T
he Mounties are looking into a deadly snowmobile crash on MacDougall Lake in Charlotte County over the weekend.
Two men riding on a snowmobile lost control of their machine early Saturday morning and it crashed on the shore line.
The 23-year-old driver from St. George died at the scene from his injuries and a 22-year-old man who was the passenger remains at the Regional Hospital with serious injuries.
Through their investigation, the RCMP have found that their snowmobile may have struck a large bed of rocks while they were crossing the lake which made the riders lose control of the machine.
You will see a lot of construction activity on the Pettingill road this summer.
$250 thousand dollars from Ottawa will help the town of Quispamsis to replace an ageing wastewater force main along with some other improvements.
Quispamsis Mayor Murray Driscoll tells CHSJ News they will replace the forcemain along the Pettingill Road through Longwood Park and the lagoon.
Rothesay Mayor Bill Bishop says this project will allow his town to start work on a detention pond which can't proceed until Quispamsis moves a lift station.
He says this announcement means Quispamsis can go ahead with that and when they are finished the town of Rothesay can go ahead and built a detention pond to hold some of the water back at Oakville Acres.
Tenders will be going out soon for the start that will start this summer and likely be completed by the end of the year.
24 jobs will be created during construction.
A small fire at the port on the lower west side in one of the sheds just before noon today.
The building was evacuated after a machine caught fire and a propane tank exploded.
Platoon Chief Eric Garland tells CHSJ News no one was hurt.
He says crews were able to knock down the fire quickly. He says it appears there was a release of propane possibly from the relief valve on the cyclinder which he says can be explosion-like when it goes off.
Garland says four companies responded initially but a lot of resources were released after the fire was knocked down.
He says the remaining crews were on scene between 20 and 30 minutes.
Donnie Snook was not in court today. The matter is being adjourned until late May because more charges are pending.
Snook would normally have appeared by video conference but the technology was not available due to the move to Peel Plaza.
About 50 spectators were in court today. The former councillor faces 8 charges so far including possession, distribution and making child pornography. Snook is due back in court on May 29th.
The suggestion from one of the candidates running in the Ward 3 byelection in May about using volunteer firefighters in the city has generated alot of comment on Facebook.
Common Council has also talked about the possibility but Fire Chief Kevin Clifford warns you can't integrate volunteers without having to spend taxpayer dollars and you can only use them in a limited capacity.
Consultant Todd MacDonald of Performance Concepts warns the availability of volunteers at times is iffy because of their job commitments.
Volunteer firefighters are used in Ottawa and Hamilton because of regionalisation.
In a recent CHSJ News poll, 80 per cent of our listeners who responded didn't think the use of volunteer firefighters in the city was a good idea.
If you normally use the Reversing Falls Bridge to get to and from work, you can expect delays over the next several weeks.
The city telling CHSJ News beginning today and for the next several weeks, the Reversing Falls Bridge will be down to one lane and there will be no vehicle access to Douglas Avenue from Bridge Road or Chesley Drive.
There will be temporary traffic lights in place at both ends of the bridge but, as you might expect, there will be continual delays.
The traffic flow is being disrupted to allow upgrades to be done to the east-west water main below the bridge.
To reboot the city's true growth strategy, officials have to dissect what went wrong the first time around.
Deputy mayor Shelley Rinehart tells CHSJ news that one of the major failings of the original initiative was that there was little linkage between the various sectors.
She cites ICT and health sciences as two sectors that, if combined, can create big opportunities.
True Growth 2.0 mayors' governance task force report will be presented at Rothesay's council meeting tonight.
Former Common Councillor Donnie Snook is scheduled to be back in court this morning on child exploitation charges.
Snook has been in custody since his arrest on January 9th and faces 8 charges.
His lawyer Dennis Boyle told us earlier Snook would be entering pleas today but since then Police Chief Bill Reid has said more people have come forward with allegations and additional charges are possible.
Photo radar has proven to be controversial in Ontario but a member of Common Council would like to see it tried in the city.
Donna Reardon is suggesting overhead speed monitors be installed around town that would be used to issue tickets to the registered owners of vehicles that are exceeding the speed limit.
Reardon would like to see a maximum speed limit in the city of 50 kilometers an hour. She points out along Main Street North, the speed limit is 60 kilometers an hour but most drivers seem to be going along faster than that. The speed limit along the Causeway is 70 kilometers an hour.
Many people don't mind the spring time change because it gives us an extra hour of daylight to enjoy....but it can also play havoc on your internal clock, particularly if you're already sleep-deprived. Dr Charles Samuels is the VP Clinical for the Canadian Sleep Society and he tells CHSJ News there's data to support a greater frequency of accidents after time change.
Samuels says coffee is your friend this week and the Canadian Institute of Health Research actually recommends you get caffeinated before you get behind the wheel as your body adjusts to the time change.
