Close Call for MotorCycle Riders

Two men are lucky to be alive after a close call last night. Hampton RCMP spotted two motorcycles doing wheelies just after six o'clock on Highway 100 and pulled them over. When the officer was getting out of his vehicle, both motorcycles took off. One of the drivers, a 21-year old man from St. Stephen, looked over his shoulder to see where the officer was when he crashed into the other motorcycle driven by a 28-year old Saint John man.
Both were rushed to the Regional, checked out and sent home. Officers have issued several fines to both drivers who will appear before a judge as well concerning their driving habits.

Investements made in Nursing Homes

Just over a million dollars will be alloted for renovations to Lincourt Manor in St. Stephen and $3.6 million for an expansion and renovations to Passamaquoddy Lodge in St. Andrews. That announcement made from Fishery's Minister Rick Doucet as a part of the Be Independent Longer strategy.

The Fundy Nursing home in Blacks is on the receiving end of $595,000 for renovations and a new $9-million nursing home will be built to replace Grand Manan Nursing Home. Doucet also announced $1 million in renovations to Campobello Lodge in Welshpool

Doucet spoke on behalf of Minister of State for Seniors Cheryl Lavoie.

Construction of the new 30-bed nursing home on Grand Manan will begin in the spring of 2011 with completion scheduled for the summer of 2012. It is estimated the project will create 80 construction jobs.

A 13 year old missing persons case is being re-opened by RCMP

The body of ""John Doe"" has been exhumed from a cemetery on Prince Edward Island.  It was 13 years ago today, the body was found by a local fisherman in Malpeque Bay.

The man was never identified and his cause of death was a possible drowning.

Officers believe with new technology, there is a good chance to figure out who this man is and determine the exact cause of death.

RCMP say it is possible the body may have washed in to shore with the tides and he could be from the northern half of the Province, Magdalen Islands or even Quebec.

The man weighed 181 pounds and was five eleven.

Truck Destroyed by Fire

A fire has destroyed a truck earlier today after it had become stuck on a dirt road in Musquash.

There were no injuries.

The photo shows Deputy Chief Philip Melanson and Captain Cliff Ells extinguishing hot spots after the fire was knocked down.

Photo by Andrew Sanojca.

Fire Destroys Blue Moon Motel in Saint Andrews...

A fire has destroyed the Blue Moon hotel in Saint Andrews.  Keep posted to the Tide for updates and more information on this story.

Free Park Admission

Over 750,000 people visit our 10 provincial parks every year. To honour Tourism Week, admission to all provincial parks will be free this Saturday, June 12.

In recognition of their 75th anniversary, the Department of Tourism and Parks has also frozen camping and entry fees at all provincial parks.

The 10 provincial offering a variety of activities including camping, hiking and swimming.

RCMP seize marijuana in Harvey

A man and a women are expected in court after RCMP seized marijuana, cash and a stolen firearms at a house in Harvey. The two in their 30's have been released from police custody.

People's Alliance set to file for official status

The People's Alliance of New Brunswick is says it will file for official party status this week. PANB leader Kris Austin will be at the Elections New Brunswick office on Wednesday.
PANB has exceeded the requirement of having 10 riding associations to achieve official party status.

Nomination meetings will be held in various ridings in the coming weeks as well as the search for individuals to start other riding associations.

Water Safety Week

It's Water Safety Week and the Red Cross is putting out the word more care and caution needs to happen with activities involving water play or sports. There have been 15 drownings in Atlantic Canada so far this year so a strong emphasis also needs to be put on reminding everyone to put on a life jacket. Atlantic Canada averages roughly 25 drownings every year and there has already had more than half that many before the peak swimming and boating season.

Accident On Spring Street St. Stephen

One man is faceing drinking and driving charges after he slamed a car into a hydo pole on Spring Street.    RCMP tell us the car was speeding up the road before it hit the pole then the driver fled from the scene. He was arrested a short time later. RCMP tells Tide News alcohol played a factor in the crash and  the man will be appearing in court on a later date to faces charges. Power was knocked out for a short time.

