A 29 year old man from the Island is facing 6 charges relating to a home invasion more than 9 years ago in Petitcodiac.
Michael
Arthur Gaudet of Charlottetown was in Moncton court charged with
forcible confinement, assault, robbery, and break and enter into a home.
Two
men wearing masks entered a home in Petitcodiac in May of 2004
demanding money. A woman living at the house was assaulted and tied up.
Her son arrived home and was assaulted before the pair took off.
A
positive DNA match with the National DNA Data Bank allowed the Mounties
to confirm the identity of one of the two men involved in the home
invasion.
Gaudet is being held in custody until his next court
appearance at December 5. RCMP are still looking for another man
involved in the crime.
Dennis Oland, who is facing a charge in his father's murder more than two years ago, has been granted bail.
The
45-year old in court today for the bail hearing. This marks Oland's
second court appearance since his arrest last week. During his first
appearance, he was formally charged with second degree murder in Richard
Oland's death. Oland was found dead in his Canterbury Street office
back in July of 2011.
Dennis Oland is scheduled to be back in court tomorrow morning at 9:30 to set a date for a preliminary inquiry.
One of our local principals being given an award for being a great teacher.
10
teachers from the Anglophone south school district winning the
Excellence in Teaching Awards from Minister of Education Marie-Claude
Blais.
The winners include retired teacher Paul Holder of St.
Mac's, Dean Grattan of Oromocto High, Jean Anne Green of Forenceville
Middle School, Kathy Young, Principal at Glen Falls School and locally, John
Tanner, Principal at Fundy High School in St. George.
The awards handed out in a ceremony over the weekend in Fredericton.
The Saint John City police media report detailing a West side arrest for a man facing a several charges out west.
On
Sunday morning, Sgt. Jay Henderson says officers assisted police in Red
Deer, Alberta by arresting a 36 year old man on the Manawagonish Road.
He
tells us he was wanted on seven Canada-wide warrants for offences in
Alberta and was arrested without incident and is being held until he can
be transferred back to Alberta to face the charges.
Officers
are arresting a 35 year old man after a fight at an uptown bar about 930
on Saturday night. While officers were trying to restrain him, one of
them was assaulted.
He is facing charges of obstruction,
uttering threats and assaulting a peace officer and he was held pending a
court appearance.
Despite
the suspensions from the Senate of Pamela Wallin, Mike Duffy and Patrick
Brazeau, the Senate expense scandal isn't over by a long shot. Prime
Minister Minister Harper is expected to face more grilling during
Question Period in the House of Commons which resumes this week.
Beausejour
Liberal M-P Dominic Leblanc tells Tide News the Prime Minister won't be
able to put this behind him because most people don't buy his version
of events. Leblanc goes on to say Harper is known as the most
controlling Prime Minister in a generation so it defies belief to think
he didn't know what was going on in his own office.
Leblanc
also points out it is not out of the realm of possibility that Harper
could be called to testify under oath at a criminal trial if charges are
laid.
The
Conservatives, meantime, have begun a new attack campaign against
federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau. Federal Justice Minister Peter
McKay is comparing Trudeau to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford both of whom he
says used drugs while in office.
One of
the climate change rallies across the county was staged outside the
office of Saint John M-P Rodney Weston on King Street.
One of
the protestors was Christian Tschirhart of the North-South Institute in
Ottawa. Surprisingly, he's not against construction of the Energy East
pipeline provided the project which includes a green energy industrial
park which Tschirhart predicts will last longer than the pipeline with
unlimited solar and wind power.
He warns the oil sands and shale gas are putting our water resources in jeopardy.
At the
present time, global subsidies for fossil fuels are five times higher
than for renewable forms of energy, according to former Irish President
Mary Robinson who now heads a climate change foundation.
