Author Archives: Brad Perry
Nomination deadline approaching for local government byelections
The deadline for local government byelection nominations is just days away now. Sixteen council vacancies need to be filled in communities across the province. As of late Tuesday, a number of those va...
Nov 13, 2024 Image: Submitted/Elections NB
Campaign helps to bring holiday cheer to those in need
The Saint John Police Force is once again helping less fortunate and vulnerable adults this holiday season. Members of the force gathered on Tuesday to launch their fourth annual Holiday in a Box camp...
Nov 12, 2024 The Saint John Police Force launches its fourth annual Holiday in a Box campaign on Nov. 12, 2024. Image: Brad Perry
UPDATED: Premier Susan Holt meets with prime minister
Canada's prime minister says he is excited to work with the new premier of New Brunswick. Justin Trudeau and Susan Holt held their first bilateral meeting in Fredericton on Tuesday. Holt and her newly...
Nov 12, 2024 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt hold their first bilateral meeting in Fredericton on Nov. 12, 2024. Image: CPAC video capture
Man dies in western N.B. ATV crash
A 53-year-old man has died after an all-terrain vehicle crash in the Woodstock area. First responders were called to a trail off Sighaw Road in Bulls Creek just before 9 a.m. Monday. "The crash is bel...
Nov 12, 2024 Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
Moncton Wildcats remain top CHL team for 5th week
The Moncton Wildcats remain at the top of the weekly CHL Top-10 rankings. It is the fifth week in a row they have been in the top spot of the national rankings. The Wildcats extended their point strea...
Nov 12, 2024 Gardiner MacDougall is the head coach of the Moncton Wildcats. Image: Moncton Wildcats Zoom News conference
Saint John police investigate west side break-in
Saint John police are investigating a break-in at a commercial business on the city's west side. Two suspects allegedly broke into the business in the 30 block of Linton Road around 10:20 p.m. on Oct....
Nov 12, 2024 Saint John police say a commercial business on Linton Road was broken into on the evening of Oct. 8, 2024. Image: Saint John Police Force
39% of Horizon hospital patients awaiting placement elsewhere
A record number of Horizon Health hospital beds are being taken up by people who require other levels of care. A total of 652 acute care beds, or nearly 40 per cent, were occupied by alternate level o...
Nov 12, 2024 The Saint John Regional Hospital. Image: Brad Perry
Number of Canadian cigarette smokers continues to drop
Cigarette smoking rates continue to decline across Canada, according to the results of a new survey. Insurtech company MyChoice found the number of cigarette smokers fell 18.79 per cent between 2019 a...
Nov 12, 2024 Marco Verch / CC
Cooke Inc. set to acquire Peru-based fishing company
The largest private family-owned seafood company in the world has announced plans to grow again. New Brunswick-based Cooke Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Copeinca of Peru. The company i...
Nov 12, 2024 Workers at one of Copeinca's processing plants in Peru. Image: Submitted/Cooke Inc.
81 people die on roads patrolled by N.B. RCMP in 2023
Nearly two-thirds of collision fatalities on roads patrolled by the New Brunswick RCMP last year involved impairment or not wearing a seatbelt. That is according to figures included in the New Brunswi...
Nov 12, 2024 Image: Facebook/Royal Canadian Mounted Police