An Upper Mills man has been arrested for assaulting three peace officers and resisting arrest in an incident near a home in that area.
At approximately 1:15 p.m. Friday two District 1 RCMP officers were accompanying an SPCA officer to the home for an animal welfare investigation. A 57-year-old man at the home became violent and assaulted the SPCA officer. When police attempted to arrest the man, he resisted and physically assaulted one of the police officers.
The second officer intervened, and the man was eventually taken into custody.
He was later released on a promise to appear in St. Stephen Provincial Court at a later date. He is expected to face charges of assaulting peace officers and resisting arrest.
The RCMP is releasing the names of a man and a woman who were killed in a two-vehicle collision in Salisbury on the evening of February 14.
They are 24-year-old Chad Thorne of Havelock and 69-year-old Rachel Gauvin of Grande-Digue.
The investigation into the collision is ongoing.
More details on a crash in Hammond River that left two people with serious, but what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
The collision occurred when a pickup truck crashed into the back of another vehicle travelling in the same direction. The driver of the truck left the scene, but was later apprehended by police.
The driver of the vehicle that was struck, a 20-year-old woman from Norton, had to be extracted using the Jaws of Life. She and an 18-year-old man from Sussex Corner were transported to hospital by ambulance with serious injuries. They are however not believed to be life-threatening.
Alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor in the crash.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision, but who has not yet spoken to police, to contact them at 506-832-5566.
Some highly expensive brass coils have gone missing from the Coleson Cove generating plant.
The Saint John Police Force responded to a call reported the theft of 24- Brass Coils that are described as being 24 x18 inches and look similar to that of a carpenter's square. The theft occurred between December and February 14th.
The brass coils are used to rebuild the generators located at this facility. The total replacement cost for these 24 coils are approximately $66,000.00.
Anyone who has information is asked to contact the Saint John Police Force, Major Crime Unit or Crime Stoppers.
A Fredericton woman charged with faking a home invasion in a bid to murder her husband.
Police in Fredericton say they have charged a 51-year-old woman with the attempted murder. Officers responded to 911 call regarding a break and enter at a home on Anderson Street on the city's south side around 10:45 p.m. Wednesday.
A 57-year-old man was taken to hospital where he was treated and later released. Police say their investigation has determined that there wasn't a break and enter.Police say 51-year-old Rada Veselinovic was subsequently arrested and appeared in court today where she was charged with attempted murder.
A man and a woman are dead and a child serious injured following a two-vehicle crash on the TransCanada Highway near Salisbury.
The collision occurring at around 8:20 p.m. A vehicle heading westbound was hit by a vehicle travelling the wrong way, eastbound in the westbound lane.
Both drivers, a 24-year-old man from Havelock and a 69-year-old woman from Grande-Digue, died at the scene. The woman was the lone occupant in the vehicle that was travelling in the wrong direction on the divided highway.
A 25-year-old woman and two young children, aged three and four, who were passengers in the other vehicle were transported to hospital. One of the children was airlifted to the IWK Hospital in Halifax.
The names of the deceased are not being released at this time pending proper notification of their families.
District Education Councils want a streamlined budget process so they know what numbers they have to work with well in advance.
Rob Fowler, who chairs the Anglophone South District Education Council, tells CHSJ News that point will be made clear to Provincial Education Minister Jody Carr in meetings this weekend.
Fowler would like to see the budget for the next school year soon after the end of next month to make planning easier. The Anglophone South School District is still on budget according to the most up to date figures.
Fowler says another issue he will bring up is the age of school buildings in Saint John and the extra cost needed to maintain them properly.
If and when full scale shale gas production moves ahead in the province and becomes a reality, there has to be better monitoring of air quality at production sites because there isn't any now.
That, according to the Health Watch Advisor for the Conservation Council who points to Penobsquis with its 16 gas well pads and 30 gas wells. Inka Milewski tells CHSJ News government oversight is among the missing despite all the industrialisation with no permanent air quality monitoring regime in place and the province not reporting publicly on how good or bad the air is.
Milewski claims the air at gas production sites is a major public health concern because of the presence of carcinogens in the form of volatile organic compounds like benzine.
More details expected from the RCMP later about a serious crash on Highway 1 which has been described to us as significant.
Fire crews were called to the City Market last night after it closed when the smell of natural gas was detected.
Enbridge Gas was called in and the leak was traced to the City Market's boiler room.
There was alot of smoke which could be seen from a fire in a dumpster early this morning at an overpass which is part of the One Mile Interchange project.
Fire trucks had difficulty getting to the scene and they also had to put out a small fire in a nearby construction trailer.
More than 40 thousand dollars had been raised in the first ever Radiothon at the Regional Hospital when our broadcast finished up at 6 last night.
The Director of the Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation, Victoria Clarke tells CHSJ News the money will be used to make health care in the region better with cutting edge technology.
