Graham Wants Mount Carleton As National Park

Premier Shawn Graham is pressing Ottawa to designate Mount Carleton as a national park.

Graham and Tourism and Parks Minister Brian Kenny hiked up the mountain yesterday as part of the 75th anniversary of New Brunswick's provincial parks.

Graham says making Mount Carleton a national park would give Parks Canada more of a presence in Atlantic Canada.

Mount Carleton is the highest point in the Maritimes and the province has spent 2.5 million dollars on upgrades to the park since 2008.

Bridge Open Again

Commuters and summer travellers can breath a sigh in Fredericton now that the Princess Margaret Bridge is open again.

The city challenged commuters to use alternate modes of transportation during the close, in hopes more people would embrace car-pooling, biking and walking.

While the bridge is now open, the area around it remains a construction site so a speed reduction is in place on the bridge until late fall.

Facebook Helps New Amber Alert Program

More than 14-thousand people in the province have signed up to get online alerts when a child is abducted.

This after the Amber Alert Program was launched late last month with the help of the social networking site Facebook.

Amber Alert coordinator, Corporal Todd Chadwick of the Miramichi police, says he's pleased with the response.

Chadwick says while the Amber Alert program in New Brunswick has yet to be used, the chance of finding an abducted child increases with each person who joins the Facebook group.