Second crossing to be built beside Wheaton Bridge; and GROW Strait Shores aims to foster rural economy

Erica Butler
CHMA News, Local Journalism Initiative, Community Radio Fund of Canada

On today’s show: Reporter Lara MacMillan sat down with GROW Strait Shores organizer Sharon Allen to get the story on the new economic development venture.

And Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton says the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has decided to leave the historic Wheaton Covered Bridge in place and build a second, modern crossing beside it. But the work won’t be completed this summer.

Plus in other news:

  • The RCMP are asking for the public’s help in identifying someone suspected of assault with a weapon in a Sackville home on Sunday.
  • A Moncton man has been arrested after stealing a marked police car in Sackville on Friday, and driving it across the border into Nova Scotia.

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