Those late nights spent emptying your wallet at the VLTs, could point to a problem. One of the first indications of gambling addiction is pouring time, money and energy that you can't afford to spend into gambling. Social worker Annie Pellerin tells CHSJ news that gambling addicts will often keep their distance from their home and those close to them.
She says that people who have gambled and struck it rich are prone to gambling addiction, as might try to recapture the high of winning over and over again. There is a direct correlation between gamblers who have won big, and addiction. However, Perellin adds, there are a variety of factors that make a person prone to gambling addiction.
The last gambling prevalence study was undertaken in 2009, where they found that VLT's are the most common form of gambling in the province. To seek help for a gambling addiction, call 1 (800) 461-1234, an information line and referral service.
Many people don't mind the spring time change because it gives us an extra hour of daylight to enjoy.
That being said, it can also play havoc on your internal clock, particularly if you're already sleep-deprived. Dr Charles Samuels is the VP Clinical for the Canadian Sleep Society and he tells CHSJ News there's data to support a greater frequency of accidents after time change.
Samuels says the Canadian Institute of Health Research actually recommends you get caffienated before you get behind the wheel as your body adjusts to the time change.
While he says the time change isn't something you need to worry too much about, you should actually be concerned with how much sleep you're getting in general. Samuels cautions that most adults are carrying around an accumulated sleep debt of as much as 7 hours, and could reap major benefit by simply laying down for a 15 minute nap at the end of the work day.
The new operators of tourism see this city as a bona fide gold-mine for growth. Ross Jefferson, the executive director of Discover Saint John says that, because of the city's offerings, including the waterfront, the uptown and the proximity to US markets, the tourism industry will only get bigger and better in the coming years.
Discover Saint John is a public-private non-profit partnership with the City of Saint John and Saint John Hotel Association that replaced the city's tourism department back in 2010.
We've been hearing for a long time that olive oil is a healthy alternative to canola or sunflower oils...and a local business is looking to promote the heart-healthy fats with a recipe contest. Liquid Gold Manager June Anderson tells CHSJ News they're holding a recipe contest judged by some of the city's top chefs.
You have until the end of the month to develop your winning recipe, which must include olive oil...and the first place winner gets $150. Liquid Gold carries exotic olive oil flavours ranging from oregano and garlic to coconut and orange.
A family has been evacuated after a house went up in flames. The blaze happened yesterday afternoon in Val D'amour, which is located about five kilometers south of Campbellton.
The family of five, which includes a woman in her 70s, her daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter and great-granddaughter are currently staying with relatives. There's no word on the cause of the fire.
After 4 fires in the same vacant North end building, City police and fire officials are looking for your help in finding out who is responsible.
Fire Chief Kevin Clifford tells CHSJ News it's hard to say whether it's a single arsonist or different groups of firebugs--but they don't have a definite impression either way. At this point, he says they're considering putting the building under 24 hour surveillance.
Fire crews were called to 168 Main Street for the second time this week in the wee hours this morning. The other fires occurred on January 11th and February 13th. No one has been hurt in any of the fires.
If you know anything, contact the police at 506-648-3333 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). You can also provide information anonymously on the NB Crime Stoppers Website at
Not many people have written a bestselling book and founded a successful company; however, Nova Scotian Barb Stegemann has done both.
She tells CHSJ News women have a different approach then men to doing business, and that can be a real advantage. Some of the qualities she attributes to women include empathy, passion, and an interest in aspects of life other than money.
Stegmann was the keynote speaker at the Pathways to Empowerment conference for International Women's Day. He book, 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen, describes the ways Stegemann achieved her personal and professional success.
Her fragrance line, 7 Virtues, was featured on Dragons' Den.
Atlantic Canada is known for its seafood....and our fisheries will get some attention on the international scale in a few days time at the Boston Seafood Show.
A number of companies from Charlotte County including True North Salmon from Blacks Harbour, Northern Harvest Sea Farms from Letang and Deer Island's Paturel will be attending.
Overall more than 50 New Brunswick companies will be participating.
The show attracts more than 16-thousand seafood buyers and sellers from more than 90 countries.
The Sea Dogs and Harbour Station letting us know that it's standing room only for tonight’s game against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan.
It’s Fan Appreciation Night at the Station and the puck drops at 7:30 pm.
It’s also the last home game of the regular season and for ticket info call 657-1234.
Organised Labour in the province sending out a message to mark International Women's Day that there's still alot of work to be done to ensure women's equality.
Tammy Moore chairs the New Brunswick Federation of Labour's Women's Committee and she tells CHSJ News pay equity and not having access to affordable childcare are squeezing the middle class. Moore says they've been told this is not the right time for pay equity considering the fragile state of the economy.
Moore is also disturbed by a provincial survey that found 53 per cent of New Brunswickers believe it's not a crime to slap your wife in the face after an argument and 27 per cent don't believe it's a crime to rape your wife.
