The parents of kids who had cancer in their teens or childhood being asked to take part in a survey.
The
Pediatric Oncology Patient Navigator Program is conducting a
confidential, online survey with the aim to improve children’s cancer
care services across the province.
They would like parents or
guardians of children or teens that had cancer under the age of 17
between 2005 and 2013 to provide feedback about the service they
received during their time of treatment.
To take part in the survey click, here
Premier
David Alward's TV ads coming up in the Legislature with Provincial
Liberal leader Brian Gallant saying the Olympic coverage should not be
polluted by his message of despair. The Premier responded by saying the
only pollution is being spewed by the Liberals.
Alward
has taken to calling the Liberals, the party of press pause and
moratoriums with no new ideas on offer to grow the provincial economy.
The
U-N-B Board of Governors will be giving the money the university saved
during the recent strike by faculty back to the students because of the
hardship and inconvenience they suffered.
The Board of Governors deciding the university should not financially benefit because of the strike.
The
exact figures and details are still not known but it's thought full-time
students will receive a lump sum credit on their account of over $200
with part time students getting a lesser amount.
UNB teachers across the province voting to accept the tentative collective agreement signed with administration on January 30th.
90% of those who cast a ballot voted for acceptance. The next step in the process is ratification by the Board of Governors.
Union
president Miriam Jones says they owe a huge debt of gratitude to their
bargaining team adding they did difficult work for more than a year.
Jones
says the strike was difficult for everyone but she says their members
have come out of it reinvigorated and ready to work to reclaim their
university.
The NDP
leader for New Brunswick suggesting trimming the fat in the government's
senior management sector as one of many ways the province can save
money.
Dominic
Cardy laying out a plan to save more than $213-million as a way to help
balance the budget. Cardy says he would cut the size of the cabinet down
to 10 from 17, the number of deputy ministers to 14 from 27 and the
number of senior managers to 50 from over 100.
He also
estimates taxpayers would save around $2-million if MLAs used spare
offices in government buildings instead of paying rent for office space.
Another more than $74-million could be saved by delivering on the
promise of the last Liberal government to centralize common government
services, according to Cardy.
Cardy coming out with the plan just after the release of the Alward Government's budget.
A brand new ladder truck being unveiled at the Irving Oil Emergency Services building on Grandview Avenue in Saint John.
In
addition, the City and Irving Oil announcing a partnership on creating a
training facility for firefighters that both companies can use and
third parties.
Fire Chief Kevin Clifford says he's been concerned about their firefighters not having a place to train and soon they will.
He
says they are not at elevated positions every day so having a training
facility is incredibly important for a community like this and the
response profile they have.
The training facility for the Saint John Fire Department will open in May.
Sharpen those ice skates because this year's Investors Group Skate to Care event is coming up this weekend in Saint John.
Director
of Development with the Regional Hospital Foundation & Mindcare
Victoria Clarke says this year they're focusing on mental health first
aid. She describes it as the mental health equivalent of being a first
responder, training people to recognize signs of stress, anxiety and
depression in children.
Clarke
says we still have a ways to go when it comes to increasing awareness of
mental illness and erasing the stigma, but seeing the community
rallying around an event like this tells her the groundswell is coming.
The event is happening at Harbour Station on Saturday from 10am-2pm. Click here for more information on the event, including how to join or support a team.
University students are disappointed the provincial budget did not contain measures to ease their financial burden.
Pat
Joyce of the New Brunswick Student Alliance tells Tide News the province
had saved money with a lower interest rate on what it had borrowed to
provide financial aid to students. They were hoping that money would be
used to help them out but such was not the case.
Joyce
points the cost of higher education is getting more onerous with the
rising costs of tuition, textbooks and housing. He worries post
secondary education is becoming less accessible for many young people
and argues helping students out financially is really investing in the
provincial economy as more and more jobs require higher skills.
A new
environmental report is claiming the Energy East pipeline that would
bring oilsands bitumen to the Irving Oil refinery will increase
greenhouse gas emissions enough to wipe out all the gains caused by the
elimination of coal-fired power plants in Ontario and be the equivalent
of adding 7 million new cars on the roads.
Clare
Demerse of the Pembina Institute, who wrote the report, says regulators
should consider the proposed pipeline’s effect on climate change when
hearings are held on the project.
The
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and the National Energy
Board have said the expected tripling of output from the oilsands over
the next 16 years depends heavily on new pipelines being built.
Natural gas customers will continue to feel the sting of high prices well into this month, and possibly March.
The
high prices are being caused by demand in New England where pipeline
capacity is limiting the supply. The shortage is limiting the gas in
Boston and driving up prices through the region.
There are plans
to expand pipeline capacity to New England which would limit this kind
of price hike--but that won't be finished until next winter.
In a
statement, the Energy and Utilities Board stated the price for natural
gas is set by the regional market, and not the Board.
The driver of a tractor trailer that caught on fire and the man who stopped to help both hurt in the highway incident.
Saint
John Police say they are both suffering from minor injuries. The fire
breaking out during rush hour on Highway 1 near Foster Thurston Drive on Wednesday
and traffic was impacted for a while as crews cleared away the scene.
A caller to our 466-2222 News Tips Line telling us it looked like the back wheels were melted to the ground.
The
Provincial Liberal leader says the Government is cheering and applauding
while they break their biggest election promise to balance the books
during their mandate.
Brian Gallant tells Tide News instead they have added another 2 billion dollars to our debt.
He
says they overestimate how the economy will perform and they have done
it for three budgets and even though there is a drop on the deficit we
still expect it to be higher.
Gallant says only one mention of Saint John in the provincial budget show the government has no plan.
