Man Dies Before Movie About Him Can Be Released

A funeral service will be held this Friday morning at 11 in St. Martins United Church for a man from West Quaco about whom a movie has been made to be released in the spring.
 
Craig Morrison's ordeal has been turned into a movie called "Still" starring character actor James Cromwell who played the warden in the Tom Hanks' movie "The Green Mile".  

Morrison, who passed away at the age of 93, had a running battle with the New Brunswick Royal District Planning Commission about building and staying in his own home without using stamped lumber. The province charged he was not following the national building code.

Coats For Kids Drive Sets Record For NBCC

The numbers are in for the annual Coats 4 Kids Drive put on by our local community college.

NBCC Student Services Representative Carolyn Tatton tells Tide News a total of 205 coats were donated from October through to January.

Tatton says, this is not just the most ever collected at the St. Andrews school, its almost double their record.

She says among other winter clothing, an anonymous donor gave more than a dozen pairs of homemade mittens, as well as one of their students knitted winter hats.

All donations will be split between the Volunteer Centre of Charlotte County in St. Stephen and the Community Living Centre in St. George.

Tatton says she is very excited to begin the Drive again and she already has people telling her they are saving their coats to donate for next year.

Blood Clinic Today In St. Stephen

Blood. It's in you to give.

Canadian Blood Services coming to St. Stephen this afternoon for a blood donor clinic.

CBS Community Development Coordinator Thomas Bishop tells Tide News the blood can be used for infants, blood transfusions, and most commonly -- victims in car crashes and accidents.

The clinic will be held at the St. Stephen Legion, located at 43 Queen Street, today from 2-4 and again from 5:30-7:30 tonight.