(NB-High-Temperatures)
The high temperatures in New Brunswick this week could challenge records set four years ago.
Environment Canada meteorologist Jill Maepea says the province’s all-time record highs were set on June 18 or 19 in 2020 where the temperature reached 37.3 degrees Celsius.
She says that year also saw eight heat waves while the usual number is three or four.
Temperatures this week could reach 33 degrees but the humidity might make it feel more like 40.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Shell-Plant-Closed)
A New Brunswick shell-drying plant is closing, laying off at least 20 staff, following complaints of odour.
Jamie Goguen, general manager of Coastal Shell Products, says the company has been trying to address complaints from the public about the plant, which dries shell waste from the fishing industry for fertilizer and animal feed.
Coastal Shell says there are 10 lobster- and crab-processing facilities in the province that rely on it to dispose of their products, and Goguen says the company has been operating within the province’s environmental guidelines.
Goguen says Coastal Shell was working on a solution to address the odour but can’t afford to implement it because of the restrictions on its hours of operation.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Escaped-Inmate) WATCH FOR DATING
Police in Newfoundland and Labrador say the search for 31-year-old escaped inmate Tyler Bennett is ongoing.
A news release says Bennett escaped from the West Coast Correctional Centre in Stephenville on Friday, and was in jail in relation to a number of criminal charges.
It says it is suspected Bennett is hiding in the woods, and police are reminding people it is a criminal offence to harbour or help someone who is fleeing the law.
Police describe him as being five feet eight inches, weighing about 160 pounds with a number of tattoos on his face and neck.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Fatal-Crash)
Police in Newfoundland and Labrador say a 66-year-old woman from British Columbia died in the province following a crash.
They say officers were called to Route 430, approximately 38 kilometres south of St. Anthony, shortly after noon on Saturday, after reports of a vehicle crash.
They say a vehicle carrying two people left the highway and rolled into a ditch.
Police say both occupants were taken to the hospital with serious injuries and the 66-year-old woman died.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Building-Fire)
A set of roommates living in a Charlottetown apartment are credited with helping other residents flee in the middle of the night as a fire spread through the building.
Last week Maavi Gill and Manpreet Singh noticed a burning smell in their apartment around midnight as they got home from work, and saw a small blaze on the outside wall of the building.
Singh called 9-1-1, as Gill and a third roommate, Jaskaran Kang, pulled the fire alarm and banged on apartment doors to wake residents up.
The 20-unit apartment building housing 40 people was destroyed, but no one was injured.
(CBC News)
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(Titan-TSB-Report)
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says unregistered submersibles are still diving after Titan made its descent to view the Titanic wreck one year ago.
A safety letter issued last week to Transport Canada says it’s unclear whether those other vessels have been subject to proper oversight.
That letter, made public yesterday, is part of an update the safety board released on its investigation into the June 18th, 2023, dive by the Titan submersible in the waters southeast of Newfoundland that killed all five people on board.
The investigation has learned that before and after June 2023, a number of submersibles with people on board operated in Canadian waters and while some are registered in Canada or another country, others are not.
(The Canadian Press)
