The local landfill is serious about you leaving the twigs and brush out of your garage.
To that end, the Fundy Region Solid Waste Commission is doubling the tipping fees for any garbage containing yard waste.
Brenda MacCallum tells CHSJ News the new fee will take effect in January.
MacCullum says any extra material should be beside the compost cart in clear or brown paper bags.
If you're a Saint John west sider and have been wanting a Walmart closer to home -- you are about to get your wish.
After shelving plans for a new west location a few years ago -- Walmart has completed a deal with Target to assume the Zeller's location in the Lancaster Mall.
It's part of a complex deal that sees Walmart picking up 39 Zeller's locations across the country that don't fit into to Target's plans as it moves onto the Canadian retail landscape gobbling up the Zeller's brand.
Walmart says it will have the stores converted by the end of next year while Target will begin opening its locations in early 2013.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is opposed to using government money to help stage Sunday afternoon's Canadian Football League game in Moncton between Calgary and Hamilton.
Premier David Alward is committed because he claims last year's game between Edmonton and Toronto turned out to be worth 7 million dollars to the province.
The Taxpayer Federation's Atlantic Director Kevin Lacey remains unpersuaded as he believes the money should be spent on what matters to the taxpayer, like hospitals and schools.The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the provincial government put up $1.5 million last year. Some of that money was used for additional seating to boost the Moncton stadium's capacity to 21 thousand.
The President of the Saint John Police Association says his members are concerned about all the uncertainty over what's going to happen to the city's financially strapped pension plan.
There are six new options on the table now that the province rejected the original proposal. Jamie Hachey tells CHSJ News his members gave up alot and some of them feel betrayed.
Hachey says they will not accept further cuts although they might be willing to contribute more but he complains the city hasn't said anything about it increasing its contribution to the pension plan.
A former member of Saint John Common Council finding himself in court for violating the city's residential standards bylaw.
Jay Chang pleaded guilty to not carrying out repairs to a building he owns at 56 to 58 Queen Street. Nathan Gionet also pleaded guilty to the same charge and both were fined a thousand dollars each, which is the minimum fine.
The court was told the city found 32 violations during an inspection. Both Gionet and Chang have been told to have those repairs done by December.
