H1N1 Vaccine Available To The Public Soon

The Province is ready to open H1N1 clinics to the general public, some as early as this weekend but most on Monday. This as the intensity of the activity of those people getting sick has subsided. To date, 158 people have had to be hospitalized because of the swine flu and seven around the Province have died. Dr. Eilish Cleary is the Chief Medical Officer of Health and says even with clinics opening to everyone, you will still have to stand in line to roll up your sleeve.


Dr. Cleary adds even with the amount of new cases on the decline, she is still encouraging everyone to get immunized for your safety and everyone else in the Province.

Chemical Spill Update At Fundy High School

Students at Fundy High got an unexpected day off because of a chemical spill yesterday. Several chemicals got mixed together when a shelf they were on collapsed. The Saint John Fire Department's Hazard-Materials Unit set up a command post and worked with St. George fire officials and 5 other agencies including the RCMP and Public Safety.




Deputy Fire Chief Mark Gillan tells Tide News, no one was hurt and the school was turned back over to District Ten officials late yesterday afternoon.

Fundy High remains closed today.

Schedules For The H1N1 Clinics In Charlotte County

 Here are the priority groups :

 Children 6 months to 18 years (first dose)

Children 6 months to under 36 months (second dose and are at least 21 days following first dose)

Children 3 years to 9 years with a chronic medical condition (requiring second dose and are at least 21 days following first dose)

Individuals with a respiratory medical condition

Individuals with lung disease that requires ongoing medical care, such as: asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or cystic fibrosis.

Individuals with breathing difficulties related to a physical, neurological or muscular disorder (e.g. ALS, multiple sclerosis, quadriplegia, paraplegia).

November 26

9am - 8pm Grand Manan Grand Manan Community Centre (Gym)


November 27

10am - 5pm St George St George Community Centre

11 J.O. Spinney Dr.

Priority groups

November 28

9am - 5pm Old Ridge St. Stephen High School

9372 Route 3

(* Use front entrance) Priority groups

 
November 29

11am - 5pm Campobello Campobello Health Centre

640 Route 774, Unit 1

Priority groups

November 29

11am - 5pm Deer Island Deer Island Health Centre

999 Route 772 Priority groups

 
November 29

10am - 4pm St Stephen St. Stephen Middle School

11 School St. Priority groups

A light in Memory Of A loved One

Home Support Services will be having there 6th annual festivals of light ceremony tonight. You can purchase a light in memory of a love one. Family members will speak on behalf of their love one to explain the experience they've had with Home Support Services over the years. The light ceremony will take place at 41 Budd Avenue at 7:00pm.

Chemical Spill Caused School to Close

Fundy High Students had to be sent home today due to a chemical spill in the school. Acting superintendent Jenny McDougal tells tide news the head Custodian was walking in the school and discovered a smell in the lab. When the Custodian entered the lab there was a shelf that broke and quit a few chemicals got mixed together. The fire department along with the hazard material team recommended the school to close for the day for safety reason.

Nobody was hurt.

Two more Deaths In Maine

Two more people have died in Maine due to the H1N1 virus. That brings the total to nine since August.

According to a press release from the Department of Health this past week 31 Maine people have been hospitalized, including eight children. The H1N1 clinic will be held in Calais on December 9 from 8- 1pm at the Calais elmentary school.



For more information you can visit www.maineflu.gov

Fundy High Students Sent Home

Fundy High Students in District Ten will be sent home shortly. School officials tells us further details will be released as soon as the information is available.

Province's Toll-Free H1N1 Flu Line

The next time you call the Province's toll-free H1N1 flu line it shouldn't take as long. Call volumes increased shortly after media reports of the deaths of two teens in Ontario from the swine flu but the information line didn't have enough capacity to handle the increase so that resulted in long wait times.


More operators have been added and a new automated voice-activated system for callers has been put in place. The 24-hour information line is 1-800-580-0038.

Gas Prices Are In

The Energy and Utilities Board has released it's weekly price schedule which shows a litre of self-serve going for a maximum of 99.2.  Gas stations in St Stephen are selling a pump price of 99.9.

Diesel is up percentage points at $101.8. Furnace Oil also up a few percentage points, coming in at 82.4 with not much movement in propane either at 93.6.

