The Chair of Public Safety and Environment says that everything was done that could be done and there was no immediate danger from last nights gas leak.
Councillor Robert Tinker tells Tide news a lateral was inadvertently snagged that goes into Steve Backmans House as they were digging up asphalt on the King Street project.
It appears that there was no immediate danger and everything was done that could be done and the system worked to ensure the safety of everyone involved.
Many residents concerned over the natural gas leak here in St Stephen last night.Tim Horton's had to be evacuated for about an hour. Dave Charlson General manager of Embridge Gas tells Tide news in a situation like this evacuation of a 90 meter radius is procedure.Rcmp and Fire officals were on the scene to close off the road on 130 king street around 8:30 to monitor the area.
Charlson says no one was in any danger but they never want to take any chances in this type of situation. He says gas leaks are very minimal in the province.
2009-06-10
06:25:46
SOME TENSE MOMENTS LAST NIGHT AFTER EMERGENCY OFFICIALS WERE ON SCENE TO A NATURAL GAS LEAK HERE IN ST STEPHEN. Evacuation of Tim Horton's AND A 90 METER RADIUS HAD TO BE EVACUATED WHILE EMERGENCY CREWS CLEANED UP AND MONITORED THE AREA.RCMP, AMBULANCE AND EMBRIDGE GAS WAS ON THE SCENE DEALING WITH A GAS LEAK. The ROAD WAS CLOSED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS
RCMP in St. Stephen responded to a report of an assault which occurred on Milltown Blvd. Complainant did not wish to pursue criminal charges.
RCMP in St. Stephen assisted local fire departments with a structure fire on Highway 750 near Heathland. Matter is under investigation.
RCMP received a report of a break and enter into a residence on the St. David's Ridge Road. Matter is under investigation.
RCMP in Grand Manan responded to a report of a fight in progress on the Brownville Road. Upon police arrival all parties were spoken to and those involved stated it was a consensual fight - no charges pending.
RCMP in St. Stephen apprehended two young males who had stolen a bicycle from the Milltown Elementary School. The Youths were turned over to their respective guardians.
Selective Traffic Enforcement Program - Checkpoint conducted on Harriet Street in St. Andrews with approximately 60 vehicles being checked. One seatbelt ticket and two written warnings were issued.
2009-06-09
09:05:18
A very exciting day for the manager of Movie Gallery here in St Stephen. Chrystal Cooke tells tide news after a miscommunication the doors will be open by mid-day today. Since the last weekend of May movie gallery at the charlotte Mall was closed. The landlord had posted a sign on the door that the place was closed until further notice.
2009-06-09
07:28:00
NB Liquor will begin charging 5 cents a bag for new environmentally friendly plastic bags.
100 per cent of the proceeds will go to MADD Canada.
Spokesperson Nora Lacy tells Tide News, the company has been looking into more biodegradable bags for a while, but could only find ones made on foreign markets.Lacy says the 45 per cent recycled material bags were a long time coming, because they could only find manufacturers in the Asian markets---meaning the bags could not be recycled in the province.
NB Liquor will continue to supply free brown paper bags, as well as new 4 bottle canvas bags.
2009-06-09
07:23:02
Two men from St Stephen are facing charges in connection with the death of a dog last month.
R-C-M-P say the two are facing charges of animal cruelty after a large dog was left in a parked vehicle overnight.
Police say the driver and a friend crossed over to the U-S and when they returned -- the dog was dead after suffering from excessive heat and lack of nourishment.
The two are scheduled to appear in St Stephen court August 4th.
2009-06-09
07:22:13
Two students are exciting about a project taking shape at Fundy High School in St. George. With the assistance of staff from NB Power and District 10, two grade 12 students are conducting a school-wide energy audit with the aim of reducing the energy by 10%.
They are now beginning the process of conducting a comprehensive inventory of the entire electrical load within the school.
The students will create a list of recommendations of how the amount of energy being used by the school can be reduced and then present their recommendations to District and NB Power with an estimation of how much energy can be saved.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.