumberjack Competition

The 37th Annual International Homecoming Festival continues in St. Stephen & Calais today with the International Lumberjack Competition.  20 lumberjacks and lumberjills were competing for cash prizes and trophies.  Hundreds of spectatiors came out and cheered on the contestants.
For a complete list of other festival events happening today and throughout the week, visit http://www.thetide.ca/

Iggy Speaks On Lepreau Refurbishment

(Michael Ignatieff gives a speech at Paul Zed's BBQ)
(Photo by Sherry Aske)

A crowd of people turned up to watch Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff roll into town on the Liberal Express.

Ignatieff was in Rothesay last night for a barbecue at former MP Paul Zed's house.

He spoke about his stance on the Point Lepreau refurbishments, saying his focus as a federal politician is that Stephen Harper has walked away from the Canadian nuclear industry for the past four years. 

Ignatieff says we need to make sure we have nuclear technologies and the capacity to repair our nuclear stations. 

He says we're losing nuclear scientists almost daily now, and the responsibility for that is ultimately not with AECL, but with the Conservative government.

Fewer Forest Fires

The number of forest fires around the Province are way down this year and that might come as a surprise to many with the all the hot, humid weather.

So far, there have been 120 fires which have burned 110 hectares.

Jeff Betts is the Provincial Fire Center Operations Officer and tells us, it doesn't seem like it, but the rain is spaced out enough that the woods are not tinder dry and campers are being very cautious to extinguish any fires before leaving their site.

Betts says last year, 230 hectares of forest was lost around the Province which is also low with the ten year average being close to 400.