THIS WILL BE NEW BRUNSWICK FUTURE!!!! IT WILL COME DOWN TO THIS!!!

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The Lord Government will announce that they agree with the rise in power rate for the poor.

Property tax are going way up!

The Government are giving huge amount of money to the rich industries.

Poor people will not be able to afford to pay the rent which is going to go way up and it will come down to this!

Here's the story -

document.write(CETransPubCode("TP Saint John")); NB Telegraph-Journal | Saint John
As published on page C1/C2 on March 4, 2006

Threats lead to armed standoff
Residents evacuated, neighbourhood cordoned off

(Photo submitted by Brian Robichaud)
Emergency Tactical Services team members of the Saint John Police Force respond to a Boyd Street apartment where a man was holed up inside. He was to be evicted, but threatened to use a firearm if officials tried to evict him.
By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon
Telegraph-Journal

A Saint John man, who was scheduled to be evicted from his North End apartment on Friday, kept police at bay for more than five hours, threatening them with a firearm.

About 15 officers responded to the scene, including several members of the Emergency Tactical Service (ETS).

They evacuated the six-unit apartment building on Boyd Street and cordoned off the area at McKenna Crescent and Davenport Avenue.

Residents of the surrounding apartments and townhouses, commonly known as Rockwood Court, were advised to stay in their homes or at least use their back doors.

But some were standing on their front doorsteps and peeking out windows, trying to figure out what was going on in the neighbourhood they describe as friendly and quiet.

Many were worried about the safety of their children, who were due to arrive by school bus between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.

The man, who is in his 30s, was taken into custody without incident at about 3:30 p.m., said Staff Sgt. Glen McCloskey.

He was transported to the Saint John Regional Hospital for a psychiatric assessment.

A firearm was seized from the apartment, but Staff Sgt. McCloskey declined to say what type.

No one else was in the apartment where lace curtains and angel ornaments were hanging in the window.

The man could face firearm and threat-related charges, he said.

The incident started about 10 a.m. when a "distraught" man called 911. "There was reference to having some problems," said Staff Sgt. McCloskey. "And there was mention of a firearm."

The man was threatening police and the deputy sheriffs who were trying to evict him.

ETS, a specialized team that provides tactical response to high-risk incidents, was called in. They were served pizza and bottled water, suggesting they expected the situation to drag out.

A negotiator set up in an apartment across the street, maintaining contact with the man by telephone.

An ambulance and a emergency medical services vehicle were also on the scene.

The deputy sheriffs were advised to stay away.

Sheriff Frank Crilley declined to say why the man was being evicted.

Property owner and manager, Killam Properties, declined comment.

Officials at the rentalsman's office could not be reached.

Victor Vasquez, who lives in the apartment building where the man was holed up, was taking a shower about 10 a.m. when police knocked on his door, telling him to get out.

"They just said it's not safe," he said. "They never said why."

Mr. Vasquez went to a nearby neighbour's house to wait. His wife, Mary, was at work and his children, Chris, 12, and Victor Jr., 11, were attending Princess Elizabeth School.

He said the man only moved into the building about five months ago and lives with a woman and a couple of children.

He described the man as "loud," saying he plans to move next month after two-and-a-half years, largely because of him.

Stephanie Land, who lives in another apartment building on Boyd Street with her husband and two children, was shocked when she came outside and a police officer met her on her front steps.

"He said, 'Come on, come on' " and escorted her outside of the barricaded area. "I didn't even see the cop cars. I didn't know anything was going on," said Mrs. Land, whose mother was picking her up.

The officer told her to stay off the street and to use her back door. She left for a while and came back, hoping it would all be resolved.

"It makes me nervous," she said, while waiting to meet her eight-year-old son Keiffer at the bus stop on Davenport Avenue. She normally lets him walk home with his friends.

Police officers had planned to escort all of the school bus children to their homes, she said, but Keiffer has epilepsy and she was worried being greeted by a uniformed officer might trigger an episode.

Michelle Melanson, who lives on McKenna Crescent, didn't know what was going on either. "I thought there might be a bomb or something.

"It's freaking me out a bit," she said, sitting in her car, listening to the radio crackle with news of the standoff, hoping to find out more information.

"I have a seven-month-old baby inside sleeping."

"It's kind of unnerving," agreed neighbour Melissa Jamieson, who has two children, aged six and eight. "They just said, 'it's a situation.' "

Once the man was taken into custody, deputy sheriffs proceeded with the eviction, overseeing the locks being changed, said Mr. Crilley.

"It's scary sometimes," he said, noting that sheriffs do not carry firearms. "You never know when you go to somebody's door what you're going to receive.

"With the attitude of some people today and the amount of drugs and alcohol involved, it can be a very dangerous situation."