St. Stephen Elementary Goes Nut Free

You may want to take a second look at the labels when buying school snack starting Tuesday.  St. Stephen Elementary School  will become a total Nut Free Zone.  The School is the last Elementary school in the Province to become Nut Free.

This measure is necessary to provide the safest possible learning environment for all the students.

Officials at the school says that they do have students in their school that have severe and life threatening allergies to nuts.

They say that it is critical that they do all they can to protect these students.

Halloween Is Staying On Sunday

 Even though most people are still trying to find the right costume, some communities around the country are still fighting over what day Halloween should be celebrated on.

In Raymond, Alberta, the mayor says they will bump it back to Saturday because the 31st falls on Sunday. Here at home, all the towns and villages in Charlotte County will keep Halloween on the Sunday the 31st.

Dumpster On Fire

The  St. Stephen Fire Department was called today at 12:20pm for a Dumpster Fire behind the St. Stephen Provincial Building at 41 King Street, St. Stephen.

No one was injured and firefighters quickly put the fire out.

Halloween Will Stay On October 31 in St. Stephen

Speculation has been rising around Town as to whether Halloween will be held on October 31 as it falls on a Sunday..

The Town of St. Stephen wants to set the story straight and confirms to Tide News Halloween will Be held On Sunday October 31st.

The Town will not be changing the Date because if falls on a Sunday this year .

St. Stephen & Saint Andrews NB Liquor Open Thanksgiving Day

If your spreading the Holiday Cheer this Thanksgiving weekend don't sweat about making the Liquor store on Sunday before it closes as the St. Stephen and Saint Andrews Liquor Stores will be open on your holiday Monday from Noon to 5 PM.

There are nine location open  Monday across the Province with the remaining 39 NB Liquor Outlets closed.

Customers are invited to visit the store locator website for a complete list of store locations, hours of operation and services offered by NB Liquor.  www.nbliquor.com

Gas Prices On The Rise

As we head into the long weekend gas prices have risen after the weekly setting with the maximum price that can be charged for self serve regular and diesel rising by more than 4 cents a litre.

A litre of self serve regular is selling for 101.5 around town today. Propane is also up by just over a cent and there has been a rise of almost five cents a litre for heating oil with the maximum price at 95.1 cents.

We've Got Your Back

A local Church plans to make a difference in the lives of students in St. Stephen and Charlotte County with the launch of their new program "We've Got Your Back.

Garth Williams of The Union Street Baptist Church wants the public to be aware of how many students are going hungry.  Williams tells Tide News they are working on a partnership with local Schools and business in the area.

Williams says during the week hungry children can get fed thru the breakfast, snack and lunch programs thru the schools but it's when they go home for the weekend that they go hungry.

The Church and it's partners are looking to fill back packs for those kids to take home. How it will work Williams tell us is that on a regular basis the schools will identify the children who need the food the most.

Members of the church will fill a back pack to send home with the kids over the weekend and then they kids will bring the empty back packs back to the school to be picked up by members of the church to start the process over again.

Williams says they figure they can fill a back pack for about 10 dollars a week and are launching about 21 back packs as early as next Monday.

Williams says they are looking for Community Support.

HMS Bounty Docks In Saint Andrews For Thanksgiving Weekend

If your headed to Saint Andrews this weekend expect to see plenty of people in Town as The tall ship HMS Bounty will be docking at the wharf on Friday.

The ship was originally built for MGM Studios movie Mutiny on the Bounty. A number of events have been scheduled around the visit of the vessel including free movie's at the W. C. O'Neil Area over the weekend.

A wharf-decorating party is planned for tomorrow morning. You can expect  to see a around 70
life-sized scarecrows from Summerside, PEI which will be lined up along the wharf.

The vessel will be escorted into Saint Andrews Thursday at 2 in the afternoon by the Jolly Breeze.

There will be a special farmers’ market taking place over the weekend  along with musical entertainment with numerous local musicians s to perform.

Make sure you join the Tide on Friday and Saturday as we will be broadcasting Live from the Event.

St. Stephen Lumberjacks Contest Hits TSN

The first episode of the Lumberjacks television series featuring this summer’s International Lumberjack Championship here will be aired on TSN Saturday at 12 noon.

The  producer and host of the Lumberjacks TV series and  supervised the filming of the competition held as part of the International Homecoming Festival. St. Stephen was chosen as one of four locations throughout North America where lumberjack  were filmed for airing on TSN.

The Show was co-hosted by our own lumberjack, Rod Cumberland.

The show will air the 9th 16th and the 23 of October.

Blacks Harbour Looks For Community Input

The Village of Blacks Harbour will be looking for community input in the coming weeks as they update the Rural Plan.  This Plan is a document that sets out long term objectives and policy to guide future development in the Village. 

The Village is launching their Rural Plan Update this weekend, by hosting a community BBQ at the park on Main Street rain location will be at the Village office. 

The BBQ will take place Saturday, October 9th from 11:30am to 1:30pm; drop by anytime to grab a bite, learn more about the project and find out how you can get involved.  A $2 donation is encouraged; proceeds will go to Cans for Kids and the Food Bank.

For more information, please contact Heather Chase, Village of Blacks Harbour CAO, Tel: (506) 456 4870, Email: hchase@nb.aibn.com or Holly McMackin, Dillon Consulting, Tel: (506) 633 5000, Email: hmcmackin@dillon.ca

Cooke's Plans to Build New Fish Plant

A Company  in St. George is giving hope to the  Municipality of Shelburne Nova Scotia that  a 150  million dollar fish plant will be built there.

