RCMP find two dead in northern N.B. home
RCMP are investigating after the suspicious deaths of two people in northern New Brunswick. Police responded to a residence in Charlo on Saturday evening after a family member called them concerned about the two. After their arrival, police found the bodies of a man and a woman in their fifties. RCMP believe that the incident was isolated and that no third party was involved. The names of the two have not been released at this time.

Woman dies after motorcycle accident on Friday
A woman is dead after an early weekend motorcycle crash in the province. RCMP were called to Route 11 in New Brandon on Friday evening after the driver lost control of her motorcycle on a curve. The driver, a 33-year-old woman from Big River, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are continuing to investigate the cause but say the road was in good condition and the pavement was dry at the time of the crash.

Alcohol leads to death of Acadia U. student
A 19-year-old male student has died after consuming a large amount of alcohol early last week. RCMP confirmed to CBC News that the teen died at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax on Thursday. Students at Acadia University say the student was participating in a drinking game on various floors of the Chipman House residence. One witness said the student drank about 40 ounces of alcohol. In a news release issued by the university, Ray Ivany, the president of the university, said that the student’s family decided to have his organs donated. No other details are going to be released.

“I heart boobies” bracelets banned from schools
Some bracelets with a very eye-catching name are being banned from some provincial schools. The Keep A Breast Foundation has been selling bracelets that read “I heart boobies”. The bracelets, meant to inform about breast cancer, have been kicked out of Quispamsis Elementary School, near Saint John. Administrators there asked parents to not send their children to school with the bracelets, citing distraction of students as the concern. Closer to home, students at Minto Memorial High School, near Fredericton, have also been told not to bring the bracelets to school.

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Motorists asked to be patient during bridge closure
Motorists are being asked to continue with their co-operation amidst the closure of the Princess Margaret Bridge. That message from Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Claude Williams as he toured the bridge yesterday (Wednesday). Due to wet weather over the summer, the bridge opening has been delayed until mid-October. The remainder of work on the bridge, including the pouring of concrete barrier walls and painting, requires a stretch of dry weather, something hard to come by this summer. The city hopes that with the completion of repairs on MacLaren Avenue and Forest Hill Road, traffic flows will improve.

Fatal accident downtown Wednesday
Fredericton Police are investigating a fatal accident in the downtown. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Brunswick and York Streets at around 3:15 yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. The accident involved a vehicle and a pedestrian. One person was taken to the Chalmers Hospital with what appeared to be serious injuries. The 52-year-old man died later in the evening. Motorists were told to stay away from the area until early evening. The investigation is ongoing.

Gas prices climb at the pumps this week
No break at the pumps this week as gas prices rise. When prices were reset last (Wednesday) night at midnight, regular unleaded was up by 1.3 cents to a maximum of 131.2 cents per litre. Most stations are selling for a couple of cents less. Meanwhile, diesel is up by 1.6 cents to 133.2 cents per litre. Furnace oil is also up by nine-tenths of a cent to 114.6 cents per litre. Propane is up by 0.6 cents to 114.4 cents per litre. Prices are normally reset every Wednesday night.

Sentencing for Minto man postponed until Oct.
Sentencing has been postponed for a Minto man who earlier pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing bodily harm. The judge postponed sentencing for Justin Kenneth Foulkes because the Crown prosecutor was not available yesterday (Wednesday). In an earlier appearance, the court hears that RCMP were called to the scene of a single-vehicle accident at 4 a.m. on September 25 of last year on Route 10 in Hardwood Ridge. After their arrival, they found a car with three people in the ditch. Foulkes co-operated with police during the investigation that night. A male friend who was in the backseat had fractured his back and needed to wear a brace for three months. Foulkes will now be sentenced October 14.

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Teen arrested after drug seizure in Noonan
A teen has been arrested in connection with a marijuana seizure outside of the city. RCMP from the Oromocto area executed a search warrant at a home in Noonan on Sunday. During the search, they seized around 30 kilograms of cannabis marijuana and well as marijuana plants and growing equipment. The marijuana seized could have produced more than 97,000 joints. An 18-year-old man was arrested and later released. He will appear in court in November to face related charges.

