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Fredericton police have issued a public safety notice due to a growing number of complaints around electric dirt bikes.
Police say the complaints are about people operating electric dirt bikes on city streets, sidewalks, parks and walking trails.
Many electric dirt bikes are capable of hitting speeds of over 70-kilometres per hour which poses a safety risk to pedestrians, cyclists, motorists and other trail users.
Police are reminding the public that electric dirt bikes can only be used on private property or on designated off-road trails and a violation of could land a fine of more than 170-dollars and the e-bike’s seizure. (The Canadian Press)
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Thousands of New Brunswickers will be charged a new monthly electricity fee starting today.
More than 14-thousand customers have declined to install a smart meter.
They will now pay an opt-out fee of four dollars, sixty-five cents a month.
N-B Power says that surcharge reflects the additional costs to send staff to manually read the meters.
(CBC News)
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Hotel rooms in Gander, Newfoundland will be hard to come by for the upcoming 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the U-S.
The town of 95-hundred people took in some 65-hundred stranded travellers from 38 passenger planes which diverted there when U-S airspace closed on September 11th, 2001.
The marketing manager for Steele Hotels says Gander is pretty much booked solid for the commemoration.
Governor General Louise Arbour, former prime minister Jean Chrétien and U-S Ambassador Pete Hoekstra are expected to attend the event as well. (The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Bonshaw-Crash)
Four women were taken to hospital with serious injuries in P-E-I after an early morning crash in Bonshaw.
R-C-M-P say it happened just after midnight on Route One when an S-U-V went off the road and into a ditch.
Three of the women suffered critical injuries.
Police say alcohol is not believed to have played a role in the crash. (The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Wakeham-Appointment)
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham has announced the appointment of Craig Foley as deputy minister of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation.
Wakeham says Foley brings significant leadership experience to the role, which he takes on September 28th.
Foley has more than 25 years of leadership in the province’s tourism sector, most recently serving as C-E-O of Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador.
He’s also been involved in several provincial and national tourism associations. (The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Ferry-Impaired)
A call about a possible impaired driver led to the arrest of a man once he got off Newfoundland’s Fogo Island ferry.
R-C-M-P say it happened yesterday afternoon when a concerned citizen called to report someone on the ferry who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol.
Mounties stopped the man’s vehicle once it got off the ferry and he was arrested after failing a roadside breath test.
An open bottle of liquor and contraband tobacco were found during a vehicle search. (The Canadian Press)
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