The province will amend the formula for public financing of political parties to provide an incentive for recruiting more female candidates. Votes received by female candidates would be weighted 1.5 times greater than those received by male candidates. A financial incentive like this was recommended by the Commission on Electoral Reform.
Category: Saint John
Pot shops raided again
Police raided pot shops in the city again yesterday.
They went to marijuanna dispensaries on Simpson Drive, Chesley Drive, Rothesay Avenue and Germain Street. They were the same shops that were hit in January when police raided six shops and charged 12 people.
Police spokesman Sargent Charles Breen issued a news release saying the raids resulted in a number of arrests and a quantity of marijuana products were seized.