it's Peanut Butter Jelly Day
Weather: Cold morning. Sunny. Windy. High plus 2.
Note: there's snow in the forecast tomorrow.
Weather info links: Newcountry969.ca/storm
icymi, yesterday's NB Power rate increase means that an average residential customer will pay an extra $244 per year for power.
On top of that, there seems to be an uptick in stories about bigger power bills for some people after their smart meter was installed. We link to that below.
Premier Holt says there'll be public review to look into possible solutions to higher power bills.
BTW, The article we link to says even after the price hikes, we still have some of the lowest electricity rates in the region.
see https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7498269 and also https://globalnews.ca/news/11106419/nb-power-high-bill-complaint/
Q League Hockey/ Moncton Wildcats in Round One of the Playoff: it was a Wildcats overtime win in Quebec last night, they are up three-games-to-none in the series and Game Four happens tonight in Quebec.
https://www.scottyandtony.com/2025/03/moncton-wildcats-2025-playoffs.html
AAA Hockey: The U18 Moncton Flyers compete at the ATLANTICS in PEI. Tournament begins tonight in Kensington. Flyers first game isn't until Thursday, Apr 3, 4:00pm vs Charlottetown.
https://www.scottyandtony.com/2025/03/aaa-u18-moncton-flyers-compete-at-2025.html
US President Trump is scheduled to announce more tariffs today which would impact Canada, and a number of countries.
- press conference is scheduled for 5p Atlantic.
- these are being called reciprocal tariffs and they're supposed to kick in immediately after the presser, but there aren't too many details.
- a 25% tariff on auto imports is scheduled to take effect on April 3rd.
Like there was with past tariff announcements, there's a lot of uncertainty about what will happen today and how it'll impact Canada and the world economy.
Global view see https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-aides-draft-proposal-least-20-tariffs-most-imports-us-washington-post-2025-04-01/ and also Canadian view see https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-liberation-day-tariffs-1.7499250
Election Stuff: 2025 federal election happens Monday, April 28, 2025. Here are some links:
- Who's running where you are? See https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7491682
- election info? See https://www.elections.ca/home.aspx
- who represents your views? See https://votecompass.cbc.ca/
It's been announced that The Terry Fox Run for cancer research is coming back to Confederation Bridge this September. It's been ten years since the run was on the bridge.
This will happen in September. You'll be able to start at the NB side or the PEI side of the bridge.
It's Daffodil Month and a great time to support the Canadian Cancer Society. see https://www.scottyandtony.com/2025/04/april-is-daffodil-month-suppoort.html
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⛽ Gas... EUB current prices http://www.nbeub.ca/ ... Gas Buddy Price Comparison https://www.gasbuddy.com/GasPrices/New%20Brunswick/Moncton ... CAA Gas Resources https://www.caa.ca/gas-prices/
🏒🏈🏀⚽⚾ Sports... scores https://www.flashscore ... Moncton Wildcats Q League Hockey https://chl.ca/lhjmq-wildcats ... Moncton AAA Flyers U18 Hockey https://nbpeimu18hl.ca/teams/flyers ... Ladies High School Hockey www.leaguelineup.com/cehockeyec ... Boys High School Hockey www.easternconferencehockey.com ... West Kent Steamers Jr A Hockey https://www.westkentsteamers.com ... High School Football https://www.gridironnewbrunswick.org/highschool.php
💰 Atlantic Lotto Winning Numbers... https://www.alc.ca/content/alc/en/winning-numbers.html
🩸 Donate Blood ... Moncton Blood Donation Centre Hours are
Monday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm ... Tuesday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm ...
Wednesday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm ... Thursday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
... Friday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm ... 🩸 The Moncton donor centre is
at at 500 Mapleton Road. ... 🩸 Get an appointment through the GiveBlood app (iphone) (android), call 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or book at Blood.ca. ... 🩸 Check the CBS Moncton Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LifelineMoncton/
