Monday, November 4, 2013

Bacchus President To Be Sentenced

A sentencing hearing is scheduled tomorrow for the President of the Saint John Bacchus Motorcycle Club.

44-year-old, Brian Schofield of Public Landing and five others were arrested after a regonial drug bust in August.

Police seized meth, pot, pills, guns, brass knuckles and four grand in cash. The bust following a six-month investigation involving four local police agencies.

Schofield plead guilty earlier to possession for the purpose of trafficking.

A former Bacchus member, 39-year-old Ryan Wallace of Kingston, is also due in court tomorrow. He's facing drug charges that include possession and trafficking, along with having two unlicensed rifles.

Universal Drug Coverage On Legislature Agenda

The upcoming Legislative session which opens tomorrow afternoon could be raucous with the state of the economy, shale gas and a provincial election in less than a year. 

A universal prescription drug plan is expected to be unveiled. Fundy-River Valley independent M-L-A Dr. Jim Parrot tells Tide News expensive drugs for catastrophic illness should be included but we should be thinking outside the box.

He says we should try to make a deal with the Fed and another Medical Societies in the country to create a national system so no one has to go it alone.

Dr. Parrot goes so far as to say the survival of Medicare depends on getting this right.

Man Takes Pic In Ladies Washroom

Saint John City police are looking for a man who came into the Tim's on Landsdowne Avenue last night and took a picture of woman using the ladies' washroom.

It happened just after 8:30 last night.

Sgt. Jay Henderson of the City police telling Tide News the man went in the ladies washroom and using a cellphone type device took  the picture of a woman in a bathroom stall.


The man is described as 17 years old, about 5 foot 10, thin with fair skin wearing an
army green jacket, black jeans, black shoes with a white stripe and a black and red hat with a red beak.

The patrol division of the SJPF is looking into the incident.

Conservative Senators Under the Gun

Prime Minister Harper is said to be exerting pressure on Conservative Senators to vote in favour of suspending Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau.

Political Scientist Don Desserud who's in favour of reforming the Senate, tells Tide  News getting rid of the Senate entirely may not turn out to be the best thing for our democracy because its abolition would leave even more power in the hands of a Prime Minister. He argues there has to be some body in place as a check against unbridled power wielded by the party that controls Parliament.
 

Desserud maintains electing Senators would give them more independence from the Prime Minister who appointed them.

Senate To Vote On Duffy, Wallin And Brazeau

The Senate is expected to vote this week, perhaps as early as tomorrow, on the fates of Senators Pamela Wallin, Mike Duffy and Patrick Brazeau. 

Polls indicate more people are believing Duffy's version of what transpired than the Prime Minister with a large percentage believing neither. New Brunswick born Senator Jim Munson tells Tide News it's difficult to say who's telling the truth but says it's all politics now.
 

A top federal cabinet minister Jason Kenny is defending  Nigel Wright as a man of “strong ethical character,” even as the Prime Minister last week told Parliament his former chief of staff is the sole person responsible for “this deception.”