(NB-Potato-Chips)
Over a dozen residents in western New Brunswick are taking legal action against a potato chip company they say is disrupting their lives.
They say the operations of Covered Bridge Potato Chips Ltd. is causing excessive noise, industrial smells, light pollution and heavy truck traffic in the town of Woodstock.
The group says they thought the company’s factory in Woodstock that opened last year would be temporary.
They filed a legal claim to New Brunswick’s Farm Practices Review Board, which will consider whether it should hold a hearing or pass it on to the Court of King’s Bench.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Missing-Girl-Homicide)
Mounties in New Brunswick are renewing calls for information in the disappearance of a 14-year-old Bathurst girl whose death has been ruled a homicide.
R-C-M-P say Madison Roy-Boudreau was last seen getting into a grey Ford Ranger on the morning of May 11th, 2021, in Bathurst and reported missing that day.
After an exhaustive search, Roy-Boudreau’s disappearance was ruled a homicide in August of that year.
In a release, Corporal Hans Ouellette said police have reason to believe the 14-year-old was in the Middle River area after she was last seen in Bathurst.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Churchill-Falls)
The Tory government in Newfoundland and Labrador came under fire from Opposition parties yesterday for its handling of a draft energy deal with Hydro-Québec.
The Progressive Conservatives hired Bern Coffey, an outspoken critic of the tentative agreement, and Jerome Kennedy, a former cabinet member under Danny Williams, to provide advice on the draft deal.
The N-D-P and Liberals questioned the lawyers’ political affiliations and accused the P-Cs of secretly hiring the lawyers in January.
Former P-C premier Williams donated more than 46-thousand dollars to the Tories before the October election in an effort — he said — to stop the deal.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Sex-Charges)
Police in Newfoundland have charged a 37-year-old man in connection with alleged sexual violence against youths in St. John’s.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says it received a report in February about sexual violence against a teenage girl.
Police say they have since discovered a second victim.
On Monday police charged the suspect with sexual assault, sexual interference, multiple counts of luring children and other crimes.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Rental-Roach)
A group of tenants in Halifax say they are fed up with chronic cockroach, mice and bedbug infestations in their homes and say their landlords are neglecting the problems.
Heather Dunham says every morning when she goes to make tea, she’s faced with a dozen or so cockroaches crawling around her counter.
The single mother has lived in a Spryfield apartment for 11 years and says her landlord continues to ignore the issues.
Housing advocacy group ACORN is calling for stronger enforcement of the city’s property standards bylaws.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Injury-Rates)
The Workers’ Compensation Board says Nova Scotia has reached a record low personal injury rate.
The provincial body says some of the most dangerous sectors, like construction, are also hitting all-time lows.
It said the manufacturing sector has seen its injury rate by 45 per cent over the last decade.
The board says people who do get hurt are going back to work faster and the number of days lost to injury have declined.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Murder-Investigation)
R-C-M-P are asking the public for help solving a homicide in North Preston, Nova Scotia last fall.
Police say 28-year-old Jayden Tynes was shot around 5 p-m on November 2nd of last year, later dying in hospital.
Police say a white, four-door Hyundai Elantra with dark tinted windows was seen in the area shortly after the shooting.
They say it may be connected to the murder and are asking anybody with information on the owner or the driver to come forward.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