2 men arrested near McAdam after drug seizure
Two men have been arrested after a drug seizure in the McAdam area. On Sunday afternoon, RCMP from Oromocto were conducting an off-road vehicle enforcement operation on a trail between McAdam and Canterbury. During the operation, officers stopped a pickup truck on the trail. A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of a quantity of marijuana plants and growing supplies. Two McAdam area men, aged 26 and 27, were arrested. They will be in court in Fredericton on November 18.

Modular bridge replacing burnt covered bridge
A covered bridge that was destroyed by fire earlier this summer will be replaced by a modular bridge. That announcement was made by Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Claude Williams yesterday (Tuesday). The bridge, located near Hartland, was destroyed by fire on August 13 after a stolen vehicle was parked on the bridge and set on fire. The construction is expected to begin later this month and should be complete by the end of the year. The one lane bridge will cost an estimated $450,000. Residents currently have to take a detour of up to 14.5 kilometres.

Covered bridge in St. Martins damaged
A covered bridge in southern New Brunswick was damaged Tuesday by a transport truck. CBC News is reporting that a truck carrying woodchips caught one of the beams as it was going across the bridge. The bridge has a clearance of four metres. The truck was stuck for approximately 20 minutes. The bridge is one of two in the small community about 40 km east of Saint John. No one was injured.

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Riverview daycare reopens after explosion
A Riverview daycare that was involved in an explosion and fire late last year reopened today. The children and staff at Country Kids Daycare were welcomed to a brand new building. The explosion happened back on November 9 of last year at just before 3:30 p.m. There were 20 children inside of the daycare at the time and all of them made it out safely. Two staff members were burned in the explosion and taken to hospital.

Large power outage in Rothesay fixed
A power outage last evening left a large portion of customers in the Rothesay area in the dark. The outage happened shortly after 7 p.m., leaving over 20,000 customers in East Saint John, Rothesay, Quispamsis, Hampton and the Kingston Peninsula without electricity. Heather McLean is a spokesperson for NB Power. She told Rogers Radio News that the issue was a transmission outage. Power has since been restored to all affected customers.

2 charged after break and enter in eastern N.B.
Two men have been charged in connection with a home invasion and armed robbery in eastern New Brunswick last weekend. Justin Waite, 22 and Shane Gallant, 25, both from the Moncton area, have been charged with armed robbery, unlawful confinement, pointing a firearm, assault with a weapon, as well as breaking and entering and theft in connection with the incident in Grand-Barachois. Gallant is also charged with kidnapping. The two remain in custody until their bail hearing this afternoon. A 42-year-old woman from Shediac Bridge was also arrested for being an accessory after the fact. She will appear in court at a later date to face charges.

3,000 pairs of underwear found in Ohio
Police in Ohio responded to an interesting call last week. After the call came in, officers found 3,000 pairs of underwear, some clean and some used, along side of a highway near Berne Township. Police believe the underwear appeared to have been dumped out of plastic shopping bags from local grocery and department stores. It took officers over two hours to pack the panties into 10 garbage bags. Police are still at odds as to where the underwear came from and who may have dumped it there.

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Suspicious fire near Hartland leads to drug seizure
Officials in a small community near Hartland are investigating after a suspected arson last week. The fire happened on Thursday in Ashland and involved the burning of a two-storey home. That fire also lead to the seizure of around 1,000 methamphetamine pills. Two males, aged 21 and 24, were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and remain in custody until Tuesday for a bail hearing. The fire in Ashland has been the 10th suspicious fire since July. Other fires include other homes, businesses, vehicles and a covered bridge.

N.B. boy dies after long battle with cancer
A Cap-Pele boy who was diagnosed with a rare cancer at just 22 months old has passed away. Hugo Robichaud was battling neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that causes tumours to form over different areas of the body. Robichaud spent nearly two years in and out of the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in New York and recently returned to Moncton. He leaves behind an older brother and his parents.

Fire claims home in northern N.B.
A family of four are homeless after a fire this weekend in northern New Brunswick. Fire crews were called to the home near Durham Centre, between Bathurst and Campbellton, at 5 a.m. Sunday morning. The family of four were away in Fredericton at the time of the blaze. The Canadian Red Cross says that the family of four was able to stay with relatives in the area. Fire officials have not released a cause of the blaze.

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