A car accident in the early morning hours causing only minor injuries but leaving a totalled Ford Explorer.
RCMP responding to the single-car accident just before three in the morning on Sunday.
Police say the truck was travelling west on Highway 1 when the driver lost control and the vehicle rolled over just outside of Hampton.
There were three other people in the truck at the time, but no one was seriously injured.
A New Brunswick Day traffic note to keep in mind this morning.
Up to 20 heavy military vehicles and buses are making their way down from Oromocto on Highway 2 towards Quispamsis, starting at 8am. Military police will be accompanying the move.
And if you can't make it out to the Valley for the province's official party, Saint John is celebrating New Brunsick Day at Rockwood Park.
Beginning at 11am there will be free boat rentals at Lily Lake.
Bernard the Magician performs at one, and there will be an open air concert all afternoon featuring the Swinging Cats and Mike Biggar.
The stables are also offering free wagon rides starting at 3:30.
The city giving out two Merit Awards to volunteers working in the city's priority neighbourhoods.
Tammy Calvin being recognized for her work with O.N.E. Change and Juanita Black receiving an award for her work in Crescent Valley.
Black tells CHSJ News she hopes receiving the award brings more attention to the neighbourhood.
She says it's not just her, but a team of people working in the community.
Black says for a few years someone was damaging their bus shelter but the community kept scrapping it off until they left it alone.
She says helping out is about taking a stance, and if it helps your community than that's great.
It may be the long weekend, but organizations fighting against shale gas exploration in the province aren't taking any time off.
Stephanie Merrill with the province's Conservation Council tells CHSJ News 16 community groups will be gathering in Fredericton tomorrow to march in an Atlantic-wide day of action, or in this case, a day of "FRACtion."
She says it's encouraging to see such a high level of grassroots involvement.
The march kicks off at noon at the Old Burial Grounds and stops outside the Legislature where various speakers will voice their concerns over fracking, the process where fluid is pumped into formations of rock to release gas.
The town of Quispamsis is hosting the official New Brunswick Day celebrations tomorrow.
Lots of activities are planned including a speech by the Lieutenant-Governor,military displays and exhibits by CFB Gagetown, music, and helicopter rides.
Mayor Murray Driscoll says it's going to be a first class event and you don't want to miss it.
The fun is taking place at the town's new Q-Plex and a free shuttle service will be running from 9am to 6pm at the Superstore and Co-Op parking lots.
Things kick off at 10am.
Complete with rotating buckets, water guns and sprinklers, two Saint John neighbourhoods are now spending hot summer days at their new splash pads.
Mayor Ivan Court tells CHSJ News splash pads are a great option for people who can't travel far to have summer fun.
Now that Crescent Valley and the South End have splash pads, Court says the city could eventually see them in all four wards.
Saint John Portland M-L-A Trevor Holder says he thinks their popularity is simple: people just love the water.
He says they gets kids out of the house and outdoors where they can exercise.
Our listeners weighing in on the price of parking going up on our Facebook page.
Come August 1st parking meters and pay-and-display rates are going up to $1.75 an hour.
One man wants to know if the city will use the extra money to fix the streets.
Another woman says this is one of the poorest provinces in Canada and we already pay enough for food, rent and gas.
Someone else suggests taking the bus for 2.25 and leaving your car at home to save money.
In yesterday's CHSJ News Poll Question we asked if the increase in the uptown parking rate would make you less likely to come uptown.
Seventy-five per cent of you said yes.
Out of 14 hundred entries, 11 aspiring artists and authors from greater Saint John are being recognized by the province in the annual New Brunswick Day Writing and Drawing Contest.
Eight-year-old Zachary Raver from Hampton was one of the first place winners in the drawing component of the contest and will get to visit an area of the province he's never been to with his family.
Lee Ellen Pottie with the province's Capital Commission says many young New Brunswickers don't realize the rich cultural diversity the province has to offer, and by visiting an unfamiliar area the winners will develop a sense of pride in their province.
Other winners include eight-year-old Heather Totten from Saint John and 15-year-old Victoria Harvey from Quispamsis, who both placed first in the writing portion of the contest.
If you're a hiker, biker or an ATV-enthusiast, you're being asked to fill out a survey to help develop the country's first national trails strategy.
Poul Jorgensen with the provincial trails council tells CHSJ News it's the first time all the user groups have gotten together to see what types of trails are needed.
He says they're looking to find out whether you like to bike, hike or ATV, what trails you like best, and where you like to go.
