Author Archives: Brad Perry
Rash of break-ins and thefts in St. Stephen
Mounties are investigating a series of break-ins and thefts in St. Stephen. Several incidents were reported on Queen and McColl streets last week. Police said they all happened between 4 p.m. Wednesda...
Mar 18, 2024 waferboard / CC
Safety precautions for viewing solar eclipse
New Brunswickers are being urged to take precautions to avoid vision damage during the much-anticipated solar eclipse. The path of totality for the April 8 eclipse will go right through New Brunswick,...
Mar 18, 2024 Jongsun Lee / Unsplash
Horizon Health continues work on recruitment, retention
Recruitment and retention efforts appear to be paying off at the Horizon Health Network. The health authority projects a 7.9 per cent turnover rate this year, down from 8.6 per cent last year. Gail Le...
Mar 18, 2024 Margaret Melanson is the president and CEO of the Horizon Health Network. Image: Brad Perry
Federal funding for Saint John electric motor manufacturer
A Saint John company is getting federal support to roll out a first-of-its-kind electric vehicle motor system. Victory Advanced Technologies (VAT) has received just over $400,000 from the Atlantic Can...
Mar 18, 2024 From left: Victory Advanced Technologies co-founder Greg Hemmings, Victory Advanced Technologies chief financial officer Kyle Gulliver, Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long, and Victory Advanced Technologies chief technology officer Isaac Barkhouse. Image: Submitted/Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
N.B. real estate market sees growing demand
New Brunswick is once again seeing growing demand in the real estate market, according to the province's real estate board. The New Brunswick Real Estate Board reported 567 homes sold in February, a y...
Mar 18, 2024 Maria Ziegler / Unsplash
UNB wins another national men's hockey championship
The University of New Brunswick has captured the national men's hockey championship for the second straight year. The UNB Reds blanked l'Universit du Qubