A 30 year old man is now facing a list charges as long as your arm in connection with an incident shortly after 1am today.
Sergeant Jay Henderson tells CHSJ News police spotted a man looking in windows and checking cars near McLaren Boulevard. When they ran the name of the person, they found he van was stolen.When the man realized he was caught, he tried to run and a short foot chase followed.
He's now facing 6 charges including possession of stolen property, theft of a vehicle, possession of break and enter tools, drug possession, resisting arrest, and assaulting a police officer.
He is also being investigated for a theft earlier in the evening at Sobeys on Westmoreland Road.
Police are looking for the public's help nabbing the culprits in a break in at the Reversing Falls Jet Boat office.
Sergeant Jay Henderson tells CHSJ News the call came in shortly after midnight.
A cash register and an unknown amount of money were stolen.
Anyone with any information on their or any other break and enter is asked to contact police immediately Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
A new arena in Rothesay would cost an estimated 13 million dollars which is less than half that of a multi-purpose field house.
The town's Finance Committee expects $6 million would be contributed by the federal and provincial governments. The President of the KV Basketball Association Peter Bourque would like to see the old arena renovated with three or four courts.
He says they are running short of gym time, so they have had to cut back the amount of time kids can play and the amount of teams they can support.
Bourque has been told the town will do all it can to accommodate more space for basketball.
If you ever drive through Hampton you've probably seen the John Hooper statue of John Peters Humphrey--but how much do you know about the local man who wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Filmmaker Greg Hemmings tells CHSJ News his new documentary, "The Boy Who Was Bullied" sheds some light on Humphrey's troubled childhood. Humphrey was a child amputee and a frequent victim of bullying. This film will show how he not only endured but eventually triumphed, becoming dean of law at McGill. After World War II, as part of a committee led by Eleanor Roosevelt, he drafted the document that is arguably the greatest achievement of the United Nations.
It includes the right of every person to live in safety.
The movie shows how Humphrey rose above his struggles to write one of the most influential documents in the West. It premieres on CBC Atlantic on Saturday at 8:00 pm AST.
As the price of oil continues to rise on world markets, we're feeling the effect of that in Saint John after the weekly setting of gas prices.
Self serve regular is over 5 cents a litre more expensive this morning at $1.29.6 in the city. Diesel rising, as well, to $1.33.1.
Heating oil is up to a maximum of $1.15.8 a litre but propane is down a bit at a maximum price of 95.7 cents.
The price of oil closed yesterday at its highest level in 16 months. The price has jumped 14 per cent in the past two and a half weeks because of rising demand in the U.S. and upheaval in Egypt.
With a rise in the province's unemployment rate, the Opposition Liberals are calling for an update from the Finance Minister on the fiscal situation in New Brunswick.
But Finance Critic Roger Melanson tells CHSJ News that's not all that's on their wish list — they also want a job summit hosted, something they've been asking about for the last two years.
Melanson says the Alward government doesn't have all of the solutions, and he wants to see different stakeholders from around the province come together and have a serious conversation about how to address the job crisis and financial situation.
He says the job crisis is affecting the quality of life of New Brunswickers because services are being cut.
A group of researchers from the Maritimes trying to make life a little easier for parents of children and youth suffering from depression, anxiety or other mental illnesses, getting a financial boost.
The group getting $2.5 million from the Department of Health to identify gaps in services available for kids and young people who have mental illnesses. Dr. Scott Ronis is a professor at UNB and the team's provincial representative, and tells CHSJ News their end goal is to make it easier to get help.
Part of the project is creating a web portal, where people can find and contribute information about the services they're getting. Ronis says that will change over time, so the idea would be to follow what is happening on the ground.
The funding announcement was made by Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq on June 26.
Recreation doesn't come cheap......Just ask the town of Sussex where the arena is saddled with a huge deficit and in danger of closing.
Grand Bay-Westfield Mayor Grace Losier waged her own battle a while back in a vain attempt to persuade people outside the town in the local service districts to pay for recreation they may not necessarily use at the River Valley Community Centre.
She says you can't just depend on the users to pick up the tab and recreation can mean alot when it comes to growing the population and even enhancing the chances of selling your home.
The Fundy Regional Services Commission will, at least, talk about regionalising recreation but not before hearing a presentation on what it means to have proper recreational opportunities.
