Fewer students from the Maritimes are choosing to stick around and study on the east coast.
That's
according to a new report by the Maritime Provinces Higher Education
Commission which says over the last ten years the number of Maritimers
enrolled in the region's universities decreased by 12-percent while the
number of Canadians from outside the Maritimes increased by 28-percent
and the number of international students doubled.
Commission
C-E-O Mireille Duguay says Maritime Universities are maintaining their
numbers by attracting more students from outside the Maritimes.
The
government of New Brunswick working with NB Pork to minimize the impact
of a disease that could potentially devastate the province's
multimillion-dollar pork industry.
While the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus is highly contagious among piglets, it doesn't pose a risk to human health or safety.
Provincial
Agriculture, Aquaculture & Fisheries Minister Michael Oslcamp says
while it hasn't been detected in the province yet, the department has
been working with pork producers since last fall to raise their
awareness and boost their bio-security practices to prevent the spread
of disease.
The first confirmed case of the disease in the Maritimes was in Prince Edward Island.
The RCMP
are now in the process of gathering and analyzing evidence in a fatal
shooting involving a Rothesay Regional Police officer.
That's
according to Constable Damien Thériault who tells us they are now
interviewing witnesses to establish what actually happened during the
incident on Friday evening, where a 27-year-old man died after being
shot outside a home on Shipyard Road as officers were responding to a
violent domestic dispute.
Thériault
says it's impossible to say when their investigation into the incident
might be completed. The name of the victim has not been released.
One of the province's most well-known and celebrated artists has passed away. Molly Lamb Bobak died yesterday at the age of 95.
Born
in 1920 just outside of Vancouver, she joined the Canadian Women's Army
Corp in 1942 and became the first woman to be named as an official
Canadian War Artist. She moved to Fredericton with her husband Bruno in
1960.
She has
received Honorary Doctorates from Mount Allison University, the
University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University and received the
Order of Canada in 1995 and the Order of New Brunswick in 2002.
There
will be no funeral or public memorial service at her request. Her
family plans to have a private gathering at a later date.
A man taken to hospital with head injuries after being assaulted by his roommate.
The
incident happening on Grandview Avenue and Saint John Police say the man was
struck with a weapon but were unable to say what the weapon was.
His roommate is facing a charge of assault causing bodily harm.
Saint John Police believe alcohol was involved in a early morning rollover on the Courtenay Bay Causeway.
The
rollover happening when the driver hit the median. Police say he hurt
his hand so badly in the crash it will likely need surgery. No one else
was hurt in the incident.
Police were asking drivers to avoid the westbound lane of the causeway as emergency crews cleared up the scene.
