Bay Of Fundy Island Now Protected

An island in the Bay of Fundy near Grand Manan is now in the hands of the Nature Trust of New Brunswick.

Connors Brothers donating Southern Wolf Island to the trust.

Renata Woodward tells Tide News it will not be used for tourism, as it has at-risk species and a high ecological value.


She says they will probably promote scientific research, and outreach and education in terms of science and environment.

Woodward says this came about through the Nature Trust's "Campaign for Coastal Lands".

Threat to Fredericton Hospital

Fredericton police are at a hospital in the city after a man phoned in a threat today.

Const. Rick Mooney declined to elaborate, saying only the threat to the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital was of a general nature.

Mooney says the threat was phoned in at around 10:30 a.m. and officers are stationed at all of the hospital's entrances.

He says people are only being allowed in through the hospital's main entrance and officers are searching all men entering the building.