Charges laid in Moncton Womens Murder case

A Charge of first degree murder has been laid in a murder case of a Moncton women almost a year old. Thirty two year old Micheal Hewitt of BC has been charged with the murder of Angela Crossman. Her body was found last June on a road in Vancouver.

Gas Prices

The decline in gas prices we have seen over the last three weeks has ended after the weekly setting. Self serve regular has gone up by more than a cent to 97.5 cents a litre. Diesel has risen by more than 2 cents Propane went down by almost a cent and heating oil is at an even 88 cents.
Cross Border gas is selling for 76 Cents Canadian per litre.

One killed, one injured in crash in Nackawic

One Fredericton man is dead and a women has been sent to hospital following a crash early this morning.

RCMP are investigating collision that occurred on the Route 102 near Nackawic.

It appears the driver lost control of the vehicle and went off the road and overturned. RCMP tell us alcohol may have been a contributing factor.

Natural Resources cautions against disturbing fawns

With the increase of disease in Deer and Moose in Canada The department of Natural resourses are reminding people not to approach newborn fawns. Even if a fawn appears to be abandoned, it is best to leave it alone. This is the peak fawning season.

They tell us that handling fawns increases the risk of spreading these diseases. It also violates several provincial and federal laws designed to protect wildlife and animal health.

Female deer only visit their fawns three or four times a day for about 15 minutes at a time to nurse, so it is not uncommon to see a newborn fawn without its mother.

Province provides $11 million to help rationalize East Coast lobster fleet

An Eleven Million dollar loan will be provided by The provincial government to support the East Coast lobster fleet. Premier Shawn Graham says they hve been working towards this for several years.

André Martin, president of the Maritime Fishermen's Union says Once in place, the rationalization plan will make it possible for our industry members to collectively buy back boats and licenses to reduce the number of enterprises vying for limited resources.

The loan program will help about 13 per cent of the lobster fishermen on the province's east coast to sell their fishing licences.

NBCC officially a crown corporation

The province now has two independent community Colleges. The New Brunswick Community College and the Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick, are now managing separate English and French institutions.

The province says the new system will better represent New Brunswick's bilingual status. Minister of Post-Secondary Education Donald Arsenault says the split will allow for more federal goverment and private sector funding.

Pictured above is the Board running NBBC along with  Charlie Norman from St. George.

Tucker declared Charlotte-the-Isles PC candidate

Sharon Tucker was declared the Progressive Conservative candidate for the riding of Charlotte-the-Isles.
Tucker was named the successful candidate on the second ballot, receiving more votes than Wilfred McAdam and Philman Green.

Wood & Wardrobe to Re-Open

The Wood & Wardrobe Thrift Store is going to be re-opening in a new/temporary location on Thursday, June 3 at 9:00 a.m. The new location at 107A Milltown Blvd.

They are still accepting donations at 129 Union Street – the St. Croix Vocational Centre building.

Cash donations towards the building fund are also being accepted.

Fatal Crash

The RCMP say three young people from the Riverview area are dead and two others are in hospital after a car slammed into a tree in the southeastern part of the province.

Four of the five people were thrown out of the vehicle in the crash Saturday night on Route 905 in Forest Glen.

Police say an 18-year-old woman, a 19-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man died at the scene.

An 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl were rushed to hospital in critical condition. Police say it appears the young people were not wearing seatbelts adding that speed may have been a contributing factor in the crash.

Alward Charges Focus Has Been Lost On Lepreau Refurbishment

It was the previous Lord Government that signed on to the refurbishment of the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant. Conservative leader David Alward was in the provincial cabinet at that time. He says Atomic Energy of Canada is responsible for the cost overruns but the issue is who will pay for the replacement power. Alward says the focus appears to have been lost by the Premier and Provincial Energy Minister Jack Keir because of the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec.

Alward says the Legislative Assembly should have oversight of the project and it ought to be the number one priority of NB Power these days.