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Monday, 12 June 2017
Fredericton Park Patrol in full force hunting down Less fortunate and Indians..orders from Idiot Mayor Mike O'Brien!!!!
Now the Patrol Patrol have block the Walking Bridge looking for Indians riding a bike without a helmet but they seem to leave the Syrians alone.....I wonder why????
Pretend police making real difference!!!
http://themanatee.net/pretend-police-making-real-difference/
Fredericton — The trail patrol “officers” in New Brunswick’s capital are doing a good job of biking around and pretending their job comes with a certain level of authority, according to the municipal Parks & Trees department.
“These kids — and they are kids — are really making us proud this summer,” said City of Fredericton staffer Neil Morris, who hired 2016’s group of power-hungry adolescents. “They’ve gone above and beyond. Normally they just leisurely bike around in groups of twos, checking out the trail system, ringing their little bells if anyone gets in their way. But this year, I dunno, something’s changed. They’re on the rampage.”
Morris went to explain that the trail patrol, who wear navy-blue uniforms that very much resemble those of the real police, have been trying to full-on arrest people who violate their adorable little codes of conduct.
“Let’s be honest, this is just a summer job to keep these kids out of their parents’ hair. But now they’re surrounding transgressors — say, someone who’s not wearing a helmet — and doling out real fines for real money. And the weird thing is, most people are totally buying it and just paying the fines, when they could as easily laugh and bike away.”
Shannon Aiken, 25, said she was pulled over on Tuesday by two 16-year-olds who informed her that, if she wants to use the city’s trail system via bicycle, she’ll need to wear a helmet and affix a bell to her handlebars in order to alert fellow pedestrians and bikers of her approach.
“I was like, ‘Aren’t you guys like 15 or something?’ I mean they had braces and acne and looked like the hugest dorks in history,” explained Aiken with a chuckle. “One of them asked to see my drivers’ licence. I laughed and said ‘Why would I bring my licence when I’m just out for a bike ride? And furthermore, why on earth would I put a bell on my bike like a loser?’ They got all offended and said they would report me to their supervisor… whoever that is.”
Other Frederictonians have had the same experience. “Oh yeah, this summer they’re all about forcing people to use the appropriate arm signals when turning and slowing down,” said Kyle Henderson, 29, who was stopped by the trail “police” this past weekend. “I told them my dad didn’t teach me those signals when he taught me how to ride a bike when I was like 5… obviously. They sort of stuttered and pulled out their little manual and tried to figure out how to deal with me, so I just rolled my eyes and biked away.”
Fredericton Police, meanwhile, are happy that there’s even less for them to do in the summer than the rest of the year.
“We don’t do much as it is, and these little bike keeners are dead-set on laying down the law,” said police officer Greg Bellieu, licking an ice cream cone outside Read’s. “I consider it my summer vacation.”
Pretend police making real difference!!!
http://themanatee.net/pretend-police-making-real-difference/
Fredericton — The trail patrol “officers” in New Brunswick’s capital are doing a good job of biking around and pretending their job comes with a certain level of authority, according to the municipal Parks & Trees department.
“These kids — and they are kids — are really making us proud this summer,” said City of Fredericton staffer Neil Morris, who hired 2016’s group of power-hungry adolescents. “They’ve gone above and beyond. Normally they just leisurely bike around in groups of twos, checking out the trail system, ringing their little bells if anyone gets in their way. But this year, I dunno, something’s changed. They’re on the rampage.”
Morris went to explain that the trail patrol, who wear navy-blue uniforms that very much resemble those of the real police, have been trying to full-on arrest people who violate their adorable little codes of conduct.
“Let’s be honest, this is just a summer job to keep these kids out of their parents’ hair. But now they’re surrounding transgressors — say, someone who’s not wearing a helmet — and doling out real fines for real money. And the weird thing is, most people are totally buying it and just paying the fines, when they could as easily laugh and bike away.”
Shannon Aiken, 25, said she was pulled over on Tuesday by two 16-year-olds who informed her that, if she wants to use the city’s trail system via bicycle, she’ll need to wear a helmet and affix a bell to her handlebars in order to alert fellow pedestrians and bikers of her approach.
