Those people who have been affected by the flooding this week are being warned by Chief Medical Health Officer Eilish Cleary to beware of food and water contamination.
If you were flooded or your electrical power has been out for an extended period of time, perishable food, vacuum packed foods, home preserves, meat, fish and dairy products should be thrown out.
Canned foods with no leaks, swelling or rusting at the joints and edges can be saved but should be washed and dried.
Cooking and eating utensils should be cleaned.
Any appliances affected by flood water should be cleaned first with a detergent, rinsed, then washed with half a cup of bleach in nine litres of water and allowed to dry with the door open.
If you want your skin to look 20 to 30 years younger, maybe the secret doesn't lie with buying expensive beauty products.
Research done at McMaster University is showing exercise may even reverse the effects of aging on the skin.
The discovery was made when the effects of exercise on mice that were genetically modified to age faster were studied. These mice, who ran on a wheel three times a week were compared to mice who did no exercise. The findings show the skin of the aging mice were completely protected with exercise.
When people 65 and older exercised for 30 minutes, three times a week on a stationary bike, their skin appeared 20 to 30 years younger under the microscope after three months as long as they didn't bake themselves in the sun.
A rollover off of Highway 1 putting the driver in the hospital.
Emergency crews being called to the exit to Palmer Brook Road in Quispamsis around 1 in the morning. The Kennebecasis Regional Police telling CHSJ News they're unsure of the extent of the man's injuries at this point and what caused the crash is being now looked into.
Meantime police in Saint John telling us they received a call from the Regional Hospital about a 26-year-old man with a minor gunshot wound. We're told he was treated and released but was uncooperative with police.
The flood waters are rising on Darling's Island and residents are being told to be ready to leave. EMO telling people the rising waters may make the road to the mainland impassable. They
are also saying for safety reasons, residents will not be able travel to
and from the Island until the road has been re-opened.
CHSJ
News spoke with a resident who is staying put as his house in on high
ground and his family has everything they need to stay put for a few
days. We are also told many vehicles are parked on the
Loop road outside of the flood zone which historically is located at the
playground area and near the bridge.
In recent years leafy green vegetables have been the cause of global outbreaks of foodborne illness but a comprehensive new study shows the next bunch of broccoli you buy should be safe.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency conducted a 5 year study that analyzed over 4200 fresh leafy vegetable samples including domestic and imported.
In 2009-2010, 12 samples were deemed unsatisfactory because of salmonella, listeria and generic e coli.
The CFIA as part of routine testing says more than 99.9 per cent of leafy green vegetables are safe to consume and contain no detectable levels of bacterial pathogen.
Organ donation saves tens of thousands of lives in Canada every year--yet, when it comes to donating, one third of people have signed up, one third are undecided, and another third have said no.
Mary Gaetan works to promote organ and tissue donation in Canada, and she tells us ideally everyone would make an informed decision rather than just saying "no" by default or due to misinformation.
She says while organ donation isn't for everyone, they want to get the message out to all Canadians that it's important to make your wishes known to your loved ones. For more information about organ donation, click here
Good news for Perth Andover with the news water levels have done 18 inches overnight.
The town has been ravaged by floods in the past, and according to public communications officer Justine Waldeck, they're simply hoping that the giant ice floe above Grand Falls stays put for a few more days.
They might see an influx of floes down the river today, but so far it's not looking like they'll have to call for mandatory evacuation. So far, 45 units including homes and businesses in low-laying areas were evacuated on a voluntary basis.
Farmers, gardeners, and anyone interested and excited about growing this spring are going to like this event.
From
10am until 4pm Saturday at the Hammond River Angling Association, you
have a chance to share, exchange and receive seeds and information.
Organizer
Greg Daggett tells CHSJ News gardening is fun and educational for
kids--and growing your own food is a great skill to pass on to the next
generation.
Phil Savage,
local market gardener, landscaper, and permaculture designer will be
hosting a "Backyard Food Garderning 101" presentation at 11:00am
Throughout
the day, seed-swapping tables will be open--and even if you don't have
any seeds of your own you can come get some for free to start your own
garden.
It looks more like flooding season in most of New Brunswick--but the province is warning that forest-fire season in New Brunswick starts today and ends in late October.
Natural Resources Minister Paul Robichaud urging people to be careful and make sure fires are not carelessly ignited. The DNR encourages people to mulch, compost or haul debris to the dump instead of burning it. A burning permit from the department is required for most fires.
Grass fires are also a major concern in the early spring and can cause serious damage. For more information, click here
A soldier based at CFB Petawawa, who reportedly went to high school in Saint John, is facing 18 new sex charges.
Police in the Ottawa Valley say there are several dozen more women who were potential victims and may not know it.
