Family Of Missing Fishermen To Meet With Federal Minister

The family of missing fishermen Corey and Harold Cossaboom from Grand Manan will meet tomorrow with Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea in an attempt to get some answers as to why their boat sank off St. Martins.
Human remains were found after being washed ashore on Grand Manan.
Corey's sister Trish Greene is angry there's still no identification and the family also wants to know why their boat sank.
Gary Austin operated a diving company more than twenty years ago and investigated when a single engine plane went down in the Bay off St. Martins and did not break up which raises that as a possible cause -- the boat's dragging line may have become hooked on the wreckage causing it to abruptly stop and flip.
Austin says it should be marked as a hazard to give fishermen a heads up.

Mishap Claims Life

An industrial mishap in Charlotte County claiming the life of a man this morning.
Worksafe NB and the RCMP both investigating the death in Blacks Harbour.
More information is expected to be provided later this afternoon.

Business Leader Expects Tax Increases

A warning from the Premier that some difficult years lie ahead and people will have to implement some difficult measures to cope with the fiscal crisis facing the province.
Moosehead's Andrew Oland expects consumption taxes to be increased but he says the economic fortunes of the province are in many respects out of our control.
He says a lot depends on the sluggish U-S economy because it's a key market for a lot of our goods and services.
Oland says we have to acknowledge we're in a desperate fiscal situation.

Alarm Sounded Over Fate Of Highway Upgrades

With the Alward Tories looking for savings anywhere they can find it, what will happen to a slew of upcoming Highway projects in the province.
Liberal Transportation Critic Rick Doucet says if they start changing the contracts and re-examining these projects there are penalties for cancelling contracts and reopening tenders.
Doucet says he has concerns about the possibility of the government cancelling these contracts where the safety of our roads are a top concern for most people in the province.

Slight Shift In Gas Prices

Another mixed bag when it comes to gas prices after the weekly setting.
The price of self serve regular dropping just slightly to 105.1 around town but diesel went up by almost two cents and is selling in the city for 111.4 a litre.
Heating oil also rose to 97 cents a litre.

Moose Causes Chain Crackups In Lepreau

There were no serious injuries but three vehicles were involved in a collision with a moose shortly before 7:30 last night on route 790 at Lepreau.
One car struck the moose and managed to park by the side of the road a short distance away.
Another car tried to swerve around the dead moose but collided with a vehicle that was travelling the other way.
Two people were taken to hospital as a precaution.

Wellness Minister Says Best Cure Is Prevention

One in 10 people in the province will be living with diabetes by 2012, according to a report from the provincial Department of Health.
Wellness, Culture and Sport Minister Trevor Holder says people in this province need to start living an active, healthy life and preventing Type 2 Diabetes in the first place.
Health Minister Madeleine Dube says the report highlights the need for a strategy that focuses on detection, prevention and management of diabetes.