N.B. beverage-can company braces for aluminum tariffs set for early March | Moncton, Saint John take another step forward in bid to co-host 2029 Canada Summer Games | St. Stephen residents, businesses still boiling their water after nearly 2 weeks
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Thursday, February 20, 2025.
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N.B. beverage-can company braces for aluminum tariffs set for early March; With its portable canning assembly line, Craft Coast Canning allowed Grimross to go from canning five beer per minute to thirty\.

N.B. beverage-can company braces for aluminum tariffs set for early March

February 20 , 2025 at 12:54:30 p.m. AST • :

The owners of a company that sprepares and supplies cans for craft breweries say they are anxious about 25 per cent tariffs on aluminum and steel, announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, that are set to take effect March 12. 
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Moncton, Saint John take another step forward in bid to co-host 2029 Canada Summer Games; Bid Evaluation Committee Chair, Catherine Gosselin-Després, says the cities are being assessed on their viability for the event\.

Moncton, Saint John take another step forward in bid to co-host 2029 Canada Summer Games

February 20 , 2025 at 05:12:58 p.m. AST • :

Canada Games council officials were in Moncton and Saint John this week to evaluate the cities' bids to host the 2029 Games. 
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St. Stephen residents, businesses still boiling their water after nearly 2 weeks; Susie Hossack, co-owner of Carman's Diner, is the third generation of her family to own and work the diner, inheriting it from her mother, and her grandfather before her\.

St. Stephen residents, businesses still boiling their water after nearly 2 weeks

February 20 , 2025 at 03:04:55 p.m. AST • :

A boil water order for St. Stephen remains in effect after an initial notice was issued nearly two weeks ago. A water quality alert was first sent out on Feb. 8.
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No road salt? There are other options; CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon holds up some alternatives to road ice\.

No road salt? There are other options

February 20 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. AST • :

There's been a lot of ice this winter, making for slippery sidewalks and driveways. And it's sometimes hard for people to track down road salt. So what can you use instead? CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon explains.
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New Brunswick driver gets a $4,600 fine — for an accident that happened 65 years ago; The claim dates back to an accident from 65 years ago when Gildart lived in Toronto\.

New Brunswick driver gets a $4,600 fine — for an accident that happened 65 years ago

February 19 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. AST • :

Ossie Gildart was told his licence was suspended until he pays $4,661.91 because he'd had an uninsured accident — an accident that happened in Toronto in 1960. 
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National recall of Swiss Chalet-brand chicken nuggets after reports of injuries; The chicken nuggets affected by the recall were sold in 700-gram packages, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said\.  

February 19 , 2025 at 07:19:23 p.m. AST • :

National recall of Swiss Chalet-brand chicken nuggets after reports of injuries

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Destruction of pedway mural left Saint John artist feeling like her 'heart was ripped out'; Deanna Musgrave, the artist behind 'Nest', which was recently ripped out of the ceiling of the Saint Patrick Street pedway, said she hopes the loss of the artwork can lead to this never happening again\.  

February 18 , 2025 at 03:40:43 p.m. AST • :

Destruction of pedway mural left Saint John artist feeling like her 'heart was ripped out'

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Cross-border run: New Brunswick athletes training for international marathon; The summers are more popular for La Run Gang and often draw out 60 people each week\. The group's busiest summer night brought 80 people to run\.  

February 20 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. AST • :

Cross-border run: New Brunswick athletes training for international marathon

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One person dead in house fire in northwest N.B.; On Thursday morning, there was still smoke at the site of a house fire in Haut-Madawaska\.  

February 20 , 2025 at 12:36:08 p.m. AST • :

One person dead in house fire in northwest N.B.

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How Canada's first skyjacker boarded a Saint John flight and what happened next; Texas-native Charles Lavern Beasley hijacked flight Air Canada flight 303 with a \.22 caliber pistol\. He held a flight attendant at gunpoint, before demanding the flight redirect to Cuba\.  

February 19 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. AST • :

How Canada's first skyjacker boarded a Saint John flight and what happened next

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