People's Alliance Release Platform

Kris Austin, Leader of the People's Alliance of New Brunswick released their platform earlier this morning at The Coleson Cove generating station . Austin says he wants to see the power back in the hands of the people. Austin tells us they have a concept that the citizens of New Brunswick should be legal shareholders in NB Power.

This means New Brunswick would own 51 % of the Crown Corporation. Austin's says this way in the future that if there is any intent to sell of dismantle the corporation it would have to go thru the hands of New Brunswick fist.

Austin say the difference between his party and the other Political Parties is that they are saying what they want to do where as other party leaders won't say. He tells us the Political Parties need to more clear.

Voter Cards In The Mail

If you've been concerned about why you haven't seen your voter information card in the mail yet, worry no longer.

More than 520,000 people around the Province will receive the card in the mail this week.

Election Officials say it helps but is not necessary to have the card with you to cast your ballot.

The card how-ever is equipped with a bar-code which will make the voting process go quicker if you have it with you.

If you don't have a card or forget it, there will be a seperate station set-up at each polling station to make sure your name is added to the list.

NB Power Is Warning Its Customers Of A Telephone Scam

NB Power issued a press release back in March warning its customers of a telephone scam and warn public the scam is still making it's rounds.

Customers have been solicited by someone offering a device for sale that can save them money on their electricity bills. 

NB Power is not selling such devices, nor has it approved any such device and recommends thatcustomers contacted by persons making such claims report the incident immediately to theirlocal police force, the RCMP or PhoneBusters at 1-888-495-8501.

Fredericton Girl Names RCMP Puppy

Out of 9125 entries in Canada to name one of ten RCMP puppies an 11 year old Frederiction Girl recieved a prize.

Eleven year old Julia Leahy was the only New Brunswicker to receive an award. Julia won for her submission of the name “Cody”.

Sgt. Pierre Gardner of the RCMP New Brunswick Police Dog Service presented Julia with her prize of an 8×10 laminated photograph of “Cody”, an official RCMP ball cap, a plush dog named “Justice” and a certificate. Congratulations Julia!

This contest is a annual RCMP “Name the Puppy” contest held by the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre in Alberta.

Photo : Julia Leahy, Sgt. Pierre Gardner and his Police Dog “Bruno

Impared Driving Charges Over Long Weekend

Over the Labour Day long weekend, the RCMP conducted operations and checked more than 10,000 vehicles across the province.

The focus of that weekend was on impaired driving and even with the poor weather, for District One, 28 provincial tickets were issued for the area.

Three people were charged with impaired driving and 1 other received a 24-hour suspension. In addition nearly 600 provincial tickets and warnings were handed out.

Meet The Candidate's

With the Provincial Election right around the corner it may be time to get to know the people that want to represent us.

The St. Stephen Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Candidate's Night on Thursday, September 16 from 7:00p.m.-9:00p.m. The event will be held at the Milltown Legion.

Maine Company Receives Funding from Federal Department of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Portland Based Ocean Renewable Power Company $10 million to fund a key part of their commercial-scale tidal energy development project in Cobscook Bay.

The company is partnering with the University of Maine and the U.S. Coast Guard and has received financial support from the State’s Maine Technology Institute.

Governor Baldacci said the success of Ocean Renewable Power Company is important to the entire State as public and private partners in Maine continue to aggressively pursue development of clean, renewable energy.

Maine also continues to explore opportunities with Nova Scotia for collaboration regarding research, technology and deployment of tidal energy. A two-day workshop planned for October in Nova Scotia.

Governor Baldacci and Premier Dexter signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Ocean Energy Development on July 12, 2010 to share information on renewable electricity with a focus on ocean tidal energy.

New Brunswick & Maine Recognized For Awards

Two departments of transportation recognizedThe departments of transportation for both New Brunswick and Maine were co-recipients of the Partnerships Award recently at the second annual Atlantica Champions of Excellence Award ceremony.

From left: Imelda Gilman, president of the Saint John Board of Trade; David Cole, Maine Department of Transportation commissioner; David Johnstone, deputy minister, New Brunswick Department of Transportation; and John Porter, president, Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce.

Marijuana plants seized from roof of home in St. George

Just when you thought you have heard it all RCMP tell us they have found a grop op on a roof of a home.
RCMP seized marijuana plants, as well as a small quantity of prescription narcotics yesterday in St. George.

While only six full-sized, mature marijuana plants were seized, Police estimate that the plants could have produced up to 3000 marijuana joints.

A man and a woman, both in their forties, were arrested at the scene and later released.

The plants were growing in large plastic tubs on the roof visiable for anyone to see driving by.

Graham Takes Aim At Alward

Premier Shawn Graham is on the attack -- Graham is going after Conservative leader David Alward for promising to study and consult on a number of issue instead of laying out concrete plans.

