CKNB News March 3,2021
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CAMPBELLTON
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NB/CAM/MIR STORM UPD GG/WIRE/CBC (TUE 4PM)
Heavy, wet snow, along with cold temperatures and strong winds resulted in icy roads and power outages across much of New Brunswick today.
Authorities were recommending that people stay off the roads on northern stretches of the Trans Canada Highway, inparticulr in areas near the Quebec border.
Canada Post has also suspended delivery in a number of communites – including Campbellton, Bathurst and Miramichi – citing unsafe conditions.
By mid-afternoon N-B Power was reporting roughly 50 power outages affecting over 2000 customers. For many that’s meant un unpleasant and chilly day with temperatures plummeting and wind chills nearing minus 30.
NB – COVID UPD 1 – 28th death GG/NB GOV (TUE 4PM
GOOD MORNING
The province reported four new cases of COVID-19 yesterday and another death.
The province’s 28th COVID-19-related death involves a resident in their 80s of the Manoir Belle Vue long-term care home in Edmundston.
The four new cases are all in the Miramichi region, including one announced Monday night at Miramichi Valley High School. Officials are also waiting for final confirmation that one of the recent cases in the Miramichi is the much more contagious U-K variant.
There are now 36 active cases in the province.
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NB/MIR/CAMP-SECOND DEGREE MURDER RM / GLOBAL WED AM
Charges have been laid in connection to the body found last week in Pont-Landry
On Feb. 24 Officers were called to a report of a body that was found next to a vehicle, the body was confirmed to be 49-year-old Monique Gallien, from the Tracadie area.
An autopsy determined her death was the result of a homicide
As a result Daniel Jean from Pont-Landry with second-degree murder.
According to Global News – The court ordered a five-day fitness for trial evaluation, before Jean is scheduled to return to court on March 8.
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NB-HEALTH PLAN RM / GLOBAL NEWS WED AM
New Brunswicks 5-year Health-care plan will begin with consultations this week
Ron Aiken, Sackville’s acting mayor, tells Global News – that more services like surgeries, acute care beds and diagnostic units would help alleviate the workload at bigger, urban hospitals, and that more local control over health care would help improve the system because each community is different.
Over night closures of ERs are NOT part of the plan this time…and a big issue on the list is recruitment and retention, especially with more staff leaving the field than are coming in. 35% of family doctors and medical lab technicians are retiring within the next five years, and 40% of nurses are in similar positions.
The virtual sessions take place Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning with Sackville tomorrow at 6:30, ending with Edmundston on April 27. A full schedule and link to register can be found on the provincial website.
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NB-CANCER AWARENESS WALK RM / GLOBAL NEWS WED AM
A New Brunswick senior is raising money for cancer awareness by walking
70-year-old Paul Kitchen plans to walk 10KM a day for the month of May.
Kitchen was diagnosed with a rare, slow-growing cancer in the lymphatic system seven years ago.
According to Global News, around 1,500 Canadians have it, and getting the diagnosis can be hard, as symptoms differ from person to person.
Kitchen is asking for sponsors as he prepares with a goal of 300kms throughthe month of May. He’ll track his progress and share online, on the WM Foundation of Canada website.
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NB – SUICIDE INQUIRY CALL GG/WIRE (TUE 4PM)
The Green Party leader is calling for a public inquiry into the handling of suicidal youth by the province’s hospital emergency departments.
The call by David Coon follows the death of a 16-year-old girl in Fredericton. Lexi Daken waited for eight hours to see a psychiatrist at the Chalmers hospital in Fredericton but left without having been seen and just a referral. She took her own life a few days later.
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NB-Poweroutages (NBPower wed.am)
NB Power crews are still scrambling to fix power lines torn down by the winds.
There were over 1,200 customers in the dark this morning mainly in south-eastern newbrunswick, but also sizeable outages on the Acadian Peninsula and Restigouche regions.
The crews can’t climb poles or go up in buckets if the winds are too strong.
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NB-HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD RM / KCR WED AM
Nominations are being accepted for the New Brunswick Human Rights award & Youth Human Rights award. The honor recognizes the efforts and achievements of an individual or organzation who promotes equality and human rights in the province.
According to the Record – The first award dates back to 1988 and has been presented annually to mark New Brunswick Human Rights Day on September 15.
