New limo service to airport…for women

A new female limousine service catering to female passengers at the airport is generating some controversy.

Longtime airport driver Crissy McDow told CBC she started Lady Drive-Her last week because some female passengers feel more comfortable with a female driver. She started the service after a taxi driver was acquitted of sexually assaulting a drunk passenger.

Some male limo drivers have expressed concern the new service is discriminatory and exploits fear among some women. McDow says she’s just meeting a need and expanding her business.

Stoffer on Desmond case

Veterans advocate Peter Stoffer is calling on both provincial and federal gtovernments to hold a public inquiry into the triple murder-suicide in Upper Big Tracadie.

Stoffer, a former NDP MP, told the CBC what happened to Lionel Desmond and his family screams out for a public inquiry. He has written letters to the defence minister as well as Premier McNeil pointing out the many system failures that caused Desmond, the Afghan war vet with PTSD to kill his family.