Information sessions On Campobello Island

Two open houses will be held in early December for the public to discuss whether to establish a rural community on Campobello Island.


The open houses are being organized along with a survey to determine the degree for establishing a rural community. Information kits about the proposal and the survey will be mailed to all Island residents .  For more information click the link:  www.gnb.ca/localgovernment .  The survey will end Jan. 31, 2010.

Deer Island Ferry

 The ferry service will not change in January says the Fisheries minister and Local MLA. Rick Doucett tells us the ferry will continue to run every half hour ensuring this important service continues. He says this is the back bone of the community and this is great news for Deer Island.

Deer Kill Numbers Are In

Less than ideal weather is one of the factors for a low number of deer being killed during this hunting season which closed over the weekend. Matt Jones with the Department of Natural Resources tells Tide News, the early estimate for the entire province is 5860. Jones adds the warmer than normal temperatures certainly didn't help hunters in their search for some meat to tuck away in the deep freeze.



Jones adds this years total is down 24% from last year which is close to what they expected. The final number should be comfirmed over the next two weeks.

Graham Continues to Defend Decision

Would you sell something that posted a profit of $70 million dollars? That is the latest question for the Premier surrounding the proposal between NB Power and Hydro Quebec. The public utility posted that huge number for it's bottom line but Shawn Graham tells Tide News, you have to take into account the over $200 million dollars borrowed and booked as revenue to pay for replacement power costs due to the upgrade at Point Lepreau.


 President and CEO of NB Power David Hay has declined an interview with our newsroom to discuss the proposal saying this is a decision for politicians. Graham agrees saying Hay is busy enough with the refurbishment at Point Lepreau and remains focused on his job.

Baby Crib Recall

More than two million drop-side cribs are being recalled in Canada and the U-S, in the two countries' biggest crib recall ever.


The cribs affected are made by Stork Craft Manufacturing of British Columbia, and date back all the way to 1993.

The U-S Consumer Product Safety Commission says there are reports of four babies that have suffocated and 110 others who've been injured, due to the drop-sides detaching from the cribs and leaving a dangerous gap between the side and the mattress.

A free repair kit is available from Stork Craft that will convert the dropside to a fixed side.

Getting Geared Up For Flame

The torch begins it’s trek through the Province today, coming through Greater Saint John by tomorrow. Things get started with a huge celebration in Sussex during the noon hour. It will then arrive in Hampton just after three o’clock, make it’s way to Quispamsis and then make a short trek down the old Hampton Highway for a stop and ceremony in Rothesay. This is the only community stop between Sussex and Saint John. It will be glowing in the parking lot of the Rothesay Arena between 4-5:00pm o’clock.

Health Care Announcement

The new work week gets off to a fast start for the Department of Health. Its Minister, Mary Schryer will be joined by Supply and Services Minister Ed Doherty for a news conference at eleven this morning.


No word on whether cash or new equipment will be rolled out.

ATV Accident

One person was taken to hospital after a ATV accident last evening in the Bonny River area. Ambulance New Brunswick requested an ATV to help get the injured person out of the woods. The extent of the injuries is not known.

Chief Assaulted In Baileyville

Chief of police in Baileyville was rough up while trying to serve a man with legal papers. Early yesterday morning officers arrived at 307 Main Street in Baileyville. While entering the home the chief was attack by a 49 year old man. The Chief was taken to Calais hosiptal to be look at and was later released. No word on specific charges.

Day 2 at the Legislature

The second day of the new fall session in Fredericton was a lot like the first. A proposed deal between NB Power and Hydro Quebec dominated question period. Saint John-Portland Conservative MLA Trevor Holder tells us , the Graham Government doesn't have answers for their questions.



 Premier Graham defended the proposal saying it was too good to refuse because it will lower power rates and reduce the provincial debt by 40 per cent.

Gas Prices Slide Again

The price of gasoline has taken a slide for the third straight week. The Energy and Utilities Board has released it's weekly price schedule showing a litre of self-serve going for 97.8 cents.Gas stations in St Stephen are selling a litre of self serve for 98.6.


Diesel is down as well coming in at $101.6, furnace oil tops off 82.2 which is down almost two cents and propane saw the only increase, just under a penny at 93.3.