Monday, April 29, 2013

Miss Scoops To Open May 9th In St. Stephen

Mr. Scoops is now Miss. Scoops.

Owner Cynthia Foster says she has bought the dairy bar that has been a staple in St. Stephen for the past nineteen years, re-named it and re-vamped it into a new and inproved business.
Foster tells Tide News, "It's a completely different business. A new business. But you're not going to be able to tell the average Joe in St. Stephen when they see the same two faces behind the counter, it's still the same place as far as they're concerned."

Foster says she will be opening the store at their new location on Milltown Blvd in St. Stephen, directly beside Chocolate Park, with lots of new things added to the menu. Foster says, "We will still have over 50 flavors of hard icecream, and over 50 flavors of soft icecream, but we are intruducing fresh fruit smoothies, frozen yogurt, coffee, and baked goods." Foster adds, your favorite desserts will be much fresher. "Your apple crisp for your apple crisp sundaes, they will be made. Your strawberry toppings are going to be made from the strawberries I buy from Tuddenham's and make the simple syrup out of. Same with your blueberries and anything like that, everything will be locally purchased, locally broke down into a syrup. Everything will be local. Local, local, local."

Foster says Miss Scoops Dairy Bar will be never close again, making the new business open all-year-round, offer birthday parties for kids, and all of their supplies from icecream containers to cleaning items are eco-friendly. Foster says, "I want to make the store as "green" as possible so an icecream dish isn't still kicking around when my grandbaby grows up."

Miss Scoops will open Thursday, May 9th.

Retired Doc Says Healthcare Needs To Be Redone

The Independent M-L-A for Fundy-River Valley says there has to be a long term plan to revamp healthcare in the province because the fiscal situation demands it. 

Dr. Jim Parrot tells Tide News the dispute between doctors and the provincial government with a threatened lawsuit is just a small part of a larger problem.
 

Dr. Parrot warns if this dispute does go to court, there may not be a resolution by the time the next provincial election rolls around.

Fundy Baykeeper Calls Cooke Statement Shocking And Scandalous

For the Fundy Baykeeper, the half million dollar fine that Kelly Cove Salmon has to shell out for using an illegal pesticide in salmon farms, is a bittersweet victory. 

Matthew Abbott tells Tide News that while he's appreciative of the work Environment Canada enforcement did to bring the case to light, he admits it's frustrating that one of the biggest companies in the province used the products in the first place.

Glen Cooke, the CEO of Cooke Aquaculture, which owns Kelly Cove Salmon, released a statement after-the-fact where he said he questions the allegations, but wanted to avoid a drawn-out court case. You can read Cooke's statement here. Abbott says they're contradicting themselves, since they plead guilty.

Man Charged With Stabbing Bus Driver In Court Today

A stabbing last month left an intercity bus driver in hospital undergoing surgery for multiple wounds, and today the Dalhousie man charged with the attack is due in court today in Grand Falls. 

27-year-old Ryan Jason Hickey is being charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault. Police say the attack happened when the driver pulled into the parking lot of a gas station in Perth-Andover. 

Two RCMP officers who happened to be inside the station were flagged down.