(NB-Fredericton-Housing)
The City of Fredericton wants to add a new neighbourhood with as many as 900 residential units.
The multi-year project would see Cliffe Street extended north to allow for new homes and commercial space on city-owned land.
Once the roads and sewer are finished, the plan is to auction off the land to developers.
A new water reservoir is also part of the proposal.
(CBC News)
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(NL-Gun-Arrests)
Six people in central Labrador were arrested Monday night and four are facing charges after shots were fired in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
R-C-M-P say they were called to the Mesher Street area around 9:30 p-m.
Residents in the area were asked to shelter in place and a police dog was called in, leading officers to a home on Learning Street.
Inside the home, police say they found a gun, other weapons, cocaine, a large amount of cannabis and other drug-related items.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Drunk-Driving)
R-C-M-P in western Newfoundland say they were arresting a alleged drunk driver Saturday afternoon in Rocky Harbour, when a passenger took the wheel and sped off.
Police say the car was stopped on Route 430 on the Northern Peninsula when a 36-year-old passenger from Alberta got in the driver’s seat and took off at a high rate of speed.
The vehicle was stopped nearby and police are accusing the second driver of assaulting officers while in custody.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Gun-Buyback)
Halifax police have signed an agreement with the federal government to participate in a gun buyback program.
Since 2020, Ottawa has prohibited over 25-hundred makes and models of assault-style firearms that were previously available to licenced gun owners.
Any gunowners who wish to surrender their guns for compensation must register with the program by the end of March.
Halifax police chief Don MacLean says the program is not about criminalizing gun owners, but ensuring people have a safe and responsible way to comply with new federal laws.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Boston-Office-Closed)
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador is closing its office in Boston.
Premier Tony Wakeham issued a statement yesterday saying the closure was the result of “responsible fiscal management.”
The premier says concentrating resources in a single location is not the most effective way to advance international trade.
The closure will save the province about one-million dollars a year.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Missing-Children)
The Nova Scotia R-C-M-P marked National Missing Persons Day by issued a statement saying they are continuing their investigation into the disappearance in May of six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack.
Police were told the children wandered from their home in Lansdowne Station and they haven’t been seen since.
The Mounties say they are pursuing every lead.
They say more than 11-hundred tips have come in since the children went missing.
(The Canadian Press)
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