Jorgensen says the goal is to create a unified vision for all trails across Canada, and to see what their next steps should be. To fill out the survey follow the link here.
There are reports of a power outage in the Rothesay area. According to the NB Power website, about 2500 customers are in the dark in Rothesay.
A caller to our 648 3000 news line also telling us that power is also out in Baxter's Corner, Barnesville, and the Garnett Settlement. No other details have been released.
As of August 1st, it will cost you more to park uptown.
On-street parking meters and the pay and display rates are going up to $1.75 an hour. This includes two metered lots on Union Street and St. Patrick Street.
However, other off-street lots will stay at $1.50 an hour.
For those seeking for a cheaper option for getting around the uptown, the parking commission wants to remind you there is a free uptown shuttle available from 9 to 5 Monday to Friday.
Saint John Board of Trade President Imelda Gilman says the delay in the bump of the minimum wage is a sigh of relief for small business owners.
She tells CHSJ News the increase would have compounded the issues they are already facing, like bumps in fuel and energy costs, because a business can't charge more for their products in order to make up the difference.
She's says a global recession combined with a 19 percent increase to the minimum wage over the past 2 years was making it very difficult for small businesses to keep their head above water.
If you work fulltime in the province, then you shouldn't be earning so little that you're struggling to make do below the poverty line.
That's the position being staked out by the Saint John Human Development Council as it does some number crunching on what constitutes a living wage.
Randy Hatfield is the Human Developent Council's Executive-Director and he says while he understands that it may be difficult to meet some payrolls, we need to take a hard look what kind of income do people need in order to sustain themselves.Word on milk going up in price by 4 cents a litre came shortly after it was announced the next rise in the provincial minimum wage will be delayed by six months to next April.
Just one week after it's announced there will be a six month delay in raising the minimum wage in the province, there's word milk is going up in price by four cents a litre.
Randy Hatfield of the Saint John Human Development Council is concerned about the rapid rise in food prices, which along with gas, are fuelling inflation and how the working poor will be able to keep up.
Hatfield tells CHSJ News they're number crunching on something he refers to as a living wage saying if you work fulltime then you shouldn't find yourself below the poverty line.
Hatfield finds it quite a coincidence the price of milk rises so soon after the minimum wage announcement.
A house fire on Queen Street in St. Stephen forcing a mother and her two young children, including a 10-month old, from their home late yesterday afternoon.
The Canadian Red Cross was called to provide assistance to the family who is staying with relatives.
A Red Cross volunteer arranged for the family to receive clothing and food.
Extensive damage caused the other night to the field and irrigation houses at Rothesay High.
Rothesay Regional Police estimate damage from the vandalism at around 2 thousand dollars.
Police suspect it occurred sometime after 11:00 on Wednesday night and they're asking anyone who might have seen something or has information about what happened to give them a call at 847-6300.
Traffic delays on Highway 1 at Lorneville are expected. A tractor trailer filled with thousands of lobsters rolled over early this morning around 2:30 winding up in the median.
The transport was heading into the city when the mishap occurred by Spruce Lake.
Two people were sent to hospital but their injuries are not believed to be serious.
The cargo will be transferred to another truck.
As the NDP has officially confirmed rookie MP Nycole Turmel as the party's interim leader, Saint John MP Rodney Weston is wishing Jack Layton all the best as he undergoes treatment of a second cancer.
Weston tells CHSJ News he was surprised as anybody when Layton made the announcement to step down.
He says Layton is a fighter and wants to see him back in Parliament this September.
A new study revealing the St. George Dam had little to do with last December's flooding in Charlotte County.
On December 13th the area received 174 millimetres of rain and snow melt in a 24 hour period, raising Lake Utopia by 13 feet.
Engineer Ryan Berg says it wasn't the dam, but a natural obstruction that kept water levels from going down.
He says it was an outcrop of rock upstream of the Brunswick Street bridge that acted as a natural dam and kept the water levels from decreasing.
The dam's main gate was opened in two stages during the flooding, once on the 13th of December and once on the 14th.
Berg says even if the gate had been opened four days prior to the storm water levels would only have gone down an additional 2.2 inches.
He says if the dam did not exist and the river system was in its natural state water levels would only have been 8 inches lower.
You can send your thoughts and sympathies to those still reeling from the shootings and bombing in Norway -- a book of condolences for the residents of Oslo is being placed outside of the Mayor’s office on the 8th floor of City Hall.
The book will sent to the citizens of Oslo by the The Honorary Consul for Norway in Saint John, Robert Jette.
The book will be available from 8:30am to 4:30pm until August 5.
