The Cherry Brook Zoo has a new addition.
April, the monkey who was swiped from the zoo when she was 9 months old and returned three days later, has given birth to a healthy baby. The birth is significant, since the callimico goeldii species has been in steady decline.
The zoo's Linda Collrin tells CHSJ news that their natural habitat in the upper Amazon has been destroyed by logging, farming and infrastructure.
The species survival program sent the zoo two males to breed with April, and Collrin says even after her kidnapping experience, she's a natural when it comes to motherhood.
Menace, or majestic suburban pets? Our listeners have some widely differing opinions on whether there should be a cull of the deer in the KV area.
Colton says he supports eating wild game and sometimes common sense needs to outweigh emotions. I say cull them.
Tiffany has another solution, saying "I think when a developer is building a new subdivision they should be responsible for relocating the deer to another habitat. "
Stephanie asks Would you rather they slowly starve to death because of limited food throughout the winter months?
But Vivian says the deers have limited space to live as it is: leave them alone before karma comes on you.
If you have opinion on the deer problem--or lack of problem--please join the conversation on Facebook or Twitter.
White smoke is pouring out from the Sistine Chapel chimney in St. Peter's Square, signalling that a new pope will appear on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica within the hour before many faithful waiting to witness the first new pontiff in eight years.
Over 100 community members put their heads together on ways to reduce poverty in the city. A mix of businesspeople, non-profit workers, government officials and low-income residents took part in the talk.
When it comes to the issue, Barry Galloway, the coordinator of Vibrant Communities Saint John, tells CHSJ news that people from all walks of life should get a say.
They split into groups to chat about the four main priorities of the poverty reduction strategy: neighborhood revitalization, children and youth, single parents and workforce participation. Galloway says the next step is to take the points made and create a document they can use in their efforts to reduce poverty in Saint John from 21% to 15% by 2015.
With the child sex abuse investigation into former common councillor Donnie Snook continuing to bring forward new victims, Police Chief Bill Reid is hoping they can help everyone affected find some kind of justice.
Reid tells CHSJ News the wheels of justice turn more smoothly if you can get everyone to come forward in a timely fashion. He says it's vastly preferable to deal with all the complaints in one shot than see them trickle in over 6 or 7 years.
Reid says investigators are dealing with a number of challenges, including the fact that some kids are too young to articulate the information and some families are in denial that abuse has occurred.
Donnie Snook reappears in court on May 29th.
While some were having dinner last night, two RCMP units and the Woodstock police were raiding a home seizing dope and coke.
A 31-year-old man from Lower Woodstock and a 20-year-old woman from Jacksonville were arrested.
Police expect charges will be coming later.
An investigation launched into the cause of an early morning fire on the west side.
It was reported around 1:00 on the outside of a building at 641 Manawagonish Road.
7 people were forced to leave the building but the fire was contained and didn't spread to the inside and no one was injured.
We have an advisory that warns about the possibility of flooding from River Watch because of ice jams due to the milder temperatures and heavy rainfall.
At risk in particular are the southwestern part of the province and Bay of Fundy coast.
A special weather statement has been issued by Environment Canada for St. Stephen and northern Charlotte County, Grand Manan, coastal Charlotte County, Saint John, St. John County and Fundy National Park with the prediction of up to 40 millimetres of rain falling before it ends tonight.
That amount of rainfall could cause localized flooding where drainage systems are blocked by ice and snow.
The Internet Child Exploitation Unit of the police force reports they are investigating 5 child sex abuse files in the Saint John area in the last week alone, and there are currently 50 suspected cases of pedophiles sharing abuse images across the province.
Constable Tonia Williams of the ICE Unit tells CHSJ News law enforcement is constantly trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to technologies predators have at their disposal.
The ICE Unit gave a presentation to Police Commission outlining how they respond to cases of child porn sharing. The unit advises parents to monitor what their kids are doing even if the computer is in a common area---because they've seen videos that show the parent was even in the same room when their child was chatting on webcam with a pedophile.
A warning to consumers in the province to not eat a brand of deli meat wrapped around mozzarella cheese because it might be contaminated with Listeria.
Costco is recalling Formaggio brand Artisan Wraps Italian Style Meats around Fresh Mozzarella.
The product is sold in 675 gram packages with best before dates between February 13th and March 11th and was also sold throughout the rest of Atlantic Canada, Ontario and Quebec.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says, thus far, no one has reported getting sick from eating this product.
An online course on how to act rink-side will be mandatory for all parents in the province registering a hockey player aged four to eight years old.
Brian Whitehead, the general manager of Hockey New Brunswick says they'll be introducing the course in September, with no charge to parents. Hockey New Brunswick on the other hand, will pay about $30,000 a year. Whitehead says he'll likely give parents a deadline of mid-December to complete the course.
