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The Saint John Police Force reported more than 1,300 vehicles were stopped during the first weekend of its annual Festive RIDE campaign. The program, which stands for Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere, is being carried out with support from the Kennebecasis Regional Police Force and the New Brunswick Department of Jus...

Drivers in Saint John's South and Central Peninsula will need to move their vehicles on Monday night. The City of Saint John says a temporary overnight parking ban begins at 11 p.m. Monday and runs until 7 a.m. Tuesday. No vehicles are permitted to remain on the street during the ban, according to the city. It warned t...

The Saint Andrews council has approved its 2026 budgets, but not without some dissent. Like other local governments in Charlotte County, it held its tax rates for both rural and urban areas. The provincial government has a freeze on property assessments, creating a level of uncertainty to municipalities across the prov...

Saint John Police are seeking public assistance to identify a vehicle and individuals involved in a break, enter and theft in the Drury Cove subdivision. According to a press release, police received a report of a residential break-in on Nov. 28 between 4:40 and 5:40 p.m. The suspect vehicle, believed to be a white, lu...

Quispamsis town council is taking early steps to developing a strategy to address homelessness. Coun. Kerrie Luck raised the issue at this week's regular meeting, and said Quispamsis should be proactive in dealing with it. "It's potentially not if, but when, it potentially will happen in our town," Luck said....

A 36-year-old man has been arrested after a break, enter and theft in Hampton. At approximately 5:21 p.m. on Nov. 26, Hampton RCMP responded to a report of a break-in at a residence on Robertson Road. Police observed significant damage inside the residence as a result of the incident. They determined the individual had...

The Hilton hotel on Saint John's waterfront will drop the iconic branding in January. According to a release from Unifor, which represents employees, ownership group InnVest Hotels will end its connection with the hotel. But Unifor says it has been assured the hotel will continue to operate independently. Meanwhile, Sa...

A 22-year-old man from Bayside, near Saint Andrews, is facing multiple charges after a police investigation. St. Stephen RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence on Highway 127 on Nov. 27. During the search, police found and seized ammunition, drugs and drug trafficking paraphernalia. The man appeared in Saint Joh...

The City of Saint John has been moving ahead with its Housing for All strategy. But there is some frustration on Common Council regarding how fast things are moving. Council received an update Monday, and while some parts of the strategy implementation are going well, some issues have arisen. The primary point of conte...

Students from Hampton High School will have another day off from class on Thursday. Anglophone South School District says the facility will be closed on December 4 due to water issues.