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(NB-Firearms-Charges)
Two New Brunswick men are facing firearms charges after a police chase.
The Mounties say officers tried to stop a vehicle on Highway 1 near Oak Bay early yesterday before it made a U-turn and started driving into oncoming traffic.
A tire deflation device was used to stop the stolen vehicle a short time later.
A 40-year-old man from Hartland and a 26-year-old man from St. Stephen were arrested after a vehicle search turned up a loaded weapon.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Bathurst-New-Shelter)
A new shelter has opened in northern New Brunswick to help those who are homeless as the winter weather sets in.
The shelter in Bathurst is operated by the Bathurst Youth Centre and offers sleeping accommodations for 12 people.
The facility also offers personal hygiene facilities and laundry facilities as well as warm meals.
There are now 27 beds available in the Bathurst area for those experiencing homelessness.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Dogs-Cats)
A town is eastern New Brunswick is proposing a bylaw that would limit the number of cats and dogs in homes.
The Town of Shediac says the bylaw would limit households to keeping no more than two cats or two dogs.
The bylaw would also require dog owners to register their pets every year and buy a 20-dollar dog tag.
Under the proposal, no one would be able to keep a snake or other reptile in a public place without a secure container.
(CTV Atlantic)
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(NS-Houston-Trudeau)
While Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston campaigned hard against the federal government’s policies, particularly carbon pricing, he says his meeting with the Prime Minister was productive.
Houston and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a meeting on Monday.
The premier said yesterday there are things that he and Trudeau do not agree on, but there are also things that the two governments can work together on.
Houston noted the provinces fisheries and work to protect the Chignecto Isthmus from flooding as examples.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Que-Churchill-Falls)
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he’ll be in Newfoundland tomorrow to announce a new Churchill Falls energy deal with Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey.
The agreement would end a long-running dispute over the hydroelectric plant in central Labrador.
Quebec gets about 15 per cent of its energy from Churchill Falls through a deal signed with Newfoundland in 1969, which has been widely criticized as lopsided in favour of Quebec.
Furey had previously vowed to fight for a better deal while Legault has acknowledged it was a “bad deal” for Canada’s easternmost province.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Parole-Violation-Arrests)
A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant is in custody after trying to avoid a traffic stop in Bishopville, Nova Scotia.
R-C-M-P say officers stopped a vehicle that had turned around and driven away from the checkpoint.
Mounties quickly determined the 28-year-old passenger from P-E-I was wanted for being illegally at large.
The 39-year-old driver from Alberta was also arrested for a parole violation.
(The Canadian Press)
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