Amlamgog grows conservation trust lands with gift from Memramcook family
On today’s show, we stopped by Amlamgog (also known as Fort Folly) First Nation to talk with cultural coordinator Nicole Porter about a strip of land recently gifted to the community as part of the Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas trust. Plus we look at what’s coming up in today’s Tantramar council meeting, including a public hearing on drive thrus and a report of JN Lafford’s application for the town’s new development tax incentive. … Continue
‘Someone’s going to die’: Ambulance NB stops dispatching local first responders and citizens and firefighters fear the consequences
Roselys Belliveau thinks very fondly of her local fire department, and with good reason. One July day in 2020 her son Jean Yves Belliveau was up early and preparing for a trip when he suddenly felt ill. Before too long, Belliveau had collapsed. His wife frantically called 911, and within minutes, help arrived. But not an ambulance. That would arrive later. The first people on the scene were from the Memramcook Fire Department, where firefighters are trained and equipped for medical first aid response. The firefighters used a defibrillator to help revive Belliveau, something they had to do three times, and well before the ambulance arrived on scene.
“If it wasn’t for the Memramcook firemen,” says Belliveau, her now 48 year old son Jean Yves “wouldn’t be here at all.”
But since a change to Ambulance NB’s protocol in January, it’s unclear whether the Memramcook Fire Department will be called to help people like Jean Yves Belliveau in the future.
Not all fire departments in New Brunswick are trained or equipped for medical first aid. Memramcook was one of the first in the province to take on the extra duty, with a pilot project in 1999. Dorchester has also been doing medical first response for decades, and the newly amalgamated Straight Shores department, with Port Elgin and Cape Tormentine stations, is also trained to first responder first aid level.… Continue
RCMP release video stills in hopes of identifying Memramcook arson suspects
Sackville RCMP have released surveillance video stills in hopes of identifying two people suspected of setting fire to a residence last week in Memramcook.
At about 10am on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, the RCMP and Memramcook Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at a residence on Rue Principale in Memramcook. Police determined that the fire had been intentionally set by “two individuals who poured gasoline all over the house, and lit it on fire.”
No one was home at the time of the incident. The New Brunswick Fire Marshal’s office is assisting with the ongoing police investigation.
An RCMP news release describes the two suspects:
“The first individual is described as a male with a medium build, wearing a blue ball cap with a “Jordan” logo on the front, a light green hooded sweatshirt, orange pants, and dark sneakers. The second individual is described as being a female with a thin build, wearing a black hooded sweater, black pants, and white sneakers.”
Police are asking anyone with information on the incident or the suspects to contact the RCMP Sackville detachment at 506-364-5023. To remain anonymous, people can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or submit a tip at www.crimenb.ca.… Continue
Memramcook mayor on why the village belongs in a provincial riding with Dieppe, not Tantramar
Listen to Tantramar Report for Tuesday, October 4, 2022: