Transitioning
from high school to university can be scary for many students, but a
boot camp offered by UNB this past summer is designed to make the move
as smooth as possible.
The
assistant Dean of Engineering, Frank Collins, tells Tide News incoming
engineering and science students had the opportunity to take UNBetween,
which is basically a week-long simulation of university life. The
experience can help the students get over some of their fears and
apprehensions before classes actually begin.
Classes at both UNB campuses started on Thursday.
It's a dangerous time of year for asthma-sufferers, especially if you're a student.
President
of the Asthma Society of Canada Dr. Robert Oliphant tells Tide News
about a quarter of the yearly hospital admissions for asthma happen in a
two week period called the September Asthma Peak.
Oliphant
says the students are especially vulnerable to attacks at the beginning
of the school year because of the mold and dust mites that have
collected in the schools due to them being closed up during the summer
months. It's also because many of the students are still in
vacation-mode and not taking their medication regularly, and thirdly,
because of the common cold going around.
To keep
it under control, Oliphant suggests a asthma action plan. He says
students should be keeping a diary of the kinds of things they need to
do to control the condition, including taking their medication every
day, usually twice a day. He says regular use makes the lungs less
susceptible to an asthma attack.
Emergency crews and paramedics checking people for injuries after a crash between a car and a city bus.
Platoon Chief Barry Oickle of the Saint John fire department says it happened just after 10am yesterday at 55 Union Street.
No word on whether or not anyone was hurt.
A man
slapped with handcuffs after driving a boat drunk. The 56-year old was
arrested and charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle.
Sergeant Glenn Hayward of the Saint John Police tells us the way he was driving on the water at
Tucker Park first drew attention to him from swimmers. Once he anchored
the boat on shore he started throwing empties in the water and
insulting the people on the beach, who then called the police to the Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club.
The city fire department was also called in to tow the man's boat to shore.