“I was like, ‘Aren’t you guys like 15 or something?’ I mean they had braces and acne and looked like the hugest dorks in history,” explained Aiken with a chuckle. “One of them asked to see my drivers’ licence. I laughed and said ‘Why would I bring my licence when I’m just out for a bike ride? And furthermore, why on earth would I put a bell on my bike like a loser?’ They got all offended and said they would report me to their supervisor… whoever that is.”
Other Frederictonians have had the same experience. “Oh yeah, this summer they’re all about forcing people to use the appropriate arm signals when turning and slowing down,” said Kyle Henderson, 29, who was stopped by the trail “police” this past weekend. “I told them my dad didn’t teach me those signals when he taught me how to ride a bike when I was like 5… obviously. They sort of stuttered and pulled out their little manual and tried to figure out how to deal with me, so I just rolled my eyes and biked away.”
Fredericton Police, meanwhile, are happy that there’s even less for them to do in the summer than the rest of the year.
“We don’t do much as it is, and these little bike keeners are dead-set on laying down the law,” said police officer Greg Bellieu, licking an ice cream cone outside Read’s. “I consider it my summer vacation.”
Sunday, 11 June 2017
Reblogged: The Left Eye
Transcription by André Faust (June 10, 2017)
André Faust: I’m here with Mark D’Arcy of the Council of Canadians. In your press release, you made reference to secrecy in relationship to the pipeline. In what context do you mean that?
Mark D’Arcy: Energy will be the largest pipeline project ever constructed here in North America. There is a two-year review process, it been held up because a controversy and the original National Energy Board Panel actually was forced to resign and so this whole project has been delayed. One obstacle after another being put off by the government’s unwillingness to be public with the law of risks associated with the tar sands and the bitumen pipeline.
So here in New Brunswick, we had no public meetings only one by the city of Edmunston because of their watershed, drinking water watershed being traversed by the proposed pipeline route that is it!
No other public meetings in the province whatsoever over the last three years four years this project review, and why is that. The waterways you see in behind men the St. John River, the Nashwaak River, multiple crossings by this long pipeline route over the tributaries leading into these rivers system.
Tar sand bitumen is very different from conventional oil it will actually form tar balls and then those sink to the bottom and aggressively stick to the sentiment. Very, very difficult to get the lion’s share 20 to 30 percent of the bitumen will stick to these waterways after a major spill as seen by the North Saskatchewan River as seen last year as well as the Kalamazoo River in Michigan back in 2010.
A lot of these risks of the tar sand bitumen pipeline the government and its proponents, TransCanada and Irving do not want the public to know about them.
The watershed there is catastrophic long-term damage to the waterways and acutely the communities along the pipeline route there is a severe acute health risk to be exposed to a tar sand bitumen pipeline spill.
There would have to be early warning air raid sirens installed in the communities along the waterways where a potential spill would enter. People would have to be evacuated immediately because of the very neural toxic chemicals that are used to dilute the tar sands bitumen.
This is not something you fool around with and unfortunately there are has been no real math provided, no community notification along the pipeline route here in New Brunswick, and you when you look at the accumulative effect of all of that, people have been left in the dark. So there is complete secrecy by TransCanada, by Irving, by the lobbyist which includes the government of New Brunswick and the Government of Canada, and they don’t want the community to know one; the route and two; the extreme risk that tar sands bitumen pipe line will put their watershed at.
André Faust: Thank you, Mark
Mark D’Arcy: Thank you.
Letter to the Fredericton Daily Gleaner concerning Toilet at Carleton Park minus the Picaroons issue!!!!
P.S. If someone replied to my letter? I hope this write a Editor Note!!
Original letter -
To the editor,
I feel that I must write a public letter concerning the removal of a portable washroom at Carleton Park.
Around 6 years ago someone was in the Court because he was caught peeing at Carleton Park. A female Jogger claims he was doing something else. At the end, he was found not guilty but not until his name was paraded in the local newspaper.
