Author Archives: Brad Perry
UPDATED: Border workers vote in favour of strike action
Canadian border workers could be headed for strike action during the busy summer season. Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) workers have voted 96 per cent in favour of strike action. The more than 9...
May 24, 2024 Canada Border Services Agency. Image: CBSA Facebook
Saint John saw $2.7M surplus in 2023
Higher revenues mean a considerable surplus for the City of Saint John. The municipality ended the 2023 fiscal year with a surplus of more than $2.7 million. Unaudited financial results were presented...
May 24, 2024 The City of Saint John sign is pictured in this file photo. Image: Aaron Sousa
2 arrested after Moncton-area dispensaries searched
Two people have been arrested after searches at a pair of Moncton-area dispensaries. Peace officers searched Queen-E Smoke and Vape on Mountain Road in Moncton and Pinewood Road in Riverview on May 9....
May 24, 2024 Peace officers with the Department of Justice and Public Safety arrested a man and a woman and seized contraband cannabis products from two dispensaries in the Moncton area on May 9, 2024. Image: Department of Justice and Public Safety
UPDATE: Lobster fishing closure in northeastern N.B. resolved
Lobster fishers are back on the water off the coast of northeastern New Brunswick after a resolution was reached on Thursday. Fisheries and Oceans Canada put a temporary closure in place for lobster f...
May 23, 2024 Fishing restrictions off the coast of northeastern New Brunswick after a North Atlantic right whale sighting. Image: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Lieutenant-governor doesn't have to be bilingual: appeal court
New Brunswick's lieutenant-governor is not required to speak both English and French. That is according to a decision released on Thursday by New Brunswick's Court of Appeal. The decision overturns a ...
May 23, 2024 The Justice Building on Queen Street in Fredericton. Image: Brad Perry
N.B. receives D- on poverty reduction
New Brunswick is not doing well when it comes to poverty reduction efforts. That is according to the latest poverty report card from Food Banks Canada. Our province received a grade of D- for the seco...
May 23, 2024 Scazon / CC
Fuel prices expected to increase this week
It looks like our streak of gas price drops in New Brunswick is coming to an end. An industry source says fuel prices will rise across the board on Thursday night. The price of regular gasoline is exp...
May 23, 2024 pavelkubarkov / Depositphotos.com
Very active Atlantic hurricane season expected
Forecasters in both Canada and the United States are expecting a very active Atlantic hurricane season this year. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its annual fo...
May 23, 2024 NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captured Hurricane Idalia approaching the western coast of Florida while Hurricane Franklin churned in the Atlantic Ocean at 5:01 p.m. EDT on August 29, 2023. Image credit: NOAA Satellites
180-unit development proposed in east Saint John
Several apartment buildings and townhouses could be coming to an east Saint John neighbourhoood. The city's planning advisory committee has given its stamp of approval to a 180-unit development in the...
May 23, 2024 A 180-unit development is being proposed in the area of Heather Way and Grandview Avenue in east Saint John. Image: City of Saint John staff report
Lease negotiations continue for YSJ land development
Announcements are expected soon as the Saint John Airport (YSJ) looks to develop 600 acres of unused land. Officials unveiled the ambitious plans in early 2023, saying the land has been divided into f...
May 22, 2024 The exterior of the Saint John Airport. Image: Brad Perry