What's Trending Thurs Sept 26 2024: NB Poli Debate, Feds No Confidence result, NB Baseball/Mets, Gas Link

Today's  Weather: Cloudy with 30 percent chance of showers. Fog patches dissipating this morning. High 18. UV index 4 or moderate. Storm Stuff at NewCountry969.ca/storm



Gas Price prediction: Experts think gas will increase by a cent and diesel may increase by 2 cents tonight. Current gas price is 154.5/ Diesel is 161.2. Check this link https://www.scottyandtony.com/2023/09/gas-price-predictions-are-bit-of.html

1 New Brunswick provincial election debate:
Last night the PCs, the Liberals and the Green party got into various topics, including healthcare, housing, education, Indigenous title claims, and the gender identity policy for schools.
https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7333022
Here's another debate link https://tj.news/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-election-cbc-first-leader-debate-moncton-higgs-holt

2 Hurricane Helene barrels toward Florida, prompting evacuations and warnings:
Helene is forecast to be a Category 4 storm with winds exceeding 208 km/h when it makes landfall on Thursday evening...  expected to affect the entire state of Fla. as well as Georgia and South Carolina.
https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7333812

3 Federal politics: Liberals survive a confidence vote -  the Conservatives' no confidence motion was defeated yesterday after the NDP and Bloc Quebcois joined the Liberals and voted against it.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/ www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93pg0gnkvxo.amp

Sports Notes:

NB Senior baseball playoffs - Moncton Mets lost to PEI and that's all she wrote for the series, the Islanders win the championship. 
See https://www.seniorbaseballnb.com/leagues/bracketV2.cfm?CFID=b350b833-df71-49c3-9829-0db4b21fc8ae&CFTOKEN=0&jsessionid=337B0C3F38DCF5A0D7ABBCEA4A317313&leagueID=34785&clientID=7058

Q league hockey - Moncton Wildcats play twice at Avenir Ctr this weekend... Saturday at 7p vs Bathurst (fun begins at 4p at the Oval outside),  and Sunday Sept 29th vs Halifax (3p game time)
See https://chl.ca/lhjmq- wildcats/article/wildcats- opening-weekend-set-for-sep- 28-29/

AAA U18 Hockey - Moncton Flyers play at home (Superior Propane Ctr) Saturday at 7:30p. 
See https://www.facebook.com/monctonflyers/


High School Football - weekend sched here https://www. gridironnewbrunswick.org/ highschoolsched.php

KICKER:

A zoo in China was forced to confess what was long suspected — that the pandas people have been gushing about were actually dogs painted black and white... Visitors only realized the scam at the Shanwei zoo after one of the so-called pandas started panting and barking, local media reported, according to the New York Post. See https://canoe.com/news/ world/chinese-zoo-admits-so- called-pandas-are-actually- painted-dogs/wcm/45918e68- 3375-45b7-adbd-c8f06838d5f2

MORE STORIES;

Multiple charges laid in relation to Alert Ready incident in Moncton area: A 15-year-old youth is facing multiple charges, including pointing a firearm at another person, in relation to an Alert Ready message issued in the Moncton area on September 20. The youth appeared virtually in court on Tuesday and was remanded into custody until trial.
https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/ 1.7333391

Capitol Theatre all spruced up: 
"Capitol Theatre refreshed with 772 new seats, carpet, railings"... the theater is more accessible... those seats are wider, and have cup holders...
https://tj.news/moncton- miramichi/capitol-theatre- refreshed-with-772-new-seats- carpet-railings