I saw another individual peeing before going on his boat.
I said - Enough is Enough!!
I rallied City Hall for the need of a portable washroom at Carleton especially since this area is the most visited area in the City. I might add the Sunsets are amazing.
Fredericton Mayor Mike O'Brien took it upon himself and remove the Portable washroom from Carleton Park.
The reason - Picaroons is open for business and you can use their washroom.
What a way to promote our so-called green city eh???
The bar is open from Noon till 10:00pm. Encouraging kids to go into a Bar? So where are people going to go?
In the bushes somewhere? it's the old saying - When you have to go? You have to go!!!
The politicians representing the area. Councillor Eric Megarity and MLA Stephen Horsman don't seem too concern.
The City can spend $350,000 on a Armor vehicle for our Police Force but not a few hundreds on a portable washroom. Something is VERY wrong with this issue!!!!
I hope the New Brunswick Health Department monitors the area during the summer months because there are lots of kids playing in Carleton Park.
Charles LeBlanc
145 Westmorland Street
APT# 1
Fredericton
New Brunswick
E3B 3L4
Original letter -
To the editor,
I feel that I must write a public letter concerning the removal of a portable washroom at Carleton Park.
Around 6 years ago someone was in the Court because he was caught peeing at Carleton Park. A female Jogger claims he was doing something else. At the end, he was found not guilty but not until his name was paraded in the local newspaper.
I saw another individual peeing before going on his boat.
I said - Enough is Enough!!
I rallied City Hall for the need of a portable washroom at Carleton especially since this area is the most visited area in the City. I might add the Sunsets are amazing.
Fredericton Mayor Mike O'Brien took it upon himself and remove the Portable washroom from Carleton Park.
The reason - Picaroons is open for business and you can use their washroom.
What a way to promote our so-called green city eh???
The bar is open from Noon till 10:00pm. Encouraging kids to go into a Bar? So where are people going to go?
In the bushes somewhere? it's the old saying - When you have to go? You have to go!!!
The politicians representing the area. Councillor Eric Megarity and MLA Stephen Horsman don't seem too concern.
The City can spend $350,000 on a Armor vehicle for our Police Force but not a few hundreds on a portable washroom. Something is VERY wrong with this issue!!!!
I hope the New Brunswick Health Department monitors the area during the summer months because there are lots of kids playing in Carleton Park.
Charles LeBlanc
145 Westmorland Street
APT# 1
Fredericton
New Brunswick
E3B 3L4
Saturday, 10 June 2017
Friday, 9 June 2017
Why do Television Journalists have to carry large Video Cameras in 2017????
Many will end up leaving because of bad shoulders or back!!!!
How come we can't have smaller cameras???? This is 2017!!!!
Like this journalist -
March over the Nashwaak River to highlight the secrecy & risks of the Energy East tar sands pipeline project!!!!
https://lefteyex.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/march-over-the-nashwaak-river-to-highlight-the-secrecy-risks-of-the-energy-east-tar-sands-pipeline-project/
FREDERICTON, N.B. – A march will be held on Saturday, June 10th in Fredericton across the Nashwaak River, 1:00pm-1:45pm. Starting at 1:00pm, people will meet at the gravel parking area beside 955 Union Street (borders the Nashwaak River and is just below the overpass of the Walking Train Bridge), and then march across the trail bridge over the Nashwaak River.
This march is part of the ‘Hands Across The Water’ events held in June along the proposed tar sands Energy East pipeline route in New Brunswick. This event is organized by the Fredericton chapter of the Council of Canadians.
“New Brunswick and Indigenous communities have been left in the dark about the route and the risks of the Energy East tar sands pipeline project,” says Mark D’Arcy with the Council of Canadians – Fredericton chapter. “Since 2014, there have been no public meetings (except one in Edmundston over the pipeline risk to their drinking water), no Provincial Environmental Impact Assessment, no community notices along the pipeline route, and no readable maps.”
“Since 2015, both the City of Fredericton and the Council of Canadians – Fredericton chapter have asked TransCanada to hold a public meeting for Fredericton residents and conduct a spill modelling study of a tar sands bitumen pipeline spill into the Nashwaak River,” says Mark D’Arcy. “We are still waiting two (2) years later.”
