Aliant Email Scam-

   

 

An email scam involving Bell Aliant is still popping up in some people's email inbox. The e-mail refers to the company doing an upgrade to the web-mail and requiring your address and pass-word to keep you from losing service. The email is actually a phishing email designed to trick people into giving out their personal information. They are not legitimate emails from Bell Aliant, NBNet or Sympatico. We first reported on the problem back in February.

Aliant has published information on Email safety on its website.

Grand Manan fire

 

 

A man was arrested after  RCMP responded to a fire at a storage building in the Woodward’s Cove area of Grand Manan.  The storage building was destroyed by the blaze. A 46 year old man from Grand Manan will appear in court .He is also facing a charge  of uttering threats against a police officer. No one was injured.

Grand Re-opening of the Chocolate Museum

 

 

Canada's Chocolate town had plenty to smile about today after the re-opening of the Chocolate museum in St Stephen. Dignitaries were on hand to cut the ribbon for the new addition of chocolate museum .Chairman David Ganong says this provides a unique state-of -state tourist attraction in the heart of downtown St Stephen.Ganong says it was the hard working team that put this all together. It took Ten years for the planning and detail of the musuem.The museum also  celebrates there Ten Anniversary this month.

 This expansion will give the Chocolate museum more flexibility and space for school trips, tour bus and group visits. The Government of Canada invested $411,216 in the project through ACOA’s Innovative Communities Fund, while the Province of New Brunswick has contributed $200,000 through the Regional Development Corporation and the Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport.The Town of St. Stephen invested $152,429 through loan guarantees while Ganong Bros. invested $112,200 (in kind) for a total project valued at $875,845.

  

High Speed Exp

 

 

2009-06-08

07:22:55

Charlotte county residents will be happy to hear this story.Construction is beginning immediately on a new series of towers to provide wireless high speed internet to rural areas of the province.
 The work is being done under an agreement between the province and Barrett Xplore Inc -- and -- will be carried out in a number of areas including  - St Stephen -  Hampton and - Oromocto -- completion is set for the end of the summer.
 

Chocolate Museum expansion Grand Re-opening

 

2009-06-08

07:22:02

The official re-opening of the expanded Chocolate Museum will take place  this morning in St. Stephen. Finance Minister Victor Boudreau, Mayor Jed Percell, David Ganong,  and a representative of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency will attend.The event kicks off a Ten this morning .

Unemployment Numbers

2009-06-07

10:15:09

This province is boasting the smallest unemployment rate increase in the country last month as compared to the same month last year.
This is being attributed by the strong labour force and employment growth.
The unemployment rate for the province is 8.8 per cent, which is up slightly from last May when it was 8.7 per cent.

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Pay Equity Forum

2009-06-07

10:14:38

The Coalition for Pay Equity is holding an open forum to discuss recent changes to pay equity for provincial employees.
President Huberte Gautreau tells Tide News, this is something her group has been expecting for about 10 years, and it's good the province is recognizing pay equality.

Gautreau says achieving pay equity in the public sector is winning half the battle---now it's time for the public sector.
Social Development Minister Mary Schryer will be speaking at the forum at 1 o'clock at the Delta about pay equity.

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Funding Announcement at UNBSJ Tomorrow

2009-06-07

10:14:09

M-P Rodney Weston says the University of New Brunswick Saint John is going to be getting some funding next week.
Weston says the feds are investing $8 million dollars into expanding the campus

Weston wouldn't get into details about what work is being done, saying he needs to save it for the official announcement.
Things get underway at UNBSJ tomorrow morning at 9:30

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Ambulance NB Responds to Highway Crash Delay

2009-06-06

08:15:54

A spokesperson for Ambulance NB says there was a bit of confusion at a highway accident near exit 137 last night because dispatch in Moncton only received a call for one accident--when in fact there were two. Sophie Cormier tells Tide news there was a crash on each side of the highway at the same exit--but--they were not visible to each other.

Cormier says they were only notified of the second accident by police at 8:45pm and were asked to respond with an ambulance by the fire crew at 9:05pm. She says the entire call and response logs will be reviewed.

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Ambulance Takes Over One Hour to Respond to Crash

2009-06-06

08:15:14

One Rothesay Man is thanking his lucky stars after walking away from a serious truck crash last night on the MacKay Highway.  Ben Scholten lost control of his truck while trying to avoid a deer and flipped end over end several times before landing in the woods.  Scholten is especially thankful he wasn't seriously hurt because he says it took an ambulance more than an hour to arrive on the scene--and-- that has left him asking a lot of furious questions.