Although the Gothic Arches was sold to a Toronto developer back in November, to the casual observer there hasn't been any visible progress on the proposal to turn the historic church into condos.
We checked in with Saint John real estate agent Bob McVicar, and he tells CHSJ News the project is exactly where they expected it to be, considering all the factors that need to be taken into account. All of the groups that were using the space have been relocated and the space is ready to go, says McVicar.
Developer Jody Cairns has moved to Saint John to oversee the project. According to McVicar there could be from 20 to 80 units put into the Arches depending on what happens with the local real estate market--which could change radically if the West-East oil pipeline comes to fruition.
There has been some concern expressed in light of the train disaster in Quebec about how safe rail traffic through the Saint John area is these days.
Mayor Mel Norton is confident what happened in Lac Magentic last weekend would not take place here. Norton explains Saint John has an excellent safety record with trains over the years which are never parked on inclines.
Rothesay Council isn't as confident as Norton is and wants more information about rail activity through the town with concern over the number of cars and the speed they're travelling at.
A little restaurant in the countryside outside of Sussex is going to be getting some national attention.
Giermindl's Old Bavarian Restaurant is being featured in the reality show You've Gotta Eat Here. Founders Adolf and Olga Giermindl along with 9 of their 11 children
immigrated to Canada in 1976. They chose the Knightville,
Kings County property to settle on because the rolling hills reminded us of their
native Bavaria region in Germany.
Manager Claudia Giermindl tells CHSJ News it was quite the experience working with show host John Catucci--even though she had a thing or two to teach him about traditional German cusine
The family-owned restaurant raises all their beef, lamb and pork on their own farm and specializes in traditional dishes like cabbage rolls, pork hocks, and schnitzel. To check out the website click here
The Saint John Police Force are confirming that the victim of July 6th train incident involving a 48 year old man, who was killed on the train tracks is Paul Kenneth Lorne Hayward of Saint John.
The incident occurred at or near Marsh Creek at approximately 5:45 AM.
The idea of one regional police department for the entire Saint John area has gone down in flames at the Regional Services Commission, even the option of leaving Rothesay and Quispamsis out of the equation didn't fly.
Mayor Mel Norton wanted to have options put on the table with how much they would cost. He sees the Regional Services Commission as a forum to have such a discussion and expressed disappointment the other members didn't appear open to new information.
Grand Bay-Westfield Mayor Grace Losier warns a study of this kind would be a waste of time, wind up costing as much as 250 thousand dollars and for what at the end of the day since no one is interested.
Rothesay Mayor Bill Bishop told the Commission the only two options he could see for greater regional policing would be the RCMP or a whole new police department.
When asked about the RCMP in Saint John, Norton replied by saying we have a good police department but Common Council is dedicated to finding better ways to deliver value for tax dollars.
With any luck, North America's toughest cops and firefighters could be showing off their skills in Saint John in 2018. The Port City has been shortlisted for the Can-Am Police-Fire Games.
Volunteer Gail Bremner tells CHSJ News the Games have something for everyone, such as SWAT, police service dog, toughest firefighter alive, pistol, and toughest competitor alive.
The last Canadian city to host the Can-Am Police-Fire Games was Saskatoon. According to Bremner, if Saint John is selected it could inject as much as 6 to 8 million dollars into the local economy. We'll find out the results in November.
Women looking for alternatives to a traditional hospital birth are out of luck in New Brunswick---at least for now.
Provincial NDP leader Dominic Cardy tells CHSJ News cutting funding to the Midwifery Association of New Brunswick is a backward move which fundamentally infringes on a woman's right to give birth where she chooses.
According to Cardy, the $10,000 the association needs to function is about equal to the cost of a single ministerial car--and the potential savings associated with midwifery are significant in light of the province's struggling healthcare system.
Using a midwife is $800 cheaper per hospital birth and $1800 cheaper per home birth according to the Ontario Department of Health. Cardy says with doctors in the province already overtaxed it makes no sense to cut a program we already promised to implement back in 2010.
Premier David Alward expressing his condolences to the people of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, and says the province stands ready to offer any material support that may be helpful.
The small town east of Montreal devastated after a train derailment over the weekend. When the train went off the tracks on Saturday, it caused explosions, destroying buildings and killing at least 13 people.
To read Alward's message in its entirety, click here.