“There are 3 tributaries crossed by the pipeline at the head of the Nashwaak River,” says Jean Louis Deveau, Chair of the Council of Canadians – Fredericton chapter. “A spill into any one of these in the middle of the night could go undetected, spreading quickly down the entire stretch of the Nashwaak River to Fredericton. There is no current technology that allows the tar sands bitumen to be captured by booms, and fully cleaned up from the bottom sediment where it sticks aggressively, as documented in the catastrophic spills in the North Saskatchewan River in 2016 and the Kalamazoo River in 2010.”
“The risks and consequences of a tar sands bitumen spill are simply too great for our watersheds and our homes,” says Mark D’Arcy. “More than 380 waterways in New Brunswick would be crossed by the Energy East pipeline. If you live close to a stream, river, or bay where a bitumen spill would spread (releasing life-threatening toxic gas requiring immediate evacuation), the installation of early-warning air sirens, a 1.6km Emergency Evacuation Zone for all residents, and lowered property resale values would become the new reality for your home, cottage, or farm.”
“Considering the size and risk of the project, the lack of readable maps available to public and communities along the proposed pipeline route in New Brunswick is a travesty to the National Energy Board’s stated mandate that the review process be “fair, transparent and respectful”, says Mark D’Arcy. “Our communities deserve online maps that are understandable and easy to read. These maps are contrasted by the easy-to-read and understandable maps, as well as a zoomable map on their website, provided by Kinder Morgan for their Trans Mountain Project on the west coast.”
“And it is important to show our solidarity with the Wolastoqewiyik (Maliseet People), since the Energy East pipeline would cut across the entire length of their ancestral territory, a territory based on the watershed boundaries of the St. John River Basin,” says Jean Louis Deveau. “The Wolastoq Grand Council held a press conference in Fredericton on January 29, 2016 to announce they were opposed to the Energy East pipeline.”
“Right here at this location we are reminded of two recent events that give us grave concern about the ability of our province to regulate this pipeline properly and protect our waterways,” says Jean Louis Deveau. “First, Irving Oil, a partner with TransCanada in the Energy East project, was not ordered to clean up their property directly across Union Street after they removed their oil storage tanks in 2003. As reported by CBC New Brunswick, the Department of Environment and Local Government refused to discuss the soil contamination citing “it is protected under the Privacy Act.”
“Second, the failure to insist that the proposed Sisson Brook be developed as a dry mine, and to insist on large bonds up front for cleanup, compensation, and reclamation,” says Jean Louis Deveau. “The integrity of the Sission Brook tailings pond, located at the head waters of the Nashwaak River, has to be maintained forever; it is important to remember that the Mount Polley tailings pond was only 20 years old when it had the catastrophic failure. Instead of the proposed $50 million reclamation bond, the Province of New Brunswick should insist on a mine reclamation bond of at least $750 million which would cover the cost of dealing with the open pit mine and treating the tailings pond with a wastewater treatment plant.”
“It’s our future too”, says Tina Oh, a recent recipient of the Starfish ‘Canada’s Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25’. “Canada will be unable to meet our greenhouse gas climate targets for 2030 if we build these tar sands pipelines. Young people, your children, don’t want runaway climate change. We don’t want survival. We deserve more than that. We want our future to include a clean & just transition for workers & communities.”
Tina Oh and friends from Mount Allison University have started a social media campaign to show support for these anti-Energy East events this month. They are asking people to post a photo of yourself or with friends with a sheet of paper(s) saying ‘the future I want includes’….” #HandsAcrossTheWater
“We prefer that we move into the direction of alternative energy – something that sustains life, not destroys it”, says Clanmother Alma Brooks. ” There’s a worldwide movement happening. Renewables are now cheaper than fossil fuels so there is no reason to delay.”
