An inquest into the death of a 17 year old Chinese student while swimming at the Aquatic Centre in Saint John in September of 2011 has been changed.
It will be held from May 21st through the 24th at the Sydney Street Courthouse in Saint John instead of early next month.
The circumstances surrounding the death of Yi Fan Wang remain murky. He was swimming in the pool with some friends when something happened to him. He was unconscious when taken out of the swimming pool and died two days later at the Regional Hospital's intensive care unit.
The inquest was called to hear from witnesses about the circumstances and come up with recommendations.
The Alward Government is being accused of starving universities in the province. That charge made by Miriam Jones of U-N-B Saint John who's President of the New Brunswick Association of University Teachers.
Jones says universities provide hope to young people that they can have a better future. Without that hope, Jones argues young people will move to a place where there are better prospects which is what's happening these days.
She adds the squeeze on university funding is tighter than ever.
Each of the 75 buildings in the Anglophone South School District from Sussex to St. Stephen will be gone over to see in how good a shape they're in and what sort of repairs are needed.
Enrollments are generally going down in most places and many of the school buildings in Saint John, for instance, are getting long in the tooth dating back to 1924.
School District Chair Rob Fowler says despite that, school closures are not a given. He explains that a school will only be closed if the enrollment is way down and the repairs to bring the building up to par are sky high.
The province wants the school districts to come up with a five year infrastructure plan by the end of June.
The Alward Government and the New Brunswick Medical Society are sniping at eachother over the cap on medicare fees.
Provincial Health Minister Ted Flemming accuses the Medical Society of not co-operating to lower the cost of healthcare.
Medical Society President Dr. Robert Desjardins tells the Tide an extensive report complete with suggestions on how to make the healthcare system more efficient was handed over to the government last August but there was no followup.
Dr. Desjardins speculates the Medical Society's recommendations are gathering dust somewhere.
The unrest within the Conservative caucus over stiff party control is showing no signs of calming down.
Three more M-Ps stood in the House of Commons to assert their freedom to say what they want in Parliament, without first being vetted by the party leadership.
Charlotte County M-P John Williamson was among those defending the right to speak in the House about anything they wish. Ironically, Williams, who once headed the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, also served as Prime Minister Harper's Communications Director at one time.
The backbenchers have been denounced by other Conservative M-P's as going rogue but they say this is actually a matter about the right of an M-P to represent his or her constituents.
An S-U-V leaving the highway and rolling over near the Ducks Unlimited Marsh in Musquash. This happened around 4:30 yesterday afternoon.
The Musquash Fire Department found the S-U-V on its roof. A mother and her child outside the vehicle. They sustained what appeared to be minor injuries but were sent to hospital as a precaution to be looked over.
The S-U-V had been going westbound along Highway 1.
(Photo Courtesy Of Andrew Sanojca)