She says that type of equipment is needed to attract and retain top flight medical personnel.
Clarke says most of of the people who pledged money live in the Greater Saint John area but there were even calls that came in from as far away as Banff and Japan thanks to social media and the broadcast over the internet.
The government of Florida has just announced that the Florida Highway Patrol will not enforce a new law requiring Canadians to have an International Driving Permit.
CAA saying in a statement they are grateful that the state of Florida has responded to pressure from CAA and thousands of concerned Canadians on this issue.
However, they are still seeking clarity from the state on whether this applies to all the over 400 law enforcement agencies that exist in Florida.
In the meantime, CAA advices Canadians travelling in the next few days that it's better safe than sorry and they should get an IDP. Those who will not be travelling for some days, and those already in Florida are advised to wait for developments.
We will issue a release once the situation becomes more clear.
Here's a bit of a political shocker: a former Liberal cabinet minister under then Premier Shawn Graham has joined the NDP.
Kelly Lamrock was Minister of Social Development and led an anti-poverty initiative as well as giving some thought to running for the Liberal party leadership.
Provincial NDP leader Dominic Cardy says Lamrock worked with him on the anti-patronage bills adopted by the Alward government, discovered they had a lot in common and more people could be coming on board.
Lamrock says he's excited to have the chance to work with fellow progressives in developing clear policies that will give New Brunswickers real choices down the road. Lamrock gave some consideration to running for the leadership of the Provincial Liberal Party leadership but decided not to.
Snowbirds and March Break-ers, beware.
aAchange to Florida driving regulations could cramp your style if you're heading South of the border. As of January 1, travellers will now need an International Driver's Permit as well as their Canadian license to get behind the wheel in a move intended to stop confusion over foreign languages on licenses.
CAA spokesman Gary Howard tells CHSJ News it's causing a lot of hassle with long lineup, increased wait-times, and people confused about whether the new rules apply to them.
As it stands you need to have the $25 permit to drive in Florida and could face stiff penalties. Howard called the new regulations wrongheaded because almost all Canadian drivers licenses are issued in English.
The hydro bill could be getting a little steeper for the city's industrial and commercial customers.
Common council hearing on Monday evening the rationale behind switching to a computerized metering system which would eliminate the need for meter readers and ensure the customers aren't being over or under-billed.
Councillor David Merrithew asked deputy commissioner of water Kendall Mason whether businesses aren't getting too sweet a deal, to which Mason responded there is no doubt the city is under-billign those customers.
Negotiating the water rate between the city and big corporations including Irving has been an ongoing issue for a number of years.
There has been concern about how young people in the city who have had contact with former Common Councillor Donnie Snook will react to his fall from grace.
Katina Feggos-Russell of Family Plus Counselling tells CHSJ News the entire community can be affected when a high profile personality gets into trouble and there's a real roller coaster of emotions such as denial, anger, grieving, a sense of betrayal and disillusionment.
She says there are some people who will try to block the person out as a means of coping and advises parents to let their children express how they're feeling openly and honestly.
The mental health of students is beoming more of an issue in the Anglophone South School District.
Superintendent Zoe Watson tells CHSJ News an action plan is going to be developed. Part of that will be more training for teachers and guidance counsellors so they can recognise when a student is having difficulty coping and in need of help. Watson also says psychologists want to give a presentation to the District Education Council.
The "Celebrate What's Right With The World" initiative, launched back in 2008, will continue which attempts to get students to think positively, look for possibilities to do better, fix what's wrong and ride change.
In previous years, the focus had been on obesity and nutrition.
The provincial NDP has itself a new member who just happens to be a former provincial Liberal cabinet Minister.
Kelly Lamrock, who had considered running for the provincial Liberal leadership before deciding against, has joined the New Democrats, saying he's excited to be working with progressives.
Lamrock led an initiative to reduce poverty when he was Social Development Minister under then Premier Shawn Graham.
Provincial NDP leader Dominic Cardy says he and Lamrock found they had a lot in common while working on the anti-patronage bills being adopted by the Alward Government.
Not much of a change with gas prices after the weekly setting.
Self serve regular is selling in the city for $1.31.6 a litre which is virtually unchanged from yesterday.
Diesel did go up by almost a couple of cents to $1.46.2 a litre.
Heating oil did rise by almost 3 cents to a maximum of $1.24.6 a litre.
The high winds from last Saturday's storm caused a problem at St. Rose school on the west side.
Wood ash blew over onto the school property from the nearby pulp mill and the students were not allowed to play outside.
The health and environment departments were called in and it was determined there were no health risks but nevertheless, it was decided to remove the snow which has been happening all week.
The children might be allowed out to play today.
It's believed a fire in the north end last night shortly after 9 was deliberately set.
Platoon Chief Joe Armstrong says the fire at 168 Main Street North began on the outside of the vacant two storey building and that's where it was contained.
This was the second fire at that building in the last thirty days.
