Miramichi, Tracadie; Bas-Caraquet, Lameque; and Richibucto storm meetings

Five communities will host public meetings to share concerns about the January Ice Storm that crippled parts of the province for 10 days.

The 90 minute public meetings will be held April 3rd to 6th in Tracadie, Bas-Caraquet, Lameque, Miramichi and Richibucto.

The meetings are part of the province’s review of the response to the ice storm which at it’s height knocked out power to 130-thousand-people.

A final report with recommendations is expected in July.

Hacker arrested in Ontario

An Ontario man, originally from Kazakhstan; has been arrested in connection with the U-S investigation into a massive cyber attack on Yahoo three years ago.

22 year-old Karim Baratov was arrested outside Hamilton at the request of American officials.  He’s accused of being one of the hackers involved in the security breach, along with two Russian intelligence officers.  500 million user accounts belonging to American government officials, Russian journalists opposed to Vladimir Putin; and ordinary email users were affected.