NEWS HEADLINES
SPCA volunteer gains national honour - Mar. 12, 2010
BY JOHN GARDNER
john@stcroixcourier.ca
ST. STEPHEN — She is more concerned about cats than compliments, but she has both.
Gilda Gibson has volunteered with cats for the past 15 years because she wanted to make a difference to the felines. For the past five years, Gibson has worked with the Charlotte County SPCA.
Her volunteering was recognized by the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) recently with a seco....
St. Stephen woman’s 2008 death ‘suspicious’ - Mar. 12, 2010
BY KATHY BOCKUS
kathy@stcroixcourier.ca
FREDERICTON — Fredericton City Police are treating the death of a former St. Stephen woman who died in hospital as suspicious in nature.
Patricia Ann (Woodside) Kucerovsky, 43, died Aug. 19, 2008, while a patient at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital.
“As a result of information that the investigation has produced thus far and results from the autopsy and from other investigat....
U.S. regulators bound to gather more input - Mar. 12, 2010
BY BARB RAYNER
barbrayn@nbnet.nb.ca
Despite Canada’s concerns about proposed LNG terminals on the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) says it must continue processing the applications.
Last month, Gary Doer, Canada’s recently appointed ambassador to the U.S., wrote to FERC chairman Jon Wellinghoff reiterating Canada’s concerns about the terminals proposed by Downeast LNG and Cala....
Area needs LNG, says Calais mayor - Mar. 09, 2010
BY BARB RAYNER
barbrayn@nbnet.nb.ca
CALAIS — Mayor Vinton Cassidy says the city desperately needs the Calais LNG project and the few who oppose it – most of whom are Canadians – do so on grounds unrelated to legitimate safety, environmental or other aesthetic concerns.
He has forwarded his personal comments in favour of the project to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) noting that the City of Calais has filed f....





