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Flu

Clinics today, Friday for priority groups

H1N1 vaccination clinics for priority groups will held in Sussex today and in Saint John on Friday. Today's clinic will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, 66 Magnolia Ave., from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Friday, the Saint John clinic will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Barrack Green Armoury, 60 Broadview Ave. Priority groups are defined as: children six months to 18 years; pregnant women 20-weeks plus; pregnant women less than 20 weeks with underlying medical conditions; parents of children under six months old and First Nations people living on reservations only. Clinics for the remaining priority groups and the general public will be opening as soon as possible and will be continuing through November and December, said a spokesman for the Horizon Health Network. For updated information on the clinics visit www.gnb.ca/flu or call 1-800-580-0038. Meanwhile, the City of Saint John has been informing all municipal employees about how to prevent the spread of the virus. Officials have held public information sessions and a presentation is available on the city's internal website to inform staff what steps they should take. The city is asking employees to try to stand a metre away from others during conversations, avoid shaking hands and wash their hands as often as possible, using hand sanitizers where sinks are not available. City hall is also preparing to stock municipal buildings with disinfecting wipes, whose active ingredient kills H1N1 and other viruses.

Concert

Lightfoot coming to Harbour Station

Canadian folk troubadour Gordon Lightfoot has included a stop on April 4, 2010 at Harbour Station as part of a 12-city tour of Eastern Canada. Lightfoot, whose hits include Sundown, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Early Mornin' Rain and If You Could Read My Mind, is in his fifth decade of touring, has won 15 Juno Awards and been nominated for five Grammy Awards. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. and will be available online at www.harbourstation.nb.ca, by calling 1-800-267-2800 or (506) 657-1234 and at the Harbour Station Box Office.

Election

Parrot expected to seek seat

Dr. Jim Parrot, retired head of the New Brunswick Heart Centre, is expected to announce today his intention to run in the 2010 provincial election as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the riding of Fundy-River Valley, currently held by Liberal energy minister Jack Keir. The announcement will take place at 10 a.m. at the Brundage Point River Centre, 4 Ferry Rd., Grand Bay-Westfield.