Cooke Aquaculture  has three possible locations in the province and the proposal includes a year-round, 24-hour processing facility for fish harvested in Nova Scotia.

Shelburne official Kirk Cox says municipal representatives recently traveled to the St. George site to tour a processing facility.

He says senior officials from the company are now planning to visit the municipality in a couple of weeks.

Cooke Aquaculture plans to be operational in 2011.

Follow Up Artifacts discovered in Charlotte County

A follow up today from The Department Of Transportation as to the construction of the Route One Gateway  Project.

In light on recent events that  lead to the halt of construction in the Pennfield Ridge Area where Archaeological content  from found by the Department of Transportation.

Communications Director For The Department Of Transportation Jean Bertin tells Tide News the area is still closed to construction. The artifact's were found in the bedrock and Archaeologists from the Province are are site conducting their own investigation.

Bertin says this has not put the project behind as Dexter has concentrated on other area's of the project . Bertin reminds people to respect the area and that  time is needed for the evaluation. The Archaeologist's are in their second week of their field study and anticipated to be there another week to ten days.

Election Recount today For Saint John Harbour

Today's the day for the recount of ballots in the riding of Saint John Harbour.

Conservative Carl Killen won the seat by just nine votes over Liberal Ed Doherty in last week's provincial election.
 
It's the only recount following the election that gave David Alward's Tories a commanding majority of 42 seats in the 55-seat legislature.

The recount is automatic because the margin of victory was under 25 votes.

Fire Prevention Week

This is Fire Prevention Week. This is also the time of year to service our Heating Appliances.

Whether you use electricity, oil , gas, or wood these appliances all require maintenance to function properly, When servicing these appliances don't forget the chimney. 

Local Fire Chief Jeff Richardson tells some tips to remember to prevents fires is to watch what  you heat. 

He tells Tide News if you plan to deep fry foods always use a CSA or ULC  approved  fryer

Richardson say if you do have a fire, get out and stay out, don't take the chance.

Walk Cause We Care Held Over The Weekend

The 8th Annual Walk Cause We Care has held in three communities in Charlotte Country on Saturday.  The event raised $70,144 and still counting. 

Carol Stewart, one of the organizers of the event says she thanks all the walkers, sponsors and supporters and volunteers from St. Stephen, St. Andrews and St. George. 

Stewart says without everyone's help, they would never be able to generate funding to this extent for Charlotte County Cancer.

Two Fire Calls Over The Weekend

The Musquash Fire Department responded to an accident Friday afternoon after a car rolled over and landed in the median near the Lepreau exit.   One person was taken to hospital.

With the kick of to Fire Prevention week on Saturday  firefighters responded to a vehicle on fire in the Thompson Subdivision in Musquash.

 A van which was parked in the driveway of a home was found heavily involved in fire. Firefighters used foam to knock down the fire. Damage was contained to the van and the cause has been deemed as accidental.

The photo was taken by Firefighter Neil Galbraith. It shows Lt. Grady Curtis and Firefighter Mike Mersereau checking for hot spots after extinguishing the van fire.

Another Scam Making The Rounds

Another scam is making the rounds and Rothesay Regional Police are throwing up the warning flag. Officers tell us they are investigating an incident where someone called a home in the Kennebecasis Valley and said they were a representative of Microsoft.

They then asked the home-owner to go to their computer as there was a problem with their Windows support system.

The questions then got more personal and the home-owner asked for a phone number to call them back.

The number was bogus and the home-owner then called police. Rothesay Regional Police remind everyone to NEVER give out personal information over the phone.

Fire Prevention Week October 3th to 9th.

New Brunswickers are being reminded to be more aware about fire safety in their homes during Fire Prevention Week, which takes place Oct. 3-9 throughout the province.

The theme of this year's week is Consider the risks - Watch what you heat. It is sponsored by the Department of Public Safety, in partnership with the New Brunswick Association of Fire Chiefs and the New Brunswick Association of Fire Prevention Officers. The official launch takes place on Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Perth-Andover Fire Department.

  Local Fire Chief Jeff Richardson tells us that most fires originate from lack of attention.
Richardson tell Tide News people need to use smoke detectors and to be sure they are working properly with routine cleaning.

Richardson say also watch what  you  heat  use deep fryers not geese on the stop  and if a Fire starts Get out and stay out.



 

Boil Water Order for Beaver Harbour

Connors Bros.  are advises the residents of Beaver Harbour that as a precautionary measure a Voluntary Boil Order is currently in effect. 

This order only applies to residents of Beaver Harbour that are connected to Connors Bros water supply.

Search For Answers On Missing Fishing Vessel

The search for answers continues for the family of Harold and Corey Cossaboom.

The fisherman's vessel "Whole Family" went down off St. Martins back in February and the boat or their bodies have still not been re-covered.

Trish Green is Corey Cossaboom's sister and says a day doesn't go by she doesn't miss her only brother.

Back on March.19th, the family was told the Coast Guard would make the vessel "Mathew" which is equipped for this type of search available but a week later, an official with the Department of Fisheries called to tell them quote, sending the vessel would be a waste of taxpayers money.

Recently, a scallop dragger the R.L.S out of Digby sank in the same area and the family believes there has to be something in the area causing this to happen.