Firefighters battle blaze in uptown Saint John
CBC
Multiple Saint John fire were on scene at a building fire in uptown Saint John, near the Charlotte and St. James street area, Tuesday night.
Saint John Firefighters have posted on social media to ask residents and passersby to avoid the area.
The south end of the uptown area was engulfed in smoke Tuesday evening as crews battled the fire, which appeared to be in a vacant structure.
Many residents in the area lost power as well.
Saint John resident Ingrid Woodhouse, who lives just a few blocks from where the blaze broke out, saw the fire and heavy smoke while she was out walking her dog.
When she got home, she said, her power was out, but came back on within about 20 minutes.
Saint John Energy tweeted that more than 1,500 customers were without power in the south end. It noted that crews were en route and were "conducting switching to restore power to the approximately 1,585 customers affected."
By 8 p.m., it tweeted that power had been restored to all 1,585 customers.
P.E.I.'s Public Schools Branch is looking for 50 substitute bus drivers, and it'll be recruiting at three job fairs on Saturday, June 8. The job fairs are located at the Atlantic Superstore in Montague, Royalty Crossing in Charlottetown, and the bus parking lot of Three Oaks Senior High in Summerside. All three run from 9 a.m. until noon. Dave Gillis, the director of transportation and risk management for the Public Schools Branch, said the number of substitute drivers they're hiring isn't unusual. "We are always looking for more. Our drivers tend to have an older demographic," he said.