No was was hurt, but the Thistle St. Andrews curling club suffering heavy fire damage after a blaze early last night.
City fire crews getting the call just around 7 about the blaze originating in the kitchen area of the building on Dufferin Avenue.
The 911 call coming in as a possible explosion as the force of the water in the building blew out part of a wall.
Firefighters had to smash in a glass door to gain entry into the building and once inside found the sprinkler system was working to douse some of the flames.
District Fire chief Gerald Green tells CHSJ News the second floor did suffer serious damage.
Investigators did check out the scene but the cause of the fire is not suspicious.
While the curling club is closed for the season, parts of the buildings including the kitchen are used for other functions including weddings.
Saint John trying to get Quispamsis to join in on the fun as they launch the commuter challenge.
The challenge encourages people to leave their cars at home during National Environment Week from June 5th through the 11th.
Quispamsis Mayor Murray Driscoll says the town is already very conscious about the emission of green house gases.
He says the commuter challenge fits in well with the town's existing active transportation plan which encourages the public to use human modes of transport.
District 6 Education Council discussing when is the right time to introduce career development learning to students.
The district currently runs a career program called "Pace" for students in grade 11, but Superintendent Andrew Hopper tells CHSJ News students have said that's too late in the game.
Hopper says grade 11 teachers also expressed concerns about the amount of time that it takes to offer that program to students.
He says the district hasn't made any final decisions at this time.
Point Lepreau will be needing new turbines sooner rather than later because of the incident where two turbines fell into the Bay of Fundy in the fall of 2008.
Station Director Wade Parker says the turbines will need to be replaced after two operating cycles because they were never meant to be under water.
Parker says replacement turbines have already been ordered, but there won't be time to install the new ones during the current Point Lepreau Refurbishment, so it will have to happen in a future outage.
Saint John appears to be getting off easy this year in terms of flooding.
With water levels now a safe, one meter below the initial flood stage in Saint John, the provincial flood forecasting center has released it's final bulletin of the season.
Officials say water levels in the lower portion of the St. John River basin should continue to go down slowly, but if conditions change River Watch will renew it's forecasts.
