Author Archives: Brad Perry
UPDATED: Police ID human remains found along Saint John River
Saint John police have identified human remains found along the Saint John River. Officers were called to an area near Reversing Falls around 9:30 a.m. Friday, according to police. In an update on Fri...
Jun 07, 2024 A Saint John Police Force car. Image: Brad Perry
UPDATED: CBSA job action on hold as mediation continues
Job action by thousands of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) workers has been put on hold as mediation continues. More than 9,000 workers represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada were i...
Jun 07, 2024 Canada Border Services Agency. Image: CBSA Facebook
Kent County hospital ER closed this weekend
Residents in Kent County will not be able to use their local hospital's emergency room this weekend. The ER at the Stella-Maris-de-Kent Hospital will be closed from 7:30 p.m. Friday to 7:30 a.m. Monda...
Jun 07, 2024 Hush Naidoo Jade Photography / Unsplash
N.B. to host first games of Australian rules football
This weekend will mark the first games of Australian rules football ever to be played in New Brunswick. On Saturday afternoon, the Saint John Bulldogs will host the Halifax Dockers and Sydney Giants. ...
Jun 07, 2024 The Saint John Bulldogs practice every Wednesday night. Image: Submitted/Steve Weaver Crawford
French president to visit N.B. this year
French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to visit New Brunswick this year. Premier Blaine Higgs let the cat out of the bag in the legislature on Thursday. Higgs suggested the visit is a result of...
Jun 07, 2024 Image: Soazig de la Moissonnière / DILA-La Documentation française
UPDATED: Deer Island ferry expected back in service Saturday
Provincial officials have released new details about an incident that sidelined one of the ferries between Deer Island and mainland New Brunswick. The Transportation Safety Board said Thursday it depl...
Jun 07, 2024 The Deer Island Princess II in an undated photo. Image: Transportation Safety Board
Shots fired inside west Saint John building
No injuries were reported after shots were fired inside of a building in west Saint John. Police were called to a report of shots fired on Charlotte Street West around 5:50 a.m. Friday. Arriving offic...
Jun 07, 2024 A Saint John Police Force vehicle sits in front of police headquarters at One Peel Plaza. Image: Brad Perry
Officers won't face charges in Saint John shooting: SiRT
A police watchdog says no charges will be laid against Saint John police officers involved in a shooting last fall. Police received a report of a man with a knife and a firearm damaging property in th...
Jun 07, 2024 Saint John police blocked part of Mecklenburg Street in the city's south end after an officer-involved shooting on Oct. 5, 2023. Image: Brad Perry
Power outage closes St. Martins School
Students at St. Martins School are getting an early start to their weekend due to a power outage. The Anglophone South School District announced just before 11 a.m. Friday the school would be closing ...
Jun 07, 2024 Norton Gusky / CC
Gas, diesel prices drop after weekly setting
New Brunswick drivers are waking up Friday to a nice break at the fuel pumps. Gasoline and diesel prices both fell by more than four cents per litre overnight. The new maximum price for regular self-s...
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