Graham fired the shots during a campaign stop here in the city of Saint John this morning -- the Liberal leader calls Alward's promise to re-study the controversial French immersion issue a turning point in the election campaign.

Graham says test results prove the changes his government implemented are working.

Meanwhile -- Graham is promising to implement an asset management strategy for health care facilities which will lead to automatic upgrades of medical equipment - a move he says will help attract more doctors to our province.

      Photo By Gary MacDonald

Conservatives Told To Shut Down Account

The Conservative Twitter account which presents itself as "NBLiberalParty" has been removed by Twitter for violating their terms of service.

It was last month when Liberal candidate Kelly Lamrock called on the Conservatives to remove the account because they were misleading and irresponsible.

The Conservatives responded by saying it's a great site for people to go on to get the truth.

Police Bust Grow Op in St. George

RCMP in St George has discovered and dismantled an outdoor marijuana grow operation along Mascarene Road. Police tells us about 90 marijuana plants in the final stages of production were seized.

Anyone with information regarding any suspicious activities taking place in their area is encouraged to contact the police or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

The plants could have produced 45,000 marijuana joints.

Chamcook Lake Algae Information Line

With the recent discovery of the blue-green algae bloom in Chamcook Lake, the Town of Saint Andrews is taking a proactive role to ensure information is readily available to all residents by providing a new Public Information Phone Number that will provide the most up-to-date information on the status of the drinking water in the Town.

Information will be updated as it becomes available. The new phone number is 529-5115.

New Brunswick Music Awards

New Brunswick is getting its first provincial music awards and the general public will have a say in picking the winners.

The awards are sponsored by Music NB and will be held in Moncton on Oct. 9. Your voting has started today and will continue until October 7

Check out this website to vote http://www.musicnb.org/

Irving And Titus To be Recognized By Red Cross

Judith Irving has been selected by the Canadian Red Cross as the recipient of its 2010 Humanitarian Award.

This is to recognize Irving's commitment to charitable work and philanthropy. The Red Cross has also announced that Amanda Titus from Sussex will receive its 2010 Young Humanitarian Award.

The awards will be handed on November.17th at the Delta Brunswick.

Earl For Most Is A Non-Event

(Waves Hitting The Shore At Saints Rest Beach In Saint John)
                (Photo By Jim Hennessy)

They only clean up going on for most of the Province following Tropical Storm Earl is putting all of your patio furniture back back where it belongs.


Except for kicking up a few waves, bringing some rain and knocking out power for close to 4000 people, the storm turned out to be a non-event.


As of 7:30am this morning, NB Power was still working to get six of it's customers in Passekeag and one in Summerville back on the grid.

NB Power And Saint John Energy Helping Out

Crews from Saint John Energy and NB Power are in Nova Scotia looking to reconnect homes and businesses to the grid following Tropical Storm Earl.


Both utilities received a call from Nova Scotia Power for some help yesterday afternoon with a combined 21 crews in that Province.


No word on how long the crews will be needed but both utilities say they will stay with the job until it is done.
 

Getting Young Voters To Cast A Ballot

Signs on milk cartons along with a Facebook page.


Just two of the initiaves launched by Elections NB to get young voters out to cast a ballot.


The average for this Province is around 67% which is high compared to other Provinces.


Chief Electoral Officer Michael Quinn tells CHSJ News, the 18-25 demographic has always been the tough bracket to crack but they are working to change that pattern.


Earlier this week, Elections NB announced they are teaming up with Northumberland Dairy with side panels on cartons of milk reminding young people to cast a ballot.

NB Power/ Winds

Power crews are ready to go if we receive any power outage due to the high winds in the forecast today. At this hour NB Power is reporting 24 unplanned outage on Deer Island.

They expect to have power restored to Island residents by 10:30 this morning. Winds are anticipated to continue all day and over night tonight .

Cyanobacteria (Blue-Green Algae) In Chamcook Lake

With The Recent blue-green Algae found in Chamcook Lake all users of that municipal water supply are being advised that the Department of Health and the Department of Environment have been notified by Saint Andrerws Town officials that they had received a few complaints about the smell of tap water and that the algae bloom at Chamcook Lake with the increased winds that have  pushed the algae down to the intake end of the lake.

A visual inspection at the plant indicated that a small number of colonies were in the raw water, however, no colonies were observed in the treated water.

As a precautionary measure the Department of Health is asking users who notice a change in the color, taste or odor in their water supply or who are a dialysis patient or dialysis treatment provider to seek an alternative source of water for consumption and dialysis until we are in receipt of test results from the samples taken in the past two days.

The Department of Health, Department of Environment, and the town of St. Andrews are working together to ensure your water supply is not affected by this blue green algae bloom. The department of Health will issue advisories to the public where necessary to protect public health.