With cans, bottles and other recyclables piling up next to blue bins around the town, one councillor is saying Rothesay is close to getting curbside recycling.
Matt Alexander, who sits on the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, tells
CHSJ News they've been talking about curbside recycling for the past
year, and are looking at implementing it in the fall.
However, he's just been named the town's representative to look at regionalization of waste and says talks on that front could affect the plan to start curbside recycling then positively or negatively.
Alexander says collaborating on the waste issue will be a good thing. He says by working together, there's the potential to save money. He says we need to find ways to increase education on recycling and composting and create programs to deal with the stagnating levels.
The Fundy Solid Waste Commission looking for a new regional approach to increase recycling and composting in place by next summer.
The amount of material being recycled and composted in the Fundy Region is stagnating.....So says Brenda MacCallum of the Fundy Region Solid Waste Commission who wants to see a review of what can be done to get people to throw away less garbage.
She tells CHSJ News one option is a pay as you throw system with people being charged for the additional garbage they toss out.
MacCallum says the town of Hampton has imposed a limit on garbage with success without illegal dumping. The town of Rothesay is moving towards curbside recycling.
The Solid Waste Commission would like a regional approach and a decision made on what that should be by next June.
Regional Policing is supposed to be talked about at today's meeting of the Fundy Regional Service Commission and Rothesay Mayor Bill Bishop will be voicing that town's opposition.
Rothesay Council has passed a motion to make clear it has no interest in such an arrangement after hearing opposition from both the police commission and police union in the K-V.
Mayor Mel Norton is pushing for the idea of one regional police department for the Saint John area but Bishop says he has not been shown where the economic advantage is for the town.
Quispamsis Mayor Murray Driscoll has also come out against. Both say the two police departments co-operate with eachother and they want to see that to continue.
Rothesay Council wants a report on train traffic going through the town these days, wondering how safe it really is.
This item was put on the town's agenda by Deputy Mayor Nancy Grant long before the train derailment over the weekend in Quebec. She says the train tracks are very close to homes and that scares her.
Grant says the only way to evacuate the people in Kennebecasis Park would be by water since the train tracks are at the only access to and from K-Park.
She's also expressing concern at seeing trains with as many as 82 rail cars passing through the town and almost all of them are transporting petroleum which is highly combustable.
Councillor Peter Lewis says he lives near the rail tracks and would like the see the trains go at a slower speed through the town. Municipalities have no say over trains and can't even impose a speed limit.
An increase in business is prompting an upgrade of the long term parking area at the airport.
Work is underway until July 19th on expanding and reconfiguring the parking lot with the addition of 90 spaces.
Airport President and C-E-O David Allen says the current lot is at capacity thanks to unprecedented growth in the winter seasonal flights by Sunwing and growing numbers for Air Canada.
If you have to use the long term lot, access to it may be relocated temporarily but Allen says when it's all done, manoevering about will be alot easier.
The President of the Midwives Association of New Brunswick calls a funding cut by the provincial government a shameful loss.
Citing financial constraints, the government is suspending the work of the council in implementing policies and standards necessary for the implemention of midwifery services.
Association President Nathalie Pambrun tells CHSJ News cutting funding is short-sighted and makes no sense at this time.
She says they have some good momentum with the work the council has already done and she finds it very unfortunate that it should close for such a small amount of money.
Pambrun says they are disappointed by the government's decision adding people have been waiting for access to these services since the government announced the implementation of the Midwifery Act in 2010.
The City's fire chief thinks it's a little too soon to be drawing parallels between the Lac Megantic derailment and explosion and the potential for a similar disaster in Saint John.
Kevin Clifford tells CHSJ News the National Transportation Safety Board has a significant regulatory process to ensure the rail lines are safe.
The rail cars were carrying crude destined for the Irving Oil Refinery.
He says we should wait until see what the investigation finds before drawing any comparisons.
Clifford says our firefighters are trained for these types of events adding worst case scenarios are their business.
You can find out today the results of the provincial moose draw.
Over 66,000 people applied to get just over 4,600 licenses in the province. That's a thousand more than were available 3 years ago. The increase is meant to control the moose population where the animals have become a problem.
Moose season starts in September, and if you got a license you should receive a letter. Hunters who entered the draw may find out if they were successful
either by calling 1-800-459-3729 on a touchtone telephone or by checking
online at the Department of Natural Resources website.
