War Amps Canada beginning this year's Key Tag campaign, mailing out 250,000 tags to New Brunswickers.
The tag
has a confidentially coded number on it linked to your name and address
so if you ever lose your keys, the person who finds them can drop them
in a mailbox or call the number on the back of the tag and a courier
will drop them off on your doorstep.
The
service is free, but any donations the group gets from the key tag
campaign goes to fund artificial limbs and programs for adult and child
amputees across the province.
Over 300 New Brunswickers getting their lost keys back last year thanks to the tags. Click here for more information on the service.
A woman
who had a rare autoimmune disorder requiring 32 units of blood after
having a liver transplant where her spleen was also removed.
While Kristin Wheaten supported blood and organ donation before, she is a vocal supporter now.
She
tells Tide News a third of the population is undecided when it comes to
donating blood, so she encourages people to really think about it and if
they do decide they want to give plasma, to let their families know
about their decision.
Wheaton,
who works at the Loch Lommond Villa foundation, tells us she chooses to
believe that 32 different people took an hour of their day to donate
and help save her life and she couldn't be more grateful. To book an
appointment to give blood, call 1-888-2-Donate.
Fire crews responding to a fire in a basement on the East side of Saint John.
Smoke
could be seen coming out of the building at 2623 Golden Grove Road.
Crews knocking down the fire shortly after it broke out.
It appears everyone made it out safely.
An auto repair shop on the Hanwell Road just outside of Fredericton being completely gutted by fire.
Fredericton
Fire Department Platoon Captain Mike Mizner tells us about seven
vehicles around the building were also destroyed. There were several
explosions as firefighters were battling the blaze, which sent fireballs
30 to 40 feet in the air.
The New
Maryland, Oromocto and Upper Kingsclear Fire Departments were called in
to assist, and crews were on the scene for about eight hours. The cause
of the fire is still under investigation.
