Fire crews getting to the bottom of a strong smell on the West side of Saint John.
The calls started coming in just after 10pm, with numerous West side residents reporting a strange smell in the air—many saying it smelled like natural gas.
Firefighters tracked down the source of the odour—a
Maritimes and Northeast substation on the West side that had released a
small amount of gas. Wilson says the low atmosphere and the fog at the
time made the smell seem much worse than it actually was.
He says there was no danger.
The
federal government will review whether or not it needs to play a role in
how exotic pet stores are regulated says Prime Minister Stephen
Harper.
Early
on Monday, two young brothers in Campbellton were killed by an African
rock python that escaped its enclosure in an apartment located above
exotic pet store, Reptile Ocean.
As Harper made the vow yesterday, zoo staff seized 23 reptiles—among them, snakes, lizards and a Cuban crocodile—and
euthanized four American alligators belonging to the store. Officials
say they had to put the animals down because no zoo would take them.
The
species of python is banned in the province unless you have a special
permit. Environment Canada spokesman Mark Johnson says the department
was enlisted to help transport the python to Reptile Ocean 11 years ago
after it was abandoned at the SPCA in Moncton.
A funeral service is being held today for the two boys killed by a python in Campbellton.
Four
year-old Noah Barthe and his six year-old brother Connor were found dead
on Monday morning after a 45-kilogram African rock python escaped its
enclosure in the apartment, which is above an exotic pet store.
Preliminary autopsy results show the boys died of asphyxiation.
Campbellton's
deputy mayor, Ian Comeau, says the brothers will be buried together in
one casket and that the service will celebrate their short lives. The
funeral will be held at St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church.
Both the
apartment and store are owned by Jean-Claude Savoie, a family friend,
who took the boys shopping and to a farm before hosting a sleepover on
Sunday with his son.
A two-car crack up on the East side of Saint John.
Division
Chief Mark Wilson of the Saint John Fire Department says two people
were brought to hospital after the crash, which happened just after nine
o'clock in the evening on the corner of Westmorland Road and Retail
Drive.
Their injuries are not life-threatening.
A Bordertown blaze gutting a mobile home in the Milltown area, leaving a man temporarily homeless.
Crews
from St. Stephen and Calais, Maine, responded to the fire which was
reported at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. No word yet on a cause.
The Canadian Red Cross is providing emergency lodging for the man, who they say is focusing on his daughter's wedding today.
