Nobody hurt after a fire at Irving Pulp and paper late yesterday afternoon.
Saint John crews arrived just after 5:30pm at the West-Side mill to find a smoldering blaze under the skirting of a training trailer.
The flames were quickly brought under control and no word on how much damage was caused.
(Energy Commission Member Jeannot Volpe)
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The Premier's new Energy Commission wants to hear from as many people as possible as it spends the next six months cobbling together a new energy policy for the province.
So claims one of the better known members of that Commission, the former Minister of Energy and Finance, Jennot Volpe.
He tells Tide News there's one key question on his mind going in and that is how can the Province be more efficient in producing power and set up the best model for both the Province and rate-payers.
Volpe is confident the problem of NB Power's debtload can be overcome. He maintains it was worse back in the early 90's after Belledune was built.
(Former Saint John Fundy MLA Stuart Jamieson)
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Former Saint John Fundy M-L-A Stuart Jamieson says it's been a thorne in his side -- now -- it appears the province is trying to find a solution.
Jamieson tells Tide News car rental agencies have been using vehicles registered in Nova Scotia translating to a loss of revenue for the province.
A spokesperson for the Department of Public Safety tells us the province is confident a solution similar to what's in place for commercial vehicles will work -- that system sees the commercial vehicles registered in one jurisdiction with the registration revenues shared between provinces and states based on actual miles travelled in each jurisdiction based on company records.
