Volunteering is the highest level of thinking because it builds empathy.
That statement coming from Saint John High teacher Barry Ogden who is very well-known locally for several projects including Marigolds on Main which earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Ogden says he started coaching 42 years ago and explains to CHSJ News why he continued to volunteer.
He says it was probably the idea that people in need needed someone for support, which likely led him into his teaching career and everything else in his life.
Ogden says he wants to see young children getting involved in volunteering so they can understand other people, animals and life itself.
The teenage years can be a tumultuous time for parents, but trying to befriend your teenager is a bad way to bond and could actually hurt your relationship.
That suggestion from Saint John-based youth speaker and leadership coach Nick Pereira who tells CHSJ News if you want to become closer with your kids, you should stick to parenting. Pereira says a lot of parents are concerned with their kids liking them, but adds teenagers naturally want to disconnect from their parents and become their own person, so you should support that while always showing love.
He says you need to set firm boundaries as a parent.
Click here if you're looking for more information on Pereira.
A day of remembrance being held for those who have been hurt on the job and those who never made it home from work.
The City of Saint John observing the National Day of Mourning on April 28 with flags at all of the City of Saint John facilities including City Hall being lowered to half-mast in recognition of those who have been injured or died in the workplace.
An official public ceremony marking the day will be held at the Day of Mourning monument at the W. Franklin Hatheway Labour Exhibit Centre in Rockwood Park at noon-hour with City Councillor John MacKenzie speaking on behalf of the city.
The day was officially recognized by the federal government in 1991. Click here for more information.
Point Lepreau will be testing it's emergency response plan as it relates to the station.
NB Power, Musquash Fire Rescue and the Saint John Fire are all taking part in this one day emergency drill beginning at 9am on Monday.
For the purpose of practicing emergency response procedures and communications, the exercise will simulate an incident at the Point Lepreau generating station.
Residents may see emergency response vehicles and hear radio chatter simulating an emergency.
Fast work by the Saint John Fire Department to prevent a grass fire from spreading to a nearby home at 1681 Old Black River Road.
There had been fears that the fire had actually damaged the siding of the home but the fire department says there was no structural damage.
A 2011 study finds 747,000 Canadians are living with cognitive impairment including dementia and if nothing changes by 2031, that number will increase to 1.4 million.
Coping with and learning about dementia is key not only for those with dementia but for their friends and family too, which is where the Saint John Alzheimer Cafe comes in.
The event has been operating in Saint John for over two years based on the model from Europe to offer support and education to those with dementia and their loved ones.
Dr. Gemma Jones, author of Alzheimer's Cafes and Why They Work, will be speaking about that in Saint John today. The local monthly cafe is coming at St. Mark's United Church on Dexter Drive on the west side at 2pm today.
For more info, click here.
A 33-year-old woman is in intensive care at the Regional Hospital after undergoing surgery for a head injury following a fight in the south end.
City Police say the aggravated assault took place around 2:35 Sunday morning on Charlotte Street by Horsefield and the area was taped off until the forensic identification team finished its part of the investigation.
There are no reports of arrests being made.
Tomorrow is the international day of Holocaust Memorial Observance.
In Saint John at an event put on by the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum, attendees will hear from Hedy Bohm. Her parents were murdered in Auschwitz. In 1944, Hedy was taken to Germany as slave labourer before she was liberated by the Americans in 1945 and it is only recently that she has been able to share her story of survival.
Memorial candles will be lit in memory of victims of the Holocaust. The event gets underway tonight Monday at 7:30 P.M. at the Shaarei Zedek Synagogue on at 91 Leinster Street.
Smoke could be seen coming from the Full Gospel Assembly Church on Mount Pleasant Avenue East earlier tonight.
City fire crews responding and quickly knocked the blaze down.
The source of the smoke was a plastic drain pipe that has an electrical wire in it to keep the water from freezing.
Platoon Chief Eric Garland tells CHSJ News people were in the church when the call came in.
He says they did a search anyway but everyone was out of the building when crews arrived on scene.
Garland says the cause is likely accidental but a fire investigator was brought in anyway.
Many people spend their entire lives planning for their big day, but just a few of us are preparing for it.
A study by BMO InvestorLine revealing that on average, Canadians plan to spend $15,000 on their wedding and invite an average of 100 guests. Interestingly enough, almost 40-percent of those people feel like they won't be able to afford the wedding day of their dreams with only 28-percent actively investing for the event.
