Another large theft of copper being reported in the city. As we hear from Police Sergeant Jay Henderson, this one happened to a construction company off the Westfield Road where 4 thousand dollars worth of damage was caused.
Police are vowing to intensify their efforts at nabbing those responsible and warn if you buy copper that has been stolen, you can also be facing charges. If you have information about this crime, call City police at 648-3333 or contact at Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
City Police are also investigating the theft of two kayaks from the back of a home on Tudor Lane in Millidgeville and here's another reason why you shouldn't leave anything of value in plain view in your vehicle.
A laptop was stolen after the back window was smashed out.
Provincial Liberal leader Brian Gallant says New Brunswick's position on abortion has to change because the Supreme Court ruling is being violated.
On requiring two doctors to approve before the government will cover the cost of an abortion, Gallant says that has to change. He also is suggesting geographical disaparities may be another barrier.
The Liberals at their policy convention last weekend called for improving access to abortion.
It's getting harder and harder for people just to get by these days........That's one of the messages on May Day, which is International Workers Day, from Patrick Colford, President of the New Brunswick Federation of Labour.
Colford points to a single mom he was talking to a couple of weeks ago who works for two multinational companies a total of 60 hours a week and still has to go to the food bank to feed her kids.
Colford tells CHSJ News workplace health and safety provisions in the province have to be made better. He says there are also the issues of workers compensation and pay equity legislation.
Colford is urging workers to vote in their own best economic interests in September's provincial election.
An abandoned school bus that was reported stolen from the Lorneville area has been found in the ditch on Highway 745 near St. Stephen.
The bus is thought to have been stolen sometime after 6:00 p.m. last night.
If you have any information on the stolen school bus, contact St. Stephen RCMP at 506-466-7030 or give your informaton anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
A fire last night on the east side at 2 Sandpiper Court in the Moreland Trailer Park.
Divisional Chief Mark Wilson says there was heavy smoke emanating from underneath the trailer and the skirting had to be removed. There was heavy damage caused but the fire was put out quickly, preventing it from spreading into the living space itself.
The cause is under investigation.
The Darlings Island road has been reopened after the potholes were filled but for how long remains to be seen with the rain on the way.
Up to 20 millimeters expected through tonight.
There had been a shuttle boat service in place since Monday afternoon but by yesterday the water had receded from the road.
This is the third time there has been flooding at Darlings Island in the last decade.
New Brunswick can boast of a having a world champion.
Wayne Tallon of the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton with Wade Blanchard of Saint John, Mike Flannery of Fredericton and Mike Kennedy of Edmunston, defeated Sweden 7-2 in the final to win gold at the World Senior Men's Curling Championship in Scotland. Tallon is expected to return home early tomorrow morning.
Meantime, Nova Scotia's Colleen Pinkney of Truro won silver in the women's final after losing to Scotland 6-5.
The Liberals have chosen an educator to run in Saint John Portland and challenge longtime incumbant M-L-A and provincial cabinet minister Trevor Holder.
Micheal Butler has worked as a teacher, principal and is the former Superintendent of the District 8 schoolboard.
He tells CHSJ News too many students are graduating from high school without the skills they need to succeed.
Butler says all employers want from young people leaving school are is basic literacy skills which give them the ability to learn along with the desire to be lifelong learners.
He also points out the riding hasn't really benefited from Holder's representation when you consider there's one neighbourhood in the riding that has a child poverty rate of 77 per cent.
While Liberal MLA Rick Doucet is surprised to hear Dr. Jim Parrott is back in the Conservative caucus, it won't change his game plan for re-election one little bit.
He says like anyone you will be stepping into the ring with, he'll be running under the Alward government's Conservative banner and this government has given the people of his constituency a rough ride over the last 4 years.
Doucet currently representing the riding of Charlotte the Isles where Dr. Parrott will be seeking the Tory nomination after sitting as in independent and a Tory in the riding of Fundy-River Valley in the last four years.
According to Sergeant Jay Henderson of city police, a man was pulled over around 4pm yesterday on Manawoganish Road near Barnhill School. Police found him to have an outstanding warrant as well as a large amount of marijuana in the vehicle.
He was hit with additional charges of trafficking on top of the outstanding warrant and will make a court appearance in the near future.
As well, at 4:30am a business off Wilson Street West was broken into an a small safe was stolen. The canine unit was brought out to conduct a search but no arrests have been made yet.
Do you have a hospital stay planned next month?
During the month of May, all medical, surgical and obstetrics inpatients discharged from Horizon Health acute-care hospital facilities will be provided a survey before they leave the hospital.
The survey is confidential and the information collected will help Horizon Health evaluate the performances of hospitals and learn how to better serve and understand the needs of patients and their families.
The survey results will be posted on Horizon's website.
Both lanes are back open to traffic from Sydney to Charlotte after some pothole filling this morning.
Doctor Jim Parrott will be rejoining the Tory caucus effective immediately.
According to the Premier, Parrott apologized for his previous statements that were critical of the government's stance on healthcare and asked to rejoin caucus.
Parrott was elected to represent Fundy-River Valley in the 2010 general election, then ouste fo his controversial comments in 2012.
He'll be seeking the nomination for Charlotte-The-Isles for the Conservatives in the next provincial election.
You still have some time to squeak in under the deadline and appease the tax man.
The CRA announcing that you have until midnight on or before May 5, 2014, to file your 2013 income tax and benefit return and pay any balance owing.
The deadline was formerly today, but there was five-day service interruption due to the Heartbleed Bug.
As a result, interest and penalties will not be applied to individual taxpayers filing their 2013 tax returns by midnight on or before May 5.
You could say the tax man came knocking for a businessman in St. Andrews businessman.
Everett Kenneth Lord was fined $2,200 after pleading guilty to two counts of failing to file tax returns.
He failed to file both personal and corporate returns for 2011 and was given until July 30, 2014 to pay up.
He was previously convicted on four charges for failure to file corporation income tax returns.
Big potholes on the road are hard enough to avoid--and marking them with traffic cones doesn't seem to be helping the problem any, according to common councillor John Mackenzie.
He says often it appears the cones are removed or don't adequately show where the problem is.
Bill Edwards of Transportation Services says it's hard to prevent people from stealing the cones--although he has no idea what people do with them--but they're only supposed to be temporary markers,
offering a warning just until crews get back to fix the pothole.
Early in the day the Darling's Island road is not covered by water so why the need to close road for all residents.
Some residents are wondering why when it's partially covered in the morning but covered later in the day when the tide is high. The province cites concerns over structural integrity of the road itself.
CHSJ News asked Resident Angela Boudreau if she thinks DOT should have filled the potholes to avoid closing the road completely.
She tells us she's not any kind of road repair expert but it seems to her that it would be hard to keep the water off the road long enough to keep those potholes filled for very long right now.
One residents suggesting if DOT filled the potholes with gravel temporarily it would be a much cheaper short term fix.
Eight Department of Natural Resources trucks can be scene on the island along with two boats that are transporting people across the water.
Some residents are very appreciative of the DNR's help in assisting them leave the island for work or school and get home again.
Part of one lane is blocked for pothole filling on King Square North between Sydney and Charlotte.
The mystery of where the runaway blimp promoting Budweiser that broke free on the east side over the weekend because of gusty winds has been solved.
According to Labatts, it was discovered in a remote wooded area.
Transport Canada had issued a warning to pilots in the area.
Firefighters converging on the Boys and Girl Club last night shortly before 11.
Divisional Chief Mark Wilson telling CHSJ news they were called because of smoke and odour in the main corridor.
Wilson says they found the motor inside a wall heater had overheated.
