88 Year Old St. Stephen Woman Awarded With Maritimer Of The Week

A local lady becoming CTV's latest Maritimer of the week.

A reception being held today in St. Stephen Council Chambers to honor Shirley McMahon for over 65 years of volunteering.

Tide News asked McMahon what drove her to volunteer with so many different organizations.

McMahon has been involved with Cure for Cancer, the NB Heart & Stroke Foundation, NB Kidney Foundation, local blood donor clinics, and was known as "Camp Granny" at the Waweig Youth Camp.

Country Artist Julian Austin Performing In Fundy Tonight

Charlotte County getting a special taste of country music tonight.

Julian Austin will be taking the stage at Fundy High School tonight with opening acts Gerald Rushton, Tyler Deveau, and the Devin Cooke Band.

Money raised will be put towards the Old Pentecostal Church in Blacks Harbour to be made into an archive building.

Tickets are $15, the show starts at 7.

For information on tickets, call 456-2333.

Man Tasered After Stand-Off In Baillie

A man was taken to hospital after a stand-off with police outside St. Stephen.

RCMP say they responded to a complaint of a man who threatened to harm himself with a gun at a home in Baillie on Route 3 last night.

Police say the 66-year-old man refused to drop his weapon and police tried negotiating with him for 30 minutes.

RCMP were able to disarm the man after using a taser on him.

The man was arrested, and then taken to hospital as a precaution.

Sex Offender Moved From Saint John To Halifax

Sixty-two-year-old convicted sex offender Roger Ernest Joseph Roberge has been relocated from Saint John to Halifax.

Roberge had been assessed as a high risk to re-offend in terms of both sexual and non-sexual violence. His criminal record dates back to 1969 and his major distinguishing feature is his numerous facial tattoos.

No word on the reason for the relocation. Roberge had been living in a halfway house monitored by the Saint John Police Force's Family Protection Unit.

First Wal-Mart Supercenter In NB To Open In SJ

The first-ever Walmart Supercentre in New Brunswick is going to have its grand opening ceremony tomorrow at the 450 Westmorland Road location in Saint John.

The 129,000 square foot store has been remodeled to include a new fresh grocery section. There are also more dry, fresh and frozen offerings. The store is one of 37 Supercentre projects planned across Canada.

The expansion will create 20 new jobs --and so far, nearly 450 people have applied.  The store will be having Grand Opening Block Party on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with face-painting, live music, refreshments and samples.

Energy East Questions Answered At Open House

A college gymnasium filled with the chatter of questions about the Energy East pipeline being asked and answered.

The kiosk-style event at NBCC is one of many happening around the province. Spokesperson for TransCanada Phillipe Cannon tells TIde News they chose that style for the open house instead of a town hall-style so that the those attending could just go up to a booth and get their question answered directly instead of having to speak in front of a large group.

Cannon says the general tone in New Brunswick seems to be one of curiosity. He says the further east you go in Canada, the less familiar people are with the pipeline industry so people living here have lots of questions. He says they've been getting many questions about safety, how pipelines are built and how they work.

 These open houses are happening all over the province. If you didn't make it to this event, another meeting is being held on September 10 at the St. Alphonsus Parish Hall in Hampton, then the next day at the Legion in Chipman.

Woman Dies In Hampton Collision

A 21 year old woman from Salt Springs is dead following a crash in Hampton.

It happened just after 4 yesterday on Main Street.  

The victim's car collided with another vehicle driven by a 17 year old girl from Norton.

The teenager was injured and remains in hospital.

The Mounties tell Tide News they have determined that the victim was not wearing a seatbelt and that her vehicle was hit by an oncoming vehicle that crossed the center line.

Main Street was blocked to traffic for more than 3 hours at the scene.

NB Power LED Project Ahead Of Schedule

NB Power's project involving the installation of thousands of LED lights in streetlights in many provincial municipalities is about a month ahead of schedule.

Crews began replacing high pressure sodium bulbs with the brighter more efficient LED's this spring.

17,000 LEDs are being installed around the province in places like Riverview, Miramichi and Fredericton, St Stephen and St. George.    Moncton and Grand Manan will have them by the end of September.

Sherry Thomson of NB Power says the lights use less energy every year and a part of the utility's strategy to reduce and shift energy demand in the province.

Thomson adds when all the street lights have been replaced with the new LEDs, the province can reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 324,000 tonnes over 20 years.

Sea Dog Foundation Hosts Alumni Weekend

If you have been a fan of the Sea Dogs from the very beginning, you may enjoy an event in Saint John tomorrow.

The inaugural Wallace McCain Memorial Alumni game is taking place at Harbour Station at 130 between Sea Dogs alumni and the UNB varsity Reds alumni.
 
The new event created as a way to remember the late father of Sea Dogs CEO Scott McCain.
Wendy Corscadden of the Sea Dogs foundation tells Tide News longtime fans will be pleased with the turnout by former players.

She says many of the players who are in now in the NHL are coming back including Robert Mayer, Yann Sauve and Jonathan Huberdeau.

Following the Alumni game is a Family fun fair outside from 3 until 6 and then the Sea Dogs take to the ice in pre-season action against the Titan at 7.