St. Stephen Wins Bid To Host 2015 Horseshoe Championships

Horseshoe Canada is putting a ringer on Chocolate-Town.

St. Stephen winning the bid to host the Canadian Horseshoe Pitching Championships in 2015.
Local Club President Jason Rideout says Horseshoe Canada was very impressed with with the club's bid and believe St. Stephen is an excellent host town.

Rideout tells Tide News this is a great opportunity for our economy because some 200 pitchers will come here with most of their friends and family and think of it as a vacation.

He says pitcher's will only compete for about 3 hours a day and that leaves another 21 hours people will be scoping Charlotte County for things to do and things to buy. Rideout predicts the 4-5 day event will bring between 200-250 people to St. Stephen.

Rideout tells Tide News they now have two years to raise the money to cover the budget, which he estimates will be between $30-$40,000. "Through fundraising and trying to get some grants, business sponsorships, bake sales to ticket drives to fundraising within the Blub and using some of our tournaments. It's nothing we can't handle, but it was a big decision for the Club to make."

Rideout was also elected as President of Horseshoe Canada for the next two years.

Man Killed In Train Incident Identified

The Saint John Police Force are confirming that the victim of July 6th, 2013 train incident involving a 48 year old man, who was killed on the train tracks is Paul Kenneth Lorne Hayward of Saint John. 

The incident occurred at or near Marsh Creek at approximately 5:45 AM.

Little NB Restaurant Getting Major National Attention

A little restaurant in the countryside outside of Sussex is going to be getting some national attention.

Giermindl's  Old Bavarian Restaurant is being featured in the reality show "You've Gotta Eat Here". Founders Adolf and Olga Giermindl along with 9 of their 11 children immigrated to Canada in 1976. They chose the Knightville, Kings County property to settle on because the rolling hills reminded us of their native Bavaria region in Germany.

Manager Claudia Giermindl tells Tide News it was quite the experience working with show host John Catucci -- even though she had a thing or two to teach him about traditional German cusine

The family-owned restaurant raises all their beef, lamb and pork on their own farm and specializes in traditional dishes like cabbage rolls, pork hocks, and schnitzel. To check out the website click here

Child & Youth Mental Health Services Research Gets $2.5 Million

A group of researchers from the Maritimes trying to make life a little easier for parents of children and youth suffering from depression, anxiety or other mental illnesses, getting a financial boost.

The group getting $2.5 million from the Department of Health to identify gaps in services available for kids and young people who have mental illnesses. Dr. Scott Ronis is a professor at UNB and the team's provincial representative, and tells Tide News their end goal is to make it easier to get help.

Part of the project is creating a web portal, where people can find and contribute information about the services they're getting. Ronis says that will change over time, so the idea would be to follow what is happening on the ground.

The funding announcement was made by Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq on June 26.