Category: News

Drug plea

An Ontario man will be sentenced Friday after pleadng guilty yesterday to drug charges.

29 year old James Clare Pihura admitted in court to leading police on a highway chase on the Trans-Canada last week that ended in Moncton.

RCMP had pulled him over in a routine traffic stop but then he took off and the chase began. It ended at a gas bar on Horsman Road at Berry Mills Road. He pleaded guilty to fleeing police in a vehicle, possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, and weapons charges.

McKenna pushes for second reactor at Lepreau

Former premier Frank McKenna is pushing for a second nuclear reactor at Pt. Lepreau, saying it is rapidly emerging as a viable energy option.

McKenna sent an opinion piece to the Telegraph-Journal saying it’s been a long time coming and now we are witnessing the best set of conditions in recent history for a revival of the dream of a second reactor. He writes that it would be a big boost to the economy…and would be transformational for Saint John and New Brunswick.

The government issued a statement Monday saying it is committed to looking at every opportunity to explore green energy options…but it would be premature to comment further.