Author Archives: Brad Perry
Community needs survey launched for Saint John Fire Department
Saint John is looking for feedback as the city's fire department develops a 15-year strategic plan. A community needs survey has been launched on the Shape Your City Saint John website. "Saint John Fi...
Jul 22, 2024 A Saint John fire truck is pictured in this file photo. Image: Brad Perry
Home sales continue to increase in N.B.
New figures show home sales in New Brunswick continued their upward momentum in June. A total of 999 units were sold, according to the latest numbers from the New Brunswick Real Estate Board. While th...
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Lorneville residents concerned about industrial park expansion
Residents in one Saint John community are concerned about a proposed industrial park expansion. The city is looking to expand the Spruce Lake Industrial Park in Lorneville by around 1,600 acres. Howev...
Jul 19, 2024 Saint John is considering expanding the Spruce Lake Industrial Park on the city's west side. Image: City of Saint John
N.B. labour, trades workers vote to strike
Hundreds of New Brunswick labour and trades workers could be walking off the job in the coming weeks. CUPE Local 1190 announced Friday that its members have voted 84 per cent in favour of strike actio...
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4 impaired drivers arrested in Saint John: police
Saint John police say they arrested four impaired drivers during a 10-hour period Thursday night into Friday. Officers stopped a vehicle in the area of Prince Edward Street just before 11:40 p.m. Thur...
Jul 19, 2024 The Saint John Police Force headquarters, located at One Peel Plaza. Image: Staff photo
Ultralight aircraft crashes near Fredericton
An ultralight aircraft has crashed in a community northwest of Fredericton. Emergency responders were called to the Burtts Corner area on Friday morning. Officials have not confirmed the status of the...
Jul 19, 2024 Image: Staff photo
UPDATE: Worker dies at Sussex-area wind farm development
One person has died following a workplace incident at the site of a wind energy project under development near Sussex. First responders were called to the site of the Neweg Wind Energy Project in the ...
Jul 19, 2024 Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
Tentative agreements for N.B. college instructors
Tentative collective agreements have been reached with college instructors in New Brunswick, the province announced Friday. New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) and Collge communautaire du Nouveau B...
Jul 19, 2024 The NBCC Saint John campus on Grandview Avenue in Saint John. Image: NBCC
Saint John Airport not impacted by IT outage
Travellers at the Saint John Airport are not seeing any travel delays due to the global IT outage. An airport spokesperson tells us that Air Canada does not use Microsoft and is not experiencing issue...
Jul 19, 2024 The exterior of the Saint John Airport. Image: Brad Perry
Union representing social workers to vote on tentative deal
New Brunswick social workers will be among those to vote on a new tentative agreement next week. The provincial government and CUPE Local 1418 reached a tentative deal in late May with the help of a c...
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