There will be one less Q League franchise this fall as Lewiston has been bought out by the league. Sea Dogs President Wayne Long tells CHSJ News he wasn't too surprised to hear of Lewiston's fate.
He says you never want to see a team go through what Lewiston went through. After the Maineiacs won the President's Cup in 2008, the team attendance dropped after that. He says the league has decided to contract the team. Long adds it's sad because Lewiston was a real friend to Saint John when they joined the Q League. The move will allow Sherbrooke to add a team in the 2012 season.
22-year old Trent Byers will remain in police custody as he awaits his trial.
Byers is charged with the attempted murder of Bruce Higgins, who was found lying on the corner of Main and Albert in the early morning hours of April 15 with a gunshot wound to the stomach.
Higgins told police he was suppose to meet Byers at the corner of Albert and Main to purchase drugs from him but claims a car pulled up and Byers allegedly shot him.
Provincial court Judge Anne Jeffries denying bail on the grounds of protecting Higgins.
The city and supporters of Rockwood Park could be headed on a collision course over 1671 Sandy Point Road which is located right next door to the park.
Trees have been removed from the property and there has been blasting of a rock outcrop but now it is going to be rezoned, along with others along that stretch of road, as parkland.
But Pearse warns that will turn out to be a very expensive proposition for the city because it has been developed and looks nothing like part of the park.
An insult and slap in the face of taxpayers in the province.........That's the reaction of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation to word three M-L-A's, with more than 40 years of collective experience in the Legislature, could be going to Germany to study legislative democracy.
Kevin Lacey is the Federation's Executive-Director and he tells CHSJ News the timing couldn't be worse. Lacey warns of a public backlash when people are told they will have to make sacrifices for the financial good of the province.
He's also surprised Premier David Alward would try to defend the trip.
The Cherry Brook Zoo is weighing the benefits of moving to a more accessible location.
Lynda Collrin is director of development at the zoo and tells CHSJ News they miss out on traffic now because they're off the beaten path.
She says if the zoo moved further into Rockwood Park it might be more convenient for people to visit.
Collrin says the possibility of moving has been moved closer to the front burner recently because the zoo would like to tap into traffic from the cruise ships.
She adds they looked at relocating the zoo to Loop Road in the park in the late 80s, but the idea didn't go forward.
