Fredericton city council has voted against a proposed subdivision at the corner of the Lincoln Road and Adams Street. Ward councillor Scott McConaghy says the plan for seven building lots would have made the already busy intersection too dangerous. Hundreds of neighbours signed a petition in opposition.

The city has unveiled a $5.4 million plan for a new city transit garage. Most of the funding will come from the federal government's Public Transit Capital Trust Fund. The city will shell out $423,000. The City has also announced a plan to make the Lady Beaverbrook Rink a little greener. An ammonia heat recovery system is being installed. The system could save up to 57% in heating costs.

Artists who normally sell their wares out of downtown Fredericton's Soldier's Barracks are looking for another home for the summer. The interior of the building is being renovated and the city isn't sure the work will be done by mid May, when shop owners normally move in. Work on the building's balcony, which was in need of major repairs and taken down, is expected to be done before summer.    

Three years behind bars for a Minto man on drug related charges. Kevin West, 50,  earlier pled guilty to production of marijuana, possession of marijuana and hash oil for the purpose of trafficking, possession of ecstasy and possession of the proceeds of crime. West was charged after police found hundreds of marijuana plants on land in Young's Cove last summer.

In sports...FHS has advanced to round two of the girl's high school hockey playoffs. The Lady Black Kats edged CDJ 4-3 in Edmundston to sweep that best of 3.