Soldiers,
politicians, and dignitaries gathered this afternoon at the Barrack
Green Armouries to possibly get a sense of closure, and remember the
Canadians who died, during Canada's recently-completed mission in
Afghanistan.
Sergeant MacNeill served with the Lord Strathcona's
Horse Regiment and has completed a number of tours overseas-- including
two in Afghanistan. He tells Tide News what he often sees is a sense
that everyone supports soldiers until it's time to actually do something
to honour their service, in which case there is often only scant
interest from the civilian population.
A gathering on Parliament Hill is also honouring the sacrifices of Canada’s 13-year military engagement in Afghanistan. In total, 158 troops lost their lives over that period.
Another sign we are barreling toward a provincial election this fall.
There are two Liberal nomination meeting tomorrow, one in Saint John and the other in Rothesay.
Saint
John Lancaster Liberals choose a candidate first and they have three
people vying for the nomination...Ivan Court, Don Ketchum and Peter
McGuire.
That meeting is being held at the Peter Murray arena with the nomination beginning at 11am, doors open at 830am.
A few hours later in Rothesay, another Liberal nomination meeting begins at 2pm at the Bill McGuire Memorial Centre.
Doors open at 10am for that one.
According
to police, a 22 year old man is facing fraud charges after allegedly
opening fake bank accounts, depositing empty envelopes, then making
withdrawals.
He was arrested at a bank on King Street.
As
well, a 20 year old is facing weapons charges after he was seen walking
around on a path near Landsdowne Plaza with a gun, which turned out to
be a pellet gun.
20 year old was ordered to drop it 3 or 4 times before he finally did it....it turned out to be a pellet gun.
When arrested, he was also found to have marijuana on him. He is also expected in court this afternoon.
Healthy
and Inclusive Communities Minister Dorothy Shephard says the Alward
Government is doing more to bring about wellness than the previous
Liberal Government ever did.
She's
responding to criticism from Liberal M-L-A Donald Arsenault about the
obesity rate in New Brunswick being 10 per cent higher than the national
average.
Shephard
tells Tide News it's going to take some time to make inroads with
lowering the rate of obesity when you have a culture where sugar and
video games are okay.
There's a
new documentary being released narrated by Katie Couric that blames
food manufacturers for a dependency on sugar that's considered largely
responsible for obesity.
Australian
researchers are now saying for women age 30 and older, being a couch
potato could be more hazardous to their heart health than smoking or
carrying extra weight.
A
disappointing report from Stats Canada on jobs with the April
unemployment rate nationally staying at 6.9 per cent in spite of the
economy shedding 29 thousand jobs.
In New
Brunswick, the jobless rate rose from 9.7 per cent in March to 10 and a
half per cent in April with the loss of 600 fulltime and 48 hundred part
time jobs.
There
was a bit of a car chase that started outside City Hall on Chipman Hill
late yesterday afternoon but it didn't last that long, winding up
outside the courthouse on Peel Plaza right across from police
headquarters.
It began
when a young man was seen urinating on Chipman Hill and when police
approached he got back in the car, which turned out to be stolen in
Edmunston, and took off.
One
person stayed in the car once it stopped at Peel Plaza but the second
man ran down the hill, through the pedway towards Harbour Station. He
was eventually arrested in a garbage dumpster along City Road.
(Photo courtesy of Mark McGraw)
