Author Archives: Brad Perry
Proposed Saint John industrial park expansion referred to PAC
A controversial Saint John industrial park expansion is heading to the planning advisory committee. The city is looking to expand the Spruce Lake Industrial Park in Lorneville by around 1,600 acres. I...
Aug 20, 2024 Saint John is considering expanding the Spruce Lake Industrial Park on the city's west side. Image: City of Saint John
NB Power to host information session in Saint Andrews
Saint Andrews residents frustrated with recent power outages are taking their concerns directly to the utility. NB Power is holding an information session at the W.C. O'Neill Arena Complex on Wednesda...
Aug 20, 2024 The NB Power head office in Fredericton. Image: Submitted/NB Power
Wildcats ready for pre-season action
It is the time of year junior hockey fans have been waiting all summer for. Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action returns this week. The Moncton Wildcats will begin their six-game pre-season sc...
Aug 20, 2024 Image: Tara Clow
Evandale ferry delays expected Wednesday, Thursday
You can expect some delays on Wednesday and Thursday if you use the Evandale ferry. The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure says the ferry landing on both sides will be milled and paved. W...
Aug 20, 2024 The Evandale ferry. Image: Tourism NB
Sea Dogs to play first pre-season game in St. Stephen
It is the time of year junior hockey fans have been waiting all summer for. Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action returns this week. The Saint John Sea Dogs will begin their six-game pre-season...
Aug 20, 2024 The front entrance of TD Station in Saint John. Image: Brad Perry
Major Crime Unit now investigating 2021 disappearance
The 2021 disappearance of a Fredericton woman is now being investigated by the New Brunswick RCMP's Major Crime Unit. Kari Lynn Rose Campbell was last seen outside of a home on Lower Durham Road in Du...
Aug 20, 2024 Kari Campbell. Image: New Brunswick RCMP/submitted
Heart & Stroke NB launches AED subsidy program
The CEO of Heart & Stroke New Brunswick wants portable defibrillators to become as common as fire extinguishers. Nearly 900 automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, are currently registered wit...
Aug 19, 2024 David Bruce Jr. / CC
Swallowtail Lighthouse marks grand re-opening after restoration
Efforts to restore a 164-year-old New Brunswick lighthouse are now officially complete. A grand re-opening was held at Swallowtail Lighthouse on Grand Manan Island last week. More than $600,000 was ra...
Aug 19, 2024 The restored Swallowtail Lighthouse on Grand Manan Island in June 2024. Image: Facebook/Swallow Tail Lighthouse
Place 400 in Saint John's north end for sale
A well-known commercial building in the north end of Saint John has been listed for sale. Place 400 was initially listed for $6.2 million, but the sale price was recently cut in half to $3.1 million. ...
Aug 19, 2024 Place 400 in the north end of Saint John. Image: Brunswick Brokers
82 years since the Dieppe Raid
Canadian soldiers who died in the Dieppe Raid 82 years ago today are being remembered. Nearly 5,000 Canadian soldiers led the raid on Aug. 19, 1942, as part of Operation Jubilee. It marked the the blo...
Aug 19, 2024 Final exercise prior to assault landing at Dieppe. Image: Library and Archives Canada 4341223