New research that help keeps workers safe and healthy will be happening in Saint John.
Dalhousie Medicine NB will have the first endowed occupational medicine chair in the country.
Jim Irving of JDI says it's common sense to ensure you have a healthy safe workforce.
He
says it's not just their folks but those who work at others businesses
and it will be progressive helping them manage healthcare costs.
Irving says it will also make them more competitive and its the right thing to do.
JDI is giving $2 million dollars to endow the first chair of this kind at DalMed NB.
Reba
McIntyre will be performing in Saint John next month. Harbour Station
announcing the Country legend will be at the Station on Friday,
October 18th.
Opening for Reba will be Gord Bamford who won big at the Canadian Country Music awards.
Tickets for the Reba Concert will go on Sale this Friday at Noon at the Harbour Station Box Office.
The Mounties and Provincial Crime Stoppers trying to find out who trashed a Campobello Island school more than two years ago.
Between
May 2nd and 3rd 2011, one person or a group of people caused thousands
of dollars in damage by breaking 16 windows and more.
The damage
to the school was very upsetting to the community and police are asking
anyone who might know anything to come forward and help identify whoever
did the damage.
You can earn up to $2,000 from Crime Stoppers if your information leads to the arrest of those responsible.
You can call anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS or visit www.crimenb.ca.
View the Crime of the Week by clicking here
The
people in Kings County have a chance to ask questions about the proposed
Energy East pipeline tomorrow, where another open house is
being held.
This one will be taking place from 4 to 8 in Hampton at St. Alphonsus Hall on Church Street.
Tim
Vickers of the Atlantic Coastal Action Programme tells Tide News we
still don't know a lot, and there are a lot of unanswered questions.
He goes
on to say there are also concerns about what effect, if any, a pipeline
would have on water crossings and will it offset any of the rail traffic
with oil coming into the city, reduce the amount of tanker traffic in
the Bay of Fundy and how much of the Alberta crude will be refined in
Saint John or is most of it being shipped elsewhere for refining.