Those who plan on getting married between the ages of 18 to 44 plan to spend the most at an average of more than $18,000 while those 65 and older plan to spend the least at almost $5000.
Traditional wellness programs are failing employees because they're not addressing the elephant in the room which is the problem of how they can better manage their personal finances.
Frank Wiginton, C-E-O of Employee Financial Well Being estimates 61 per cent of workers are financially stressed. By contrast, only 16 per cent are considered obese yet every wellness programme focuses on diet and exercise.
He also points out people who are stressed out are six times more likely to be depressed and 7 times more likely to suffer from high anxiety which are not good for productivity on the job.
Do you like juice in your beer?
Moosehead hopes you do. The company rolling out a new product called Radler.
Ray Gracewood of Moosehead tells CHSJ News consumers want products that are not traditional beer flavours.
He says they are very excited about the response from testing on this product adding it feels different and tastes different and a whole different consumption experience.
Radler-style beverages have been around for 100 years in Europe. The Moose Light version blends grapefruit, grape and lemon juice with beer.
It will be available in New Brunswick liquor stores next week and will begin shipping to Nova Scotia in early May.
Some lucky Saint Johners might find it in local liquor stores this weekend.
It's a sad fact for
supporters of local arts and culture that those sectors are the first
places to suffer in an economic downturn.
Symphony New Brunswick
President Reid Parker tells CHSJ News even though many people would
rather give to a children's charity or their local hospital rather than a
symphony or theatre company, the arts are still a worthy investment.
Parker
says music and the arts are still crucial to growing our cities because
they provide an incentive for people to move here, and improve the
quality of life for those who live here already.
Saint John Police tells CHSJ News a man who made the rounds from the East Side, to the uptown, and finally to the West Side aggressively panhandling and harassing passers-by will be spending the weekend in jail.
The man was seen banging on car windows and cursing at people when they refused to give him cash. He also caused a ruckus in Brunswick Square before police were called.
He was eventually arrested on a city bus near a west side mall.
He has been charged with causing a disturbance and also found to a breaching court conditions to keep the peace.
Due to the flooding on Darlings Island, there will be no mail delivery today.
Residents can pick up their mail at the Hampton post office.
At Bowl For Kids Sake, every dollar raised helps match kids with a Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor---which helps kids' self-esteem and makes them more likely to stay in school.
Laurie Collins of Big Brothers says they're hoping to raise a total of $110,000 dollars, or a third of their operating budget. That amount would help the organization serve the 400 kids they do already, plus take some off the waiting list.
Bowl for Kids Sake starts at Fairview lanes at 10am and goes until 7. For more information, click here
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It was inevitable with the rain this week....the Darling's Island road is under water as of this morning.
Parents with kids who went to school on the bus this morning were wondering how their kids might get home today.
Zoe Watson of Anglophone South School District tells CHSJ News they have a bus on Darling's Island that picks up the kids and the driver is supposed to get on the Department of Natural Resources boat with them while they travel to the other side where another school bus picks them up.
One parent tells us her child has already arrived home today on a bus.
If you're a developer, coder, or other business-minded person who's got a great idea for a start-up, this weekend could be your chance.
From 5:30 at the old Kent Theater on Coburg, you can sign up to take part in Startup Weekend. Event Chair Catherine Doucette tells CHSJ News it's going to be an unusual and fun set-up where people brainstorm and develop a business plan within 54 hours.
You don't need to come with a team--you just show up with your skills and get connected with a lot of other expertise. For more information about Startup Weekend, click here
CUPE members from across the province hosting a rally in front of the provincial legislature to support correctional officers, human service councillors and custodians who have been without a collective agreement for nearly 3 years.
Local 1251 President Everett Godfrey say negotiations with government so far have been difficult with wage parity being a major stumbling block.
Godfrey adds that correction officers in this province are the lowest paid in the country and the goal is to bring their wages in line with their counterparts in the Atlantic provinces.
Delegates at the CUPE convention will be voting an emergency resolution calling upon all CUPE members to support Local 1251 in its efforts to get a new deal.
The Liberals meet Saturday in Fredericton to talk about the policies they'll be running on in September's provincial election.
The governing Conservatives are on the attack with Post Secondary Education Minister Jody Carr calling provincial Liberal leader Brian Gallant a flip flopper.
Gallant argues it's the Alward Government that people have lost faith in because of so many broken promises.
The Speaker of the Legislature decided Carr went too far when he suggested Gallant couldn't be trusted and Carr agreed to retract the comment.