With the prices of pack of smokes skyrocketing to about 10 bucks in recent years, many smokers are turning to contraband cigarettes.
The rationale for many the government is simply lining their pockets at the taxpayers expense anyway. But Carlos Godoi of the Coalition Against Contraband Tobacco tells CHSJ News you should ask yourself whether it's really so victimless---black market smokes actually help gangs finance the illegal drug trade as well as robbing small business owners of badly needed revenue.
Godoi says small business owners take a huge hit when people can buy illegal smokes for $20 as opposed to $80 a carton, and in addition underage kids have easier access to black market tobacco products.
New Brunswick is number one....at least when it comes to seafood. New Brunswick ranked as Canada's largest exporter of seafood for 2012, with exports valued at $967 million. Nova Soctia and BC came in second and third.
In a statement, Premier David Alward acknowledging the importance of the seafood industry in creating new jobs, especially in rural communities. Local producers from Charlotte County to Shediac participated in the Boston International Seafood Show this week, promoting their products to more than 16,000 buyers and sellers from more than 90 countries.
In recent years, the province has turned to Asia and Europe as markets for its seafood.
In order to get a slice of the shipbuilding pie, Keith Ashfield, the minister of fisheries and oceans and minister for the Atlantic gateway, says that forming alliances is critical for small and medium sized enterprises in Saint John.
During the Lockheed Martin Marine and Defense Industry Day held in the city, Ashfield talked to local business owners about positioning their companies to take advantage of the government's $35-billion National Procurement Shipbuilding Strategy.
Former Mayor Ivan Court hopes the Council of Canadians isn't right when it suggests the city is being strongarmed by the federal govoernment to accept a public-private partnership or P-3 model to pay for a water treatment plant on the east side.
Court says that would be morally wrong because when he was Mayor, the city was told funding would still be available if it was determined a project could be done cheaper without a public-private partnership.
Court says the police station at Peel Plaza was constructed at half the cost of what it would have been under the P-3 model and the city should talk to officials in Halifax about their experience with a P-3 to build a water treatment plant which he claims turned into a fiasco.
A 48 year old former investment dealer has been sentenced in Moncton to 3 and a half years in prison for defrauding several of her clients.
Catherine Darlene Ford pleaded guilty to six charges. The court was told she illegally withdrew 1.3 million dollars from the accounts of six of her clients, many of whom were elderly. They have since been reimbursed by Scotia McLeod.
Several of her clients had more than 100 thousand dollars taken from their accounts without consent.
With the valley's sky-high deer population, concern is being raised about their tiny, parasitic passengers. Rothesay mayor Bill Bishop tells CHSJ news that the deer committee may issue a survey to individuals in the KV in the future to get their opinions on the issue.
He says that the bugs can cause harm to humans and other animals. Rothesay was copied on a letter sent by Quispamsis to the minister of health for a tick drag in the valley, to find out if there are any in the area. At 8 o'clock Wednesday morning Bishop will be at Quispamsis town hall for a discussion on the deer situation.
The city and the town of Rothesay will not be going to court over water.
The two sides have reached an agreement to end their dispute over a 1996 agreement under which the city provided water to Kennebecasis Park and Hastings Cove but there were complaints from the people who live there about the water quality and boil water orders.
In February of 2011, Rothesay disconnected from the city's water system and began supplying water from its own system which had been extended.
Under this agreement to avert a lawsuit, Rothesay will make a one time payment to the city of 200 thousand dollars and accepts full responsibility for any environmental damage caused by the discharge of city water as long as that's done properly.
A social justice group is continuing to express concerns about a public private partnerships, or P3 for the city's water utility.
The Council of Canadians calls such a plan expensive, wasteful and misguided. Spokesman Wayne Dryer presented to common council a litany of failed P3s from Kamloops to Montreal, urging common council to be cautious when it comes to the funding model.
Spokesman Joel Butler tells CHSJ News while the group agrees it's necessary for the water quality to improve, it's wrong for private corporations to profit from our water when the onus should actually be on the federal government to step up with the money.
Council assured the public and about 50 spectators it's simply looking into the feasibility of a P3 and nothing is decided yet; the Council of Canadians expresses concerns council will merely take the path of least resistance and bow to pressure from the feds.
Another dissatisfied Liberal is leaving the party. Leroy Amstrong of Kings East was a Liberal M-L-A when Frank McKenna was Premier. Armstrong has joined the Peoples Alliance Party and not ruled out the possibility of running for them in the next provincial election.
Armstrong says he hasn't seen any change in the way the Liberals operate
in spite of all the talk of renewal that took place before choosing new
leader Brian Gallant. Armstrong tells CHSJ News his values are now more in line with the People's Alliance Party.
Armstrong adds he's not comfortable with assurances from the Alward Government that drinking water won't be contaminated from shale gas fracking and maintains language duality is dividing the province. He also says the political culture in the province must change from spend, spend, spend!