Applications are being recieved until May 31 and more information can be found online or by phone
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NB-CANCER AWARENESS WALK RM / GLOBAL NEWS WED AM
A New Brunswick senior is raising money for cancer awarness by walking
70-year-old Paul Kitchen plans on walking 10KM a day for the month of May
He was diagnosed with Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia (WM) 7 years ago, a rare, slow-growing cancer found in the lymphatic system.
According to Global News – Around 1,500 Canadians have it, and getting the diagnosis can be hard, as symptoms differ from person to person.
Kitchen is asking for sponsors as he sets out with a goal of 300 kilometres by month’s end.
He’ll track his progress and share online, on WM Foundation of Canada website
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NB-HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD RM / KCR WED AM
Nominations are being accepted for the New Brunswick Human Rights award & Youth Human Rights award
The honor recognizes the efforts and achievements of an individual or organzation who promotes equality and human rights in the province.
According to the Record – The first award dates back to 1988 and has been presented annually to mark New Brunswick Human Rights Day on September 15.
Applications are being recieved until May 31 and more information can be found online or by phone
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NB-HEALTH PLAN RM / GLOBAL NEWS WED AM
New Brunswicks 5-year Health-care plan will begin with consultations this week
Ron Aiken, the Sackvilles acting mayor, tells Global News – that more services like surgeries, acute care beds and diagnostic units would help alleviate the workload at bigger, urban hospitals, and that more local control over health care would help improve the system because each community is different.
Over night closures at ERs are NOT part of the plan this time, and a big issue on the list is recruitment and retention, especially with more staff leaving the field than there are coming in.
Thirty-five per cent of family doctors and medical laboratory technicians are retiring within the next five years, and forty per cent of nurses are in similar positions.
The virtual sessions take place Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning with Sackville tomorrow at 6:30, ending with Edmundston on April 27.
A full schedule and link to register can be found on the provincial website.
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NB COVID UPD – 28th death GG/NB GOV (TUE 4PM
New Brunswick is reporting its 28th covid-19 related death. Public Health says the death involves another resident, in their 80’s, of the MAnoir Belle Vue nursing home in Edmundston. Meanwhile, Public Health also announced four new cases of Covid-19 today – with all four infections in the Miramichi Region. That includes one case connected to Miramichi Valley High School that was confirmed by the school district last night. That school is currently closed for March break.
Meanwhile, Public health says another recently confirmed case in the Miramichi region is now a presumptive case of the UK variant by the lab in Moncton and is now awaiting final confirmation from the national lab in Winnipeg.
As of today there are now 36 active cases of covid-19 in New Brunswick with three people hospitalized in intensive care.
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NB/CAM/MIR STORM UPD GG/WIRE/CBC (TUE 4PM)
Heavy, wet snow, along with cold temperatures and strong winds resulted in icy roads and power outages across much of New Brunswick today.
Authorities were recommending that people stay off the roads on northern stretches of the Trans Canada Highway, particular in areas near the Quebec border.
Canada Post has also suspended delivery in a number of communities – including Campbellton, Bathurst and Miramichi – citing unsafe conditions.
By mid-afternoon N-B Power was reporting roughly 50 power outages affecting over 2000 customers. For many that’s meant un unpleasant and chilly day with temperatures plummeting and wind chills nearing minus 30.
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NB SUCIDE INQUIRY CALL GG/WIRE (TUE 4PM)
New Brunswick’s Green leader is calling for a public inquiry into the handling of suicidal youth by the province’s emergency departments.
The call by David Coon follows the death of a 16-year-old girl in Fredericton.
Lexi Daken waited for eight hours to see a psychiatrist at the hospital in Fredericton but left without having been seen and just a referral. She took her own life just a few days later.
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NAT/ALL
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ALL/NS-Ship-Emergency 1 (wire wed.am)
A factory scallop dragger is in trouble south of Yarmouth.
The F-V Atlantic Destiny, based in Riverport, sent out a distress call last night from because of a fire. They got the flames out with no one injured…but lost the main engines. They did manage to get a generator working. The big ship is taking on water.
A search and rescue helicopter airlifted some of the 32 crew and flew them
120 kilometres to Yarmouth, while a small number stayed aboard to man the pumps and try to keep the Atlantic Destiny afloat. Another fishing vessell is standing by in the area to assist.
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SPORTS 2
NHL action saw Dominic Dychare get his first win behind the Montreal bench as the Canadiens beat Ottawa 3-1 to end a five game losing streak. Winnipeg
downed Vancouver 5-2. (Penguins downed the Flyers 5-2)
In the NBA…the Raptors-Pistons game were postponed because of the COVID rules. Boston downed the Clippers 117-112.
