Maine Mom Chases Ex-Boyfriend Down The Street With Angry Mob

A news conference by the mother of a missing toddler becoming quite dramatic.

Trista Reynolds, mother of Ayla Reynolds, holding the gathering in Lincoln Park yesterday, which is adjacent to the Portland Courthouse.

The Associated Press reports the child's father, Justin DiPietro, left the courthouse following an unrelated assault charge, only to be screamed at and chased down the street and through a parking garage by Reynolds and her followers.


The AP also reporting DiPietro and his attorney tried ducking into the Portland Police Station to escape only to be surrounded by the crowd, shouting things at him such as "Murderer!" and "Where's Ayla?".

Ayla was reported missing from DiPietro's home in Waterville, Maine in December 2011, and her body has never been found.

Trista releasing information in the past week that she claims police gave her about Ayla's case in an effort to get DiPietro charged. Some of the evidence claims Ayla's blood was found throughout DiPietro's house, vehicle, and on his shoes.


Maine State Police have said they do not expect to find the girl alive.

Police have also stated they think the three adults who were in the house when Ayla went missing (DiPietro, his sister, and then-girlfriend) know more than they are saying about her disappearance.

Medical Society Releases 'Care First' Document

Just days after the province came out with their healthcare blueprint, the province's doctors releasing a companion piece called Care First.

The New Brunswick Medical Society says their document is built around the four pillars of primary care renewal, wait time reduction, healthy living and front line work input.

Medical Society President Dr. Robert Desjardins tells Tide News they advocate a new program called 'Choose Wisely' which aims to improve decision-making by medical profession in areas like testing.

He says the program will support a certain kind of standardization in testing but it only works with education and in co-operation with the government.
Desjardins says in the US, the standardization of testing has saved over 25 per cent in hospital laboratory costs.

The Medical Society is also calling on New Brunswickers to be more responsible for their own health adding just talking about it is not enough.  He says their must be some legislation by the government to force hospitals and schools to serve better food in their own cafeterias.

Provincial Conservatives Retreating In The City

With poll numbers in the doldrums, Premier David Alward and his M-L-A's are holding a caucus retreat in the city with a year to go before the provincial election. 

The Premier is rejecting criticism about not demanding more liability protection from the risks to the environment with Trans Canada's proposed pipeline to Saint John.  

Alward says he has full confidence in Trans Canada based on its history. He adds the proposal will be scrutinised by the National Energy Board which will evaluate the risks and the provincial Environment Department will have input.

Many Of Us Have Heart Disease

More than 2600 people in this province got a diagnosis of heart disease between 2009 and 2010.

That startling stat from a provincial report on heart health.

More than 21,000 men and over 13,000 women are living with the disease.

Almost 1800 people in the province went to hospital for the first time with heart failure over those two years.

The rate of new cases of heart disease is steadily decreasing over the last decade and more people with heart disease are living longer.

With growing senior populations and the increase in rates of diabetes and adult obesity, the evidence doesn't show whether or not the decline in new cases and deaths due to heart disease will continue.