It's no
surprise New Brunswickers love their suds, but what might surprise you
is the number of brews we're projected to buy over this long weekend.
Moosehead
Breweries says it's expected that 130 to 140 thousand 12-packs of beer
will be purchased during the New Brunswick Day weekend.
NB liquor will be open during regular hours tomorrow, but will be closed on Monday. You can visit their store locator site for the complete list of store locations and services available.
Stay
sober, buckle up and don't answer that call. Long weekends mean more
traffic on the roadways, and police are heightening their presence to
crack down on dangerous driving.
Sergeant
Claude Tremblay of RCMP's Traffic Services tells CHSJ News some people
say they don't need to wear a seat belt because they're not driving very
far, but Tremblay says statistics show that 80% of people drive within
25 to 30 kilometres of where they live, so that argument doesn't hold
water.
He says
if you're not wearing a seat belt in a crash, you'll be knocked around
or ejected from the car, and if you're ejected, 95% of the time you'll
be seriously injured or killed.
The
percentage of fatal crashes where the victims weren't wearing a seat
belt has gone up, from 23 per cent last year to 40 per cent so far this
year.
All three involved in the armed robbery of a small grocery store in Rothesay have now been charged.
On July
16, three people with weapons entered Cochran's Country Market on
Hampton Road, bound two employees and made away with an undisclosed
amount of cash.
27 year-old Blake Andrew Smith, 26 year-old
Stephen Corey Richard and 47 year old Keith Oliver Dixon have all been
charged with armed robbery, wearing a disguise, and unlawful
confinement.
Smith and Richard will be back in court on Tuesday, and Dixon will be in court again next Monday.
An old, vacant concession stand in Quispamsis going up in flames.
Rothesay Regional Police say the stand at the old drive-in near Carpenter's Pit off of Parkside Road was set on fire around 3am.
Fire crews from the KV Fire Department battling the fire were able to get it under control, and nobody was hurt.
An early morning rescue on the boardwalk.
City
police say a woman was brought to the hospital with at least one broken
leg after falling off of the boardwalk railing and onto the rocks below.
Crews spent nearly an hour and a half on the scene rescuing the woman.
