Point Lepreau Is Offline

The Point Lepreau generating station is temporarily offline after an issue on Saturday night with one of the turbine system pumps.

The issue occurred on the non-nuclear side of the plant.

Repairs are underway and the station is expected to reconnect to the grid and power back up to 100 per cent later this week.

Health Minister Says Government Is On Right Track With Its Senior Care

Provincial Health Minister Ted Flemming says New Brunswick is ahead of all other provinces with the exception of Ontario when it comes to keeping seniors in their homes for as long as possible.

Flemming says the "Home First" policy means the government, hopefully, won't have to spend a lot more money constructing new nursing homes for a growing population of seniors.

Flemming is even hoping to see the movement of seniors from long term hospital care, not necessarily into nursing homes, but back to their own homes as long as there's proper home care in place.

He says the role of hospitals is to treat people, who are sic,k on a short term basis and move them out as quickly as possible.

Teen Facing Charges After A Bracelet Grew Legs

An update on the shoplifting incident at the mall on Friday.

A 14 year old arrested outside Brunswick Square after a bracelet was taken from a jewellry store.

After a search, police found the boy also had some marijuana.

He was held in custody until a court appeance facing three charges including theft under $5000.

Accused Armed Robber From St. George Back In Court

A 25 year old St. George man, facing a charge of armed robbery in the holdup of the Garden Street Circle "K" last Friday morning, is back in jail after making a brief court appearance.

Stephen Hall of Fundy Bay Drive was in court for a bail hearing but asked for a one week adjournment. The judge agreed to that and scheduled his next court appearance for next Monday afternoon.

Peppercorns Recalled Over Salmonella Concerns

Various organic black peppercorns being pulled off grocery store shelves because they could be contaminated with salmonella.

Eleven products including three from Frontier, four from 365 Everyday Value and four from Simply Organic being recalled. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says if you have the product in your home you should throw it out or return it to the store where you bought it.

Salmonella can lead to fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramps and diarrhea in healthy people. There have been no reports of anyone getting sick from eating any of these peppercorns.

Click here for a full list of the recalled products.

Does New Brunswick Have A Work Ethic Problem?

We all know that New Brunswick has an employment problem--but does it also have a problem with its work ethic?

That was the question posed to Premier David Alward, who responded it's not for him to say whether there's a work ethic problem. All he knows is that he meets New Brunswickers every day, and they want jobs.

That being said, the province has seen unfilled jobs in a number of sectors including Tourism and Hospitality, which can get short shrift as people leave for better paying jobs out West.

But according to the Premier, we're seeing that trend of unfilled positions and empty classrooms turning around.