The
President of the Saint John Sea Dogs Wayne Long would like to put last season
behind him as year one of rebuilding following a Memorial Cup
championship and appearance in the final.
Long says they had an excellent draft and training camp.
He predicts this year's version in the second year of rebuilding is young, highly skilled and will be exciting.
Long says the great thing about having younger players is that they go full out every game and can pull off some surprises.
The Sea
Dogs' home opener is tomorrow night against the Acadie Bathurst Titan at
7 and they play again Sunday afternoon at 3 against the Charlottetown
Islanders.
It's a
question of honesty: if Louis Lapierre was willing to falsify his
academic credentials, what else did he lie about? That's the point being
raised by Provincial Green Party leader David Coon.
He says
the Alward government appointed Lapierre to give its pro-fracking stance
some legitimacy but now all that has been cast into question.
Coon
says the people of New Brunswick will doubtless want the government to
look at Lapierre's reports again, since they supposedly consulted with
people and gave a green light for fracking to go ahead.
The Huntsman Fundy Discovery Aquarium in St. Andrews staying open from Monday until the end of October due to popular demand.
The
initial plan had been to open by appointment only after September 8, but
instead they're opening a daily two-hour window which allows visitors
to see the harbour seals Loki and Snorkel being fed, as well as the new
seahorse exhibit.
As a special thank you to visitors, admission prices are being reduced by 20% for the period.
The big
question is what the resignation of Louis LaPierre as head of the
province's Energy Institute does to the Alward Government's policy on
shale gas development.
He had been appointed to head the province's new shale gas institute earlier this year.
Provincial
Energy Minister Craig Leonard, while announcing the resignation of
LaPierre had been accepted, praised the work of the Institute under
LaPierre’s leadership.
Controversy
has erupted over LaPierre's supposed academic qualifications. LaPierre
has been a University of Moncton professor for 30 years but now has
admitted to misrepresenting his academic credentials.
He also resigned as chair of the Marathon Panel, a federal environmental review board, citing medical reasons.