The final Hands Across The Water event is on Saturday, June 17th in Red Head (Saint John). Starting at 1:00pm, the 2nd ‘March to the End of the Line’ starts at the intersection of Red Head Road and Hewitt Road, the parade takes ~ 30 minutes, and arrives at Anthony’s Cove Road for a picnic on the shore of the Bay of Fundy. This family event ends at 4:00pm. This event is organized by Red Head Anthony’s Cove Preservation Association.
Jam for Jerry McCarty set for June 25th at the Fredericton Legion!!!
Hi Charles,
We are having a jam and meet and greet for Jerry McCarty on June 25th at the Fredericton Legion from 2-5.Could you please pass this on to your followers that this event will be happening,Jerry is a legend in the music community!!!
Brian Lean
This is a blog I wrote months ago!!!!
I just heard the sad news last weekend and confirm it with his brother this evening...
His Brother said that Jerry is asking for people to pray for him!!!!..:(..He's a VERY nice guy.....:)..known by many.....
Here's one prayer heading your way Jerry!!!...:)
Nova Scotians are learning the Irvings ARE NOT good Community people!!!!!
JD Irving installs rocks to block all access to Weymouth North Wharf!!!!
Sara Ericsson
Published on June 8, 2017
WEYMOUTH, NS – The JD Irving company has installed rocks and fencing at the Weymouth North Wharf to block all access to the property.
Several fishermen have the company’s permission to use the wharf to dock their boats at and sail from.
The fishermen have all been aware of liability issues at the wharf and were all instructed to have a $2 million liability for their respective vessels.
Alan Thurber and his son Mitchell Thurber are two such fishermen. Alan says he and several others have been in talks with the company to attempt to reach an agreement so the wharf can remain open.
He says the company said they’d reach out with a response on Monday, June 6.
The only response Weymouth received was rocks and a new fence.
“We were in a negotiation but now have zero clarity as to any direction this can go in,” said Alan.
“This company boasts they are a friendly and supportive community organization, but I feel their actions reflect differently.”
His son Mitchell agreed, saying, “JD Irving has used our town and wharf to their accord and left us with nothing.”
The company's perspective
Anthony Hourihan, Director of Land Development for JD Irving, says rocks were installed June 5 at the wharf due to ongoing safety issues.
The company has owned the wharf for 20 years. Hourihan says the closure happened because of ongoing safety issues at the wharf and also because of illegal use.
“It’s unfortunate we’ve had to do this because yes, a few fishermen have used it with our permission for a number of years,” he says.
READ THE REST AT THE LINK BELOW -
http://www.digbycourier.ca/news/local/2017/6/8/jd-irving-installs-rocks-to-block-all-access-to-weymouth-north-w.html
Sara Ericsson
Published on June 8, 2017
WEYMOUTH, NS – The JD Irving company has installed rocks and fencing at the Weymouth North Wharf to block all access to the property.
Several fishermen have the company’s permission to use the wharf to dock their boats at and sail from.
The fishermen have all been aware of liability issues at the wharf and were all instructed to have a $2 million liability for their respective vessels.
Alan Thurber and his son Mitchell Thurber are two such fishermen. Alan says he and several others have been in talks with the company to attempt to reach an agreement so the wharf can remain open.
He says the company said they’d reach out with a response on Monday, June 6.
The only response Weymouth received was rocks and a new fence.
“We were in a negotiation but now have zero clarity as to any direction this can go in,” said Alan.
“This company boasts they are a friendly and supportive community organization, but I feel their actions reflect differently.”
His son Mitchell agreed, saying, “JD Irving has used our town and wharf to their accord and left us with nothing.”
The company's perspective
Anthony Hourihan, Director of Land Development for JD Irving, says rocks were installed June 5 at the wharf due to ongoing safety issues.
The company has owned the wharf for 20 years. Hourihan says the closure happened because of ongoing safety issues at the wharf and also because of illegal use.
“It’s unfortunate we’ve had to do this because yes, a few fishermen have used it with our permission for a number of years,” he says.
READ THE REST AT THE LINK BELOW -
http://www.digbycourier.ca/news/local/2017/6/8/jd-irving-installs-rocks-to-block-all-access-to-weymouth-north-w.html
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