You'll need your Medicare number to confirm your identity.
To buy the actual license, bring your card to
a Service New Brunswick centre on or after August 19.
The 2013 moose hunting season runs from September 26 to the 28th.
It's going to take a lot of twine, yarn, floss and patience to break this world record.
Girl Guides from New Brunswick and P.E.I. are in the process of making 8000 friendship bracelets, in an effort to beat the current Guinness World Record for longest chain of friendship bracelets. The current record, created on May 1st, stands at 7,507.
Deb Maber of Girl Guides Canada tells CHSJ News the group of 600 has been making the bracelets over for the last few months, and they'll continue to make them until a summer camp near Sussex on August 11-17. On the last day, everyone in the camp will make a large circle and they'll join all the bracelets together to form one giant loop. The loop will be counted and measured, then the documentation will be sent off to Guinness.
Earlier this year, the Girl Guide World Centre in India put out a call for the bracelets, which they sell in shops to fund programs. Maber says that sparked the idea to attempt breaking a world record as a way to get people excited about making them.
The latest unemployment figures for the province are depressing and provincial Liberal Leader Brian Gallant claims the economic indicators don't look all that great over the next year.
He accuses the Alward Government of taking the lazy way out when it comes to across the board cuts in spending which Gallant tells CHSJ News ought to have been more strategic. He says the Liberals would invest more in education, starting with preschool and make post secondary more accessible, the goal being to turn New Brunswick into the innovation province.
Provincial Health Minister Ted Flemming says the Alward Government had to dig the province out of a huge financial hole created by the Liberals under then Premier Shawn Graham and that can't be done overnight or even in four years.
Flemming maintains the potential of natural gas in the province is incredible and then there's the west to east oil pipeline which is looking more and more likely so he's optimistic about how the future will play out.
Flemming goes on to say potential investors want to be assured the province is managed well and not virtually bankrupt.
After posting an online survey to see how people in the Kennebecasis Valley feel about the proliferation of deer, the information gathered will be passed on to the Natural Resources Department.
Rothesay Mayor Bill Bishop tells CHSJ News it will be up to Natural Resources to come up with a plan, if any, and concedes the options are limited but there's no doubt people are being adversely affected and want something done. The big question is what that might be.
Bishop says he's amazed at how many car accidents are happening because of the deer roaming all over the place and there is also a concern about Lyme Disease from ticks found on deer, the effects of which can be debilitating.
Bishop says one suggestion was to tranquilize the deer and transfer them to other places where there's a scarcity but that is no only expensive, the death rate among the deer who are taken away to another location is high.
A few years ago, Natural Resources made the suggestion of bringing in archers for a cull which has been done in other jurisdictions with some success.
The Provincial NDP leader says people are willing to pay more taxes if they feel they are getting enough service for their money.
Dominic Cardy says tax hikes that kicked in on July 1st will impact take home pay.
He tells CHSJ News we need to have a serious conversation about what public services we want and how much we are willing to pay for them.
He says an NDP goverment will be open about the cost of the world's best services.
Cardy says he's not sure if provincial taxes are too high or too low but he does know they are not going in the right direction.
The train that derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killing at least five people, was hauling cars filled with crude oil destined for the oil refinery in Saint John.
Irving Oil issuing a statement confirming that Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway was transporting the product to the Port City and offering emergency response assistance to authorities.
About 40 people are missing and 30 buildings have been demolished after the tanker cars, covered in oil, caught fire.
It's not yet completely clear how the train, which was parked for a crew change, somehow slipped its brakes, rolled downhill and left the tracks. Transportation Safety Board investigators are waiting to investigate the train wreckage.
Scorching summer weather can be downright dangerous. With the humidex reaching the high thirties across the province over the last couple of days, people are at a high risk of getting sick from the heat.
Chief Medical Officer Eilish Cleary says muscle cramps, fatigue, headache, or nausea are symptoms of heat-related illness. If you experience these, go to a cool place, drink a cold, non-alcoholic drink and rest. Cleary says this could save your life.
Click here for a list of ways to prevent heat-related illness.
A busy Saturday shift for firefighters included a slew of fire alarms going off, one of which was at an industrial site.
Acting Platoon Chief Brian Wilson says a small fire in a belt at 30 Jervis Lane was extinguished by employees, while firefighters made sure the blaze was out and cut off power to the equipment.