31 year old Corporal Derrick Gallagher is charged with eight new counts of sexual assault, nine counts of voyeurism and one count of assault. That's on top of the eight charges of sexual assault and two counts of voyeurism laid on April 1st.
Police say there are videos and they have been able to identify 18 women but there are more than 50 other women who have not yet been identified.
Gallagher serves with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment and did one tour of duty in Afghanistan.
The St John River in the Fredericton area has risen higher than expected, due to the upper basin tributaries dumping larger volumes of water.
The water level exceeded flood stage last night at 7.35 metres and is receding with the expectation of being below flood stage by Saturday.
McMinniman Court, Jarvis Street, Timber Lane and Hazelwood at Riverside Drive remain closed. Boaters are also asked to stay off the river. Conditions are not safe and the river may have hazardous debris floating in it.
A single mom from Sussex living in a duplex near the river rolling out of bed to put her feet in freezing water.
Wendy Inkpen says she has nothing now after the flood waters filled her basement apartment.
She tells us she stayed up til about 12:30am on Wednesday and didn't see any water and she woke up after 8am and swung her feet out of bed hitting the cold water and at that time the water was up to her knees.
Inkpen says the highest level was chest-high and while the water level has gone down her apartment is now full of mud.
The federal government has announced $228,000 in funding to support safer organ and tissue donation in New Brunswick, and across Canada.
MP Rodney Weston made that announcement this morning at Saint Joseph's Hospital on behalf of Health Minister Rona Ambrose, explaining the money will help develop a standardized process for collecting data on when something goes wrong with an organ transplant so that can be prevented in the future.
Saint Joseph's will be home to one of five pilot programs at sites throughout Canada.
New Brunswick's Eye and Tissue Bank is the only project of its kind in Atlantic Canada, and currently in this province, there is no system to collect data on adverse events related to organ transplants. Photo: Corneas at Saint Joseph's Hospital
City Police converging on the area behind Simonds High after receiving a report of a man getting out of a silver van, taking out a bag and a mask as well as what appeared to be a rifle before walking into the woods.
Police questioned several teens who were going to meet for a game of paintball in the woods before finding the person they were looking for.
The first hospital-based 3T MRI scanner in Atlantic Canada will be installed at the Regional Hospital during the spring.
The Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation announcing it will fundraise and donate $1.5 million to the project.
The 3T scanner can capture faster, more detailed images. It's estimated the 3T scanner will increase patient output by 20 per cent and result in reduced wait times for MRI patients.
Premier David Alward making the trek to Sussex and Sussex Corner to see first hand what sort of damage was caused by the flooding.
He has nothing but praise for those people who stepped up to the plate to make the best of a disastrous situation. Alward says he was blown away when he saw a photo of the flooded Tim Hortons in Sussex that was texted to him while he was at the funeral in Toronto of the late Jim Flaherty.
There are renewed fears of flooding in Perth-Andover. As a precautionatry measure, the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Perth-Andover has been evacuated and people who live in the low lying areas of the village are being asked to voluntarily evacuate their homes.
Mayor Terry Ritchie says of concern is a 40 kilometer ice floe above the village at Grand Falls. CHSJ News asked Ritchie whether any flooding, should it occur, be as devastating as it was a couple of years ago and he's not ready to discount the possibility. Ritchie is hoping for mild days and cold nights to ease the snow and ice melt.
The St John River in the Fredericton area has risen higher than expected, due to the upper basin tributaries dumping larger volumes of water.
The water level exceeded flood stage last night at 7.2 metres.
Parts of Route 8 near Durham Bridge have been closed due to high water levels and River Street is closed at Chase Street due to water and ice over the road.
Flood waters started receding in the Sussex area yesterday afternoon following extensive flooding caused primarily by heavy rainfall.
Mayor Marc Thorne says the worst point was between 10 in the morning and noonhour. Thorne describes it as the worst flooding he has scene in the town in a decade.
In Sussex Corner, a state of emergency was declared and people who got stranded were being rescued by boats. Doug's Rec Centre was particularly hard hit. You could see expensive trailers floating in the water and the Ward Creed covered bridge was washed away.
Route 124 into Norton is flooded and another route along Church Street is also flooded. To reach Norton, you will have to get there through Bloomfield or through Apohaqui.
A controlled environment at the information session on the Energy East pipeline last night.
TransCanada personnel in white shirts easily outnumbering the general public during the last hour of the four hour event in East Saint John.
David Thompson of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick tells CHSJ News a Community Liaison Committee should be established for this project.
He says it can deal with any concerns in the Saint John area which will be the terminus of the pipeline and where the tank farms and ship unloading terminals will be.
Thompson says everyone involved would be invited to participate in this committee.
Route 124 into Norton is flooded and another route along Church Street is also flooded. To access Norton, you will have to get there through Bloomfield or through Apohaqui.
