Pot shop opens in Rothesay

The first pot shop in Rothesay has opened for business now, according to the Telegraph-Journal.

HBB Medical, which dispenses medical marijuanna, has four other such shops already in New Brunswick with plans for more. They are illegal technically.

The shops only sell marijuana to customers with a medical marijuana prescription…but you can apply for such a prescription at any of theĀ  five locations.

Man sentenced for manslaughter

A young Saint John man is going to prison for killing a man at a New Year’s Eve party last year.

20 year old Brodie White had been charged with second degree murder in the stabbing death of Ross J. Vienneau in a fight at White’s residence. He pleaded guilty to manslaugher and was sentenced yesterday to 8 years in prison.