They were also called to the South end to respond to a house fire. When they showed up at 132 Broad Street, they discovered the cause of the blaze was a pot on a stove. They aired out the building and cleared the smoke.
They also responded to half a dozen or more medical calls across the city.
A husband and wife team from Ontario are in the Musquash Estuary capturing nature. But they're each doing it differently and for different reasons.
Naturalist Fred Schueler, a retired biologist, is conducting biological inventories at the site and will catalogue what he sees. Aleta Karstad, an artist, will be painting the lower Bay of Fundy. Karstad tells CHSJ News it's a marriage of art and science.
She says there are challenges to painting outside, everything you'd expect when you're immersed in the environment; the changing of the light and weather, insects and the cold and wetness have to be taken into consideration when you're painting.
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is inviting the public to meet Schueler and Karstad at an open house today at 1pm in the Musquash Community Centre, 31 Malcolm Meehan Road. At 3:30pm, Karstad will lead a talk on what it's like to paint in the field. The NCC is hosting a free painting workshop tomorrow from 10am to 3pm. To register, call 1-877-231-4400 or e-mail brittany.cliffford@natureconservancy.ca.
Click here to view and bid on Karstad's paintings.
A man is dead after being struck by a train.
Saint John Police tell us it happened at 5:45am near Haymarket Square. An autopsy is being performed this morning. The incident is under investigation by police, though no foul play is suspected.
The hum of fans and air conditioners blasting will be a sound heard in homes province-wide today as the scorching weather continues.
Doug Mercer, lead meteorologist with Environment Canada, tells CHSJ News we can expect more of the same for all of the Maritimes. We'll see temperatures near what we had yesterday for today and tomorrow, with a humidex of between 35°C and 39°C degrees forecasted. A humidex advisory has been issued for Southeastern portion of the province.
Mercer cautions you to stay out of the sun today, and says make sure to do any strenuous activity early in the morning or late in the evening when temperatures have dropped. He says to use common sense when it's hot outside; stay out of the sun, drink lots of water and wear something to cover your head.
Three
heat records were broken in the province yesterday. One in Saint John,
the second in Saint Leonard and the third in Moncton.
A highway crash sending a motorcyclist to hospital.
The 39 year-old man driving the motorcycle collided with a car that was coming onto the highway from a driveway. He was brought to hospital with multiple fractures, while the 53 year-old woman driving the car was not hurt.
The collision happening on Highway 3, near St. Stephen. The Mounties are investigating and say speed was not a factor in the crash.
A boating accident in St. George sending one person to the Saint John Regional Hospital.
RCMP say around 9:30 Thursday night on the Canal Waterway, a boat collided with old cement railway foundation near the Route 770 Bridge and Old St. Andrews Junction.
Sgt. Bob MacKnight tells us one person had a lacerated forehead, while the other passenger in the boat suffered serious head trauma and was transported to hospital.
MacKnight says there was no evidence of drugs or alcohol.
With TRI St. Andrews starting up tomorrow -- comes an announcement that makes this weekend seem like a practice run.
St. Andrews has been chosen for the Challenge Family global series of long distance triathlons.
Race Manager Scott Bevington tells us the team was absolutely floored when they heard the news.
He says they have 21 races around the globe in every corner of the planet with the top pro athletes in the world.
This marks the Challenge Family's 1st half distance triathlon in North America.
The event is set for next July.
You can almost hear the squeals of joy from long suffering West siders.
Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Claude Williams says work will be finished by this fall.
CHSJ News asked Williams if any extra work will be needed on the westbound lanes of the bridge due to a dip and potholes.
He says the company that has the contract will have to do the appropriate rehabilitation that is supposed to be done as part of the contract.
Williams says despite a problem with the original contractor the work will be completed with no extra cost to provincial taxpayers.
It's looking more and more like Alberta crude will be making it's way to the Irving Oil refinery in a few years.
In a big show of support to the project, the province's government is on board with up to 5 billion dollars over 20 years to get the crude east.
The Alberta government has signed a memorandum of understanding to take up to 100,000 barrels-a-day of firm capacity on TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline.
In a tweet, Mayor Mel Norton says the next step is Trans Canada committing to building the pipeline.
You might notice a strong taste and odour of chlorine in your water if you live on the west side.
