Attempts In Preventing The Lawsuit From Happening

The defamation trial of former Saint John Common Councillor John Ferguson was told he made three attempts to prevent the lawsuit from proceeding.


Pension Board lawyer Hugh Wright agreed with Ferguson's lawyer, Rod Gillis the costs would have been substantially lower had he been successful. Common Councillor and former Pension Board trustee, Chris Titus wrote a letter saying questions were being raised about the city's pension plan with good intentions but without a full understanding of the facts. Another letter written by then Councillor Ivan Court in 2007 warned going ahead with the lawsuit against Ferguson would set a dangerous precedent.
 
Ferguson is currently the Town Manager of St. Stephen.

ATV Causes Serious Injuries After Landing On Local Man

Local police were called to an accident over the weekend in Flume Ridge.


District 1 RCMP say the call came around 2:30 Saturday afternoon, of a man who was seriously injured while driving an ATV.

Sgt. Bob MacKnight says it appears the ATV went end over end, landing on top of the man.

Paramedics arrived via all-terrained-vehicle, and the man was taken to a hospital in Fredericton.

MacKnight says this is the second incident, within the past 10 days, of an AVT operator being seriously injured.

Another Telephone Scam Involving Power Bills

St Martins residents are the latest to be hit by yet another telephone scam - this one claiming to represent N-B Power and it deals with a change in billing procedures.
One resident who received the call tells us it came from a California area code.
N-B Power spokesperson Melissa Morton says it's part of the ongoing telephone scams with callers claiming to represent the utility.
She says if you receive one of these calls - don't give any information and contact your local police or the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre - contact the centre at 1-888-495-8501or click here.

Who Cracked The Cheese?!

The St. Stephen Superstore, St. George Save-Easy, along with over 250 other select Loblaw banner stores across Canada, simultaneously broke 305 wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese for world record Saturday afternoon, March 24th.


Loblaw Companies became the new official world record holder for the most wheels of cheese cracked simultaneously.

It was declared by Guinness World Records.