Scholten says he crashed the truck just after 8pm and RCMP were the first to arrive on the scene at 9pm, followed by fire trucks and finally an ambulance. He says the paramedics told him that they had only received the call five minutes before arriving. We have placed a call into Ambulance NB and have been told they will look into the incident.

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Free Pass to Provincial Parks

2009-06-06

08:14:24

Looking for something to do today, all admission fees at provincial parks will be waived to celebrate Tourism Week.
Tourism and Parks Minister Stuart Jamieson says all New Brunswickers should take advantage of the free entry to get away and explore our parks.
The Department of Tourism is responsible for nine provincial parks including Mactaquac and New River Beach.

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Canadian dollars is down

 

2009-06-04

After picking up strength for most of last month, the dollar has gone into a bit of a slump. It dropped 2.3 cents on Wednesday, and is down almost a-fifth of-a-cent in Thursday's after-hours trading. The loonie is trading at 90.01 cents U-S.

Traders say the American dollar is getting stronger, making the loonie and some other currencies appear weaker.

Gas Prices climb in St Stephen

 

 

2009-06-04

The first week of June and already another increase for the price of gasoline. The Energy and Utilities Board Board has released it's weekly price schedule showing the maximum for a litre of self serve is 98.3 cents. That is up exactly two cents from seven days ago with most stations here at home showing a pump price of 99.1 cents.

Diesel is up just under two cents at 90.9. Furnace Oil tops off at 74 cents which is up three cents and propane is 82.3 which is down just under a penny.

Disability week celebrated in St Stephen

 

 

2009-06-03

11:39:29

 

 

(Residents walking Miltown Blvd celebrating Disability week, Photo by Kim Hall )

 

To celebrate disability week many St Stephen residents walked the streets today in support of people with disabilities.

Update on Movie Gallery

 

2009-06-03

06:10:39

(Photo by Kim Hall )

As you are well aware Movie Gallery at the Charlotte mall is closed for the time being. The manager Crystal Cooke tells tide news they will have the doors back open as soon as possible. In the meantime , if you have a movie rental you are to drop it off in the drop off box and no late charges will be on your account. Cooke says there was a miscomunication and Movie Gallery will reopen in St Stephen.

Movie Gallary closed

 

 

 Movie lovers might have to find another place to rent movies. According to a letter on the door Movie Gallery at the Charlotte Mall is closed. The landlord has closed the doors due to not paying their rent. No word on what your suppose to do with movie rentals or how long this will be in effect for.

Car hits garage near Ossie's

 

 

2009-06-02

10:17:24

No serious injuries after a two vehicle accident last night on highway 1. Sgt Greg MacAvoy tells tide news  both vehicles collided around 9pm in front of Ossie's restaurant.One of the vehicles ran off the road from the impact and went through a garage . The driver got out without serious injury but the motorcycle in the garage got the worst of the it .MacAvoy says both drivers were taken to hospital to get look over. One of the drivers was a man from St Andrews and the other was a women from Nova Scotia.

Counterfeit bills

 

 

2009-06-01

07:24:02

 RCMP  is warning residents and merchants to beware of counterfeit $5, $10 and $20 bills circulating throughout the province. There have been several counterfeit note seizures in recent weeks.

Both merchants and the public are encouraged to routinely check their money, not only to protect themselves against loss but also to prevent counterfeit bills from remaining in circulation. Bank note security features are easy to recognize by touching, tilting and by holding the bill up to the light, or comparing it to a bill known to be authentic.

 

Minister attends Fiddling Championship

 

 

2009-06-01

07:21:44

Veterans affairs Minister Greg Thompson paid a visit to St Stephen over the weekend.The minister attended the first Annual Fiddling Championship at the St Stephen middle school  Saturday. To launch the event and competition  a tribute involving military colours parties and pipers was held to honour Veterans and currently serving members from both sides of the border.Also the Minister  announce funding for $2,100.00 dollars from the  Canada's Community Engagement Partnership fund in the support of the event.The partnership fund provides funding for events and activities across the country.

NB-Licence-Rules

 

 

2009-06-01

06:53:49

 Starting today the New graduated driving rules are now in effect in the province .
    Among the changes ,drivers under the age of 21 must follow a midnight to 5 a-m curfew, unless it's for work or education.
    Those same drivers would not be able to have more than three passengers in a vehicle.

    Students have been holding demonstrations at the legislature in recent weeks, claiming the new rules discriminate on the basis of age.