FlavoursNB To Showcase Creative Dishes From Local Producers

Chefs from all over the region will be cooking up a storm in St. Andrews.

FlavoursNB is a sold-out event being held at NBCC tomorrow.

Culinary Arts Instructor, Chef Darren Dorcas -- who will also be a participating -- tells Tide News the 3 main producers are Ganong's Chocolates, True North Salmon, and Granite Town Blueberry Farms.

Chef Darren says it's a great way to showcase all that New Brunswick has to offer from land to sea with extremely creative dishes.

Proceeds will be donated to the Harbour City Lights campaign which supports all food banks within New Brunswick.

Sussex Area Woman Wins Big

Imagine waking up to a text from your boyfriend telling you someone in Sussex won $7 million dollars and thinking it might be you.

That is what happened to Kelsie Hodgin yesterday morning.   She says she jumped out of bed grabbed the ticket and checked the numbers online.

When she saw they matched she didn't believe it and called her mom to have her check.

With Mom's confirmation, Kelsie had to check for a third time at Wilson's in Sussex where she bought the ticket and finally realized she had won the money.

Kelsie is currently on maternity leave from her job with Bell Aliant.    She says she and boyfriend Paul will pay off their car and they plan to build a new house a maybe take a trip all she has no idea where she goes.

She says it's all still sinking in and even though she dreamed about winning now that she has it's a bit overwhelming.

Cleaning Up A Musquash Trail

Some folks will be giving their time tomorrow at the Conservation Volunteer Event in Musquash.

Siobhan Darlington of the Nature Conservancy of Canada tells Tide News they are doing some light maintainence on the Five Fathom Hole trails.

She says no experience is necessary adding they are looking for people who want to hike and help fix up parts of the side trail or the full trail.

Darlington says some of the work includes tree trimming and it also needs a new boardwalk.

To sign up, call 1-877-231-4400.

Air Canada VP In The City

Air Canada Senior VP Kevin Howlett was in town today, speaking to an Enterprise Saint John luncheon.

Howlett gave the invite-only crowd  an update on the future of Air Canada's operations here. Howlett tells Tide News they're always working to get more flights out of Saint John at better prices.

Howlett also announced that 50 new jobs will be added to the existing Air Canada call center in Saint John over the next few months, with 25 already in the works.

Opposition Mounting To Proposed Pipeline, Say Groups

It's not an official proposal yet, but according to the Ecology Action Center, opposition to TransCanada's proposed Energy East pipeline is mounting across the country. 

Catherine Abreu says the promise of 1,000 jobs created during the flow phase isn't enough to sell the idea to Canadians, and there's been a huge response to petitions circulated by various organizations--40,000 signatures, to be exact.

Abreu points out fisheries jobs are being put at risk by the proposed pipeline....and in Ontario, the provincial government is calling for province-wide consultations, including a review of climate impacts from Energy East.

Child Taken Into Protective Custody After Shoplifting Incident

A chase after a shoplifter on the West Side caused a bit of a stir in the Fairvale Boulevard area around 2pm yesterday. 

Sergeant Jay Henderson explains employees at the hardware store saw the man stealing---and when he left the store, they got in a car and chased him onto Greystone Terrace, where they boxed in his vehicle.

The man tried to flee and was picked up in the backseat of another vehicle a short distance away.

He left a 2 year old baby and an intoxicated woman in the car. He's now facing charges, and the baby was taken into protective custody by the Department of Social Development.