On today's Tantramar Report:

A string of fires over the weekend in Cap-Pelé has residents concerned. The Cap-Pelé fire department attended three calls from Friday night through to Saturday, starting with a truck on fire near a barn in Baie Verte. Then early Saturday morning, the department was called to a small garage fire, and then an hour later, to a fire at the M&M Cormier Fisheries smokehouse in Petit-Cap. This is the third weekend in a row that a smokehouse in Petit-Cap has burned.  The previous two weeks, fires destroyed two smokehouses and a packing facility in Petit-Cap. Cap-Pelé fire chief Ronald Cormier told the CBC he wasn’t sure what was going on, and whether there was an arsonist at work. He said people in the community are scared. CHMA is gathering more information about the fires, and will update this story when we have more.

Today is the final day to send in a proposal for Struts Gallery’s Fall Fair float. Director Paul Henderson says he’s happy to consult with artists to discuss options and logistics.

The Sackville Memorial Hospital’s emergency department was closed for all of Saturday and Sunday, but is open again this morning as of 8 a.m. The same day Horizon issued that release, they also asked that people stay away from emergency rooms all together unless they are in dire need of care. Fredericton, Miramichi, Moncton and Saint John were singled out, as facilities in those cities were all overwhelmed with patients. Instead, Horizon recommended that people with minor medical issues go to a pharmacy or after-hours clinic.

About three dozen people gathered outside the Sackville Memorial Hospital on Saturday for a rally and walk in support of front-line workers who kept things running during the COVID-19 pandemic. The union represents more than twenty-two thousand public sector workers who are threatening to go on strike as early as next month if the New Brunswick government won’t agree to substantial wage increases. Bruce Wark of Warktimes gives us the scoop.

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