Here's a transcript of our newscast for Wed Dec 11, 2024...
Weather: There's a Special Weather Statement for Moncton and area about a storm this morning into Thursday... a rainstorm with strong winds and 25 mm of rain.
- Today, flurries-to-rain. 10mm. Gusty winds. High 9.
- Tonight, more rain and stronger winds. Also warmer.
Conditions at 6am are bad driving. foggy. a number of school buses are one a one hour delay because of driving conditions! see www.newcountry969.ca/storm
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Some Byelections happened in the Province yesterday...
- Ten municipal byelections
- biggest one was for Ward 3 councillor in Saint John... Mariah Darling won.
- In Beausoleil, (includes Cocagne, Grande-Digue, Notre-Dame, Shediac Bridge, Shediac River) the winner was Roméo J. Bourque.
- article says less than 6000 votes were cast which is a voter turnout of under 16%.
https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7406137
Wait Times for Mental Health Care in the news...
- NB's Department of Health is missing targets for how long a patient should wait to get mental health and addiction treatment, according to a report from New Brunswick Auditor General, Paul Martin.
- there's increasing demand for addiction and mental health services in the province,
- Auditor General says things should be re-assessed and budgets should be re-adjusted (paraphrase)
- NB's minister in charge of addiction and mental health service is Rob McKee, and he says this is already being worked on.
more at https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7406312
Good News: Community Turkey Drive Success!
- the other day, Salisibury Helping Hands Food Bank posted on their socials about how they teamed up with Fire Chief MacLeod to get a Turkey Drive going because of increased need in the area...
- their Turkey Goal was achieved! Well done!!
- any extra donations will be going to help other Food Banks in need.
see https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1010538654447399&id=100064738207340
Q League Hockey: Moncton Wildcats have two games at Avenir Centre this weekend... Friday and Saturday.
Note: the Friday night game vs Bathurst is the Teddy Bear Toss game! more HERE
Community: every school in Anglo East is still collecting food donations for their Fill the Bus campaign.
If you see a school bus at a grocery store this weekend, you can stop in to make a donation. We have more info on Fill the Bus on the Scotty and Tony Blog. https://www.scottyandtony.com/2024/12/ways-to-help-people-this-christmas-2024.html