Work on the Lancaster Water Storage Reservoir on Fundy Drive means more chlorine is being distributed from the Spruce Lake Water Treatment Plant.
The work will continue into next week.
A headsup for drivers.......The eastbound lane on Wright Street, east of Spruce Street in the North End remains closed due to a rock fall. Detour signs has been placed in the area.
The city warns ignoring the signs and concrete barricades could cause a major collision as it's a blind hill in both directions.
Drivers travelling eastbound are advised to left turn to Spruce Street, right to Seeley Street, straight to Allison Road then right to Gilbert Street.
The detour will remain in effect until further notice.
A warning from the Insurance Bureau of Canada for those people in the province in the market for a new or used vehicle........Be wary of buying any vehicle that's been damaged by recent flooding in southern Alberta because insurance companies may consider them to be non-repairable.
Consumers are being advised to buy only from a licensed automotive business.....Look for any discoloured upholstery or carpet that fits poorly or does not match exactly....Have a certified automotive service technician inspect for signs of water or silt in the vehicle's fuse box and electrical junction boxes.....Get information about the history of vehicle from a registry agent and an inspection before you buy.....Check underneath the hood and look for a water line that was marked by mud or silt or for evidence of a recent engine shampoo......Check the heater and air conditioner several times and look in the vents for signs of water or mud.
Either they'll get what they're looking for in Saint John or they will move outside the city. So claims Kamal Debly of Debly Construction who's answering criticism about allowing 80 mini homes outside Plan SJ's prime development area on the east side.
Debly, who says he applauds the effort to get more development closer to the urban core, warns you have to be a bit flexible when deciding these things.
Rick Turner of Hughes Surveys says while housing prices are low in Saint John when compared to other cities, there's a lack of affordable new housing.
He warns if young people are renting, they're more mobile and can leave the area at a moment's notice, taking their skills with them.
Port Saint John has a new building after buying the Harbour Bridge building for about $470,000 from the Province.
Port CEO Jim Quinn tells CHSJ News it gives the port access by land and water and expands the area where they can do business.
He says there are no other ports that have this kind of access.
Quinn calls the building a great operational type facility with garage bays that their maintenance crews can use.
Saint John now has the highest unemployment rate of any city in the national survey by Stats Canada at 11.2 per cent in June, up one percent from May. By contrast, Regina has a jobless rate of only 3.7 per cent.
The provincial jobless rate also rose to 11.2 per cent from 10.5 per cent in May with the loss of 52 hundred jobs.
Provincial Liberal leader Brian Gallant tells CHSJ News the rising unemployment rate, which is now the highest of all the provinces, is proof positive the Alward Government is bankrupt of ideas to get the economy going.
Gallant charges New Brunswick is the only province in the country to experience a decrease in population during the past year and the economic indicators over the next year don't look good.
The organizers of the Salty Jam must be beaming with excitement at the perfect weather this weekend.
Festival Chair Karla Maclean tells CHSJ News the music kicks off at Market Square tonight.
She says Chris Colepaugh is playing on the Boardwalk from 6 to 8pm and the Salty Jam tent opens at 7 with Earthbound Trio, Two Hours Traffic and Hey Rosetta.
The music continues all day Saturday in the City Market, King Square and on the Board and in the tent at night with the Joel Plaskett Emergency, The Reason and Stephen Lewis and the Big Band Of One.
The tent is located on Water street in the Coast Guard parking lot.
For ticket info, click here
The tragic deaths of two toddlers in Ontario and Alberta after being left in hot cars should teach us about the seriousness of extremely hot weather.
A heat wave continues with a humidex of 37 at 11 o'clock this morning at the Saint John Airport.
When you work or play outside in these high temperatures, drink plenty of fluids, apply sunscreen before you head into the sunshine and reapply as you sweat or swim.
Police also advising people not to leave pets or children in a hot vehicle during this heat wave.
Westmorland Road between Northumberland Avenue and Loch Lomand Road is closed to all traffic except for buses and emergency vehicles because of repaving until 8:00 tonight.
A man and woman are safe and sound after some anxious moments in Rockwood Park last night. They lost their bearings after going for a walk along one of the paths.
City police were using their patrol sirens and lights along with cell phone location info to help get the pair safely out just before 11:00.
Luckily, they had a cell phone with them and could keep in contact with 911 operators who then conveyed information to police who were searching for the couple.
