Light smoke and a strange smell filling an apartment complex causing an afternoon evacuation.
Platoon
Chief Eric Garland says they evacuated everyone in the 48-unit apartment
building at 10 Woodhollow Park while crews looked for the source—which they found to be a malfunctioning ventilation system that's now in need of servicing.
Fire
crews were on the scene for about an hour, and everybody was allowed to
return home. One older woman was brought to hospital, but Garland says
it's nothing serious.
As the
Port City holds onto the title of highest unemployment of all cities in a
Stats Canada survey, this announcement could bring some hope to Saint
Johners looking for work — a major retail chain is doing some hiring.
Target
is hosting a job fair throughout the week at Loch Lomond Place. It runs
from 8:30am to 5:30 on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and from 11:00am to
8pm on Wednesday.
The store itself will will open sometime before Christmas.
The Saint John Jewish Historical Museum fund has just received a big donation from a man who passed away last week.
Author,
lawyer, educator and human rights advocate Lorne Rozovsky has given the
group $25,000. In a letter, he wrote that he wanted to make a lasting
contribution to the preservation of the history of the city's Jewish
community.
Rozovsky died last Monday at the age of 70 after a 15-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
Acrobatics,
costumes, bagpipes and standup comedy: just a few of the wild and wacky
performance styles you can expect at the Port City's most unique
theater festival....which you may not have heard of yet.
Fundy
Fringe Fest is a brand-new theater festival coming to the Port City.
The titles range from "Morlock the Warlock" to "That Boob Show" and "I
Get Naked," and the performers are from all over Canada.
Sandra
Bell of the Fundy Fringe Fest tells CHSJ News it's not your usual
highbrow theater experience, and there's something at Fringe everyone
can appreciate.
The
Fundy Fringe Festival festival runs from August 21 to the 25 and a $50
festival pass gets you into 8 different shows of your choice. For more
information, click here.
