Manitoba man lawn mower incident

A Manitoba man is facing an impaired driving charge he was stopped driving a lawn mower down a road leading to the Trans-Canada Highway.  The 41 year old was pulled over on his John Deere riding mower around 2:00 Saturday morning as he was headed to a gas station to get some cigarettes.  He told police he thought riding the mower was more reasonable than driving his car.

Miramichi local and other sports

Tonight at 7:30 in local baseball, the Dalhousie Contendo Dodgers take on the Chatham Head Tigers at Waldo Henderson Field.

The Jays beat the A’s 4 to 2.

The Mariners shut out Boston 4 to nothing.