Traffic Delays At Reversing Falls

If you plan on traveling to Saint John in the near future, you can expect delays over the next several weeks.

The city telling Tide News beginning today and for the next several weeks, the Reversing Falls Bridge will be down to one lane and there will be no vehicle access to Douglas Avenue from Bridge Road or Chesley Drive. 

There will be temporary traffic lights in place at both ends of the bridge but, as you might expect, there will be continual delays. 

The traffic flow is being disrupted to allow upgrades to be done to the east-west water main below the bridge.

Court Adjourned For More Possible Charges On Snook

About 50 spectators did not get to see Donnie Snook in court today. The matter is being adjourned until late May because more charges are pending.

The former Saint John common councillor would normally have appeared by video conference but the technology was not available due to the move to the new justice building at Peel Plaza. He had been expected to enter pleas today.

Snook is facing 8 charges including sexual interference on a child under 16, possession of and making child pornography as well as making it available.

Snook is due back in court on May 29th.

One Dead And One Injured After Snowmobile Crash At MacDougall Lake

A crash at a local lake causing one death and sending another man to hospital.

Police tell Tide News a 23-year-old man from St. George -- who was driving a snowmobile early yesterday morning at MacDougall Lake -- died after crashing the machine on the shoreline.

District 1 RCMP say a 22-year-old passenger was sent to the Saint John Regional Hospital with serious, but not life-threatening injuries. He remains in hospital.

Investigators believe the men may have struck a large bed of rocks while they were crossing the lake, causing them to lose control and crash the machine.