News Headlines Fri Feb 6: Top Seed Trimble Hosting JV Basketball Provincials/ Gas Prices Up, Heating Oil Down

Scotty
Scotty
February 06, 2026

Moncton Weather:  Wind chill in the minus 20s this am! Sunny today with some clouds this pm, Chance of flurries late afternoon. High minus 7.  

 

- Local News
 

 

What happened with Gas??  Gas went up 1.5 cents/ Diesel up 5 cents/ Furnace Oil down a couple cents.

Gas now 139.6

Diesel now 190.5

Furnace Oil now 181.8 

Gas prices normally change on Thursdays at midnight. See https://www.scottyandtony.com/2023/09/gas-price-predictions-are-bit-of.html  

 


Harrison Trimble High school is hosting the Junior Varsity Boys Basketball Provincials with the top 8 teams in the province competing! Shout out to Trimble who enters the tournament in first place after Regionals! 

- Games start at 1p on Friday Feb 6.
- Championship game is Saturday (Feb 7) at 4p.

See the HTHS Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/harrisontrimblehigh 

Check the School Sport NB Facebook for possible updates https://www.facebook.com/schoolsportscolairenb/ and here's the School Sport NB website https://www.ss-nb.org/en/ 

 

 

 
Multiple charges after a man, who was wanted on a warrant, fled from police in Riverview. After he was arrested, he was found wearing body armour/ carrying a loaded handgun. (Man arrested with loaded handgun, wearing body armor: RCMP | Telegraph-Journal).  
 
icymi, Codiac RCMP investigating a drive-by shooting at a home on Denys Street in Dieppe that occurred in the early morning of January 28. No one was injured. Police are asking anyone with information or surveillance footage to come forward (RCMP asking public for information after shots fired at Dieppe home | Telegraph-Journal).
  
Q League Hockey: Wildcats next home game Feb 15th. 
- Wildcats FB HERE

 
Riverview Winter Carnival is January 30 to Feb 8. Fireworks at Winter Wonderland Park set for Friday at 7p. Article (Riverview kicks off winter carnival with outdoor party, fireworks | Telegraph-Journal). 
Official website: https://www.townofriverview.ca/events/winter-carnival
*Related* For the fifth consecutive year, snowshoe artists have created a massive, 50-metre design in the snow on a frozen reservoir as part of the annual Riverview Winter Carnival (N.B. News: Snowshoe artists return to Riverview). 

 

 

- Provincial/ Regional News 
 
 
NB government signing off X/ Twitter after an open letter from the province's child and youth advocate raised alarms about the platform (N.B. government will no longer use X after concerns).

  

New Brunswick Olympians Primer: 
Two NB athletes will compete in Women's Short Track Speed Skating at the Winter Olympics which begin Feb 6, 2026 in Italy. Courtney Sarault of Moncton and Rikki Doak of Fredericton are part of Team Canada representing our nation! (https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7021533) 

Today at the Olympics https://olympic.ca/schedule-2026-winter-olympics/  

Olympics rundown link: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2026/02/team-canada-links-for-winter-olympics.html 

 
More than 60 New Brunswick arenas began the journey to win the Kraft Hockeyville contest, competing for a $250,000 grand prize for rink upgrades and the opportunity to host an NHL pre-season game (NB arenas compete for $250K Kraft Hockeyville prize | Telegraph-Journal). Nominations close on March 1, with the winner scheduled to be announced on April 4.
  

 

- National News & Beyond




Team Canada at the Winter Olympics in Italy #MilanoCortina2026
- Team Canada Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/teamcanada) 
- Team Canada YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/teamcanada) 

 
  
icymi, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen is preparing to become the first Canadian to fly around the moon as part of NASA's Artemis II mission. (Five things about Canadian Jeremy Hansen’s upcoming trip to the moon and back - National | Globalnews.ca). 

 

Links: 

Gas prices normally change on Thursdays at midnight. See https://www.scottyandtony.com/2023/09/gas-price-predictions-are-bit-of.html

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Q League Hockey: Moncton Wildcats Sched: https://chl.ca/lhjmq-wildcats/schedule/1/211/   

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🏫 Scotty and Tony's School News Page newcountry969.ca/school 

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💊 Health Care and E.R. Wait Times Resources:
- https://www.evisitnb.ca/ 

- https://www.sowhywait.ca/ 

- https://horizonnb.ca/services/emergency-department/estimated-emergency-department-wait-times/

- ER Room Wait Time Estimations resources continued... see https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/2b0cd71fe6614d7bacf3985e9b6a6fe6 (also medical imaging wait times at  that link) 

- NB Gov's My Health NB website: https://myhealth.gnb.ca 

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🏒🏈🏀⚽⚾ Sports:
- Scores https://www.flashscore 
- Moncton Wildcats Q League Hockey https://chl.ca/lhjmq-wildcats 
- Moncton AAA Flyers U18 Hockey https://nbpeimu18hl.ca/teams/flyers 
- Ladies High School Hockey www.leaguelineup.com/cehockeyec 
- Boys High School Hockey www.easternconferencehockey.com 
- West Kent Steamers Jr A Hockey https://www.westkentsteamers.com 
- High School Football https://www.gridironnewbrunswick.org/highschool.php 

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💰 Atlantic Lotto Winning Numbers... https://www.alc.ca/content/alc/en/winning-numbers.html 

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🩸 Donate Blood:
- Moncton Blood Donation Centre Hours are Monday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm/ Tuesday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm/ Wednesday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm/ Thursday from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm/ Friday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Moncton donor centre is at at 500 Mapleton Road. 
- GiveBlood app (iphone) (android)
- Call 1 888 2 DONATE (1-888-236-6283) or book at Blood.ca. 
- CBS Moncton Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LifelineMoncton/ 

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