(NB-Truck-Medical-Emergency)
A New Brunswick woman says she’s “happy to be alive” after she was sideswiped by a tractor-trailer and forced into the median along a major highway.
Lisa Pitt told CTV News it was amazing nobody was killed in the accident, which occurred early on Thursday as she was driving to Saint John from Sussex.
She says an official with the trucking company told her the driver had suffered a medical emergency before the crash, leading to a loss of control of the vehicle.
The New Brunswick R-C-M-P also say collision — all capture on video by Pitt’s dash cam — was caused by a “medical incident” and no charges will be laid.
(The Canadian Press)
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NL-Pride)
An advocate in central Newfoundland says the L-G-B-T-Q-plus community is standing tall despite recent vandalism appearing to target a rainbow crosswalk and Pride flag.
Lexi MacDonald with Pride Grand Falls-Windsor says the vandalism reflects a crisis of empathy, but that L-G-B-T-Q-plus people in central Newfoundland “are not going anywhere.”
R-C-M-P say a rainbow crosswalk in front of a school in Botwood, about 35 kilometres northeast of Grand Falls-Windsor, was vandalized with spray paint earlier this week.
Meanwhile, Natalie Smith says someone shot out a window in her Grand Falls-Windsor gift shop last month for the second time in two years.
Smith says anti-L-G-B-T-Q-plus hate is on the rise and she believes whoever did it may have been targeting the large rainbow Pride flag hanging in the window.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Motorcycle-Fatal)
A 61-year-old Nova Scotia man has died after a motorcycle crash in the northeastern part of the province.
R-C-M-P in Cumberland County say the man’s motorcycle left Highway 104 near Salt Springs on Thursday around 6 p-m.
Mounties say the motorcycle was found on the median.
The man from Amherst was pronounced dead at the scene.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Oyster-Disease)
Cases of a disease affecting oysters have been confirmed in P-E-I and Quebec for the first time.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says dermo was detected in oyster samples from Chaleur Bay in Quebec and Egmont Bay in P-E-I.
The agency says dermo does not pose risks to human health or food safety, but it can increase oyster mortality and decrease growth rates.
Dermo can be transmitted from oyster to oyster, or from water contaminated with the parasite.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Break-Enter)
R-C-M-P in Newfoundland are investigating a break and enter theft at a family restaurant in Stephenville.
Police say the theft from Hartery’s Family Restaurant happened early yesterday morning.
R-C-M-P say a suspect broke in through a side window of the restaurant around 2:30 a-m and stole a bottle of liquor before leaving through the rear door.
The suspect is described as male, in his 20s or 30s with no visible tattoos and was wearing shorts with a dark-coloured shirt tied around his head to cover his face.
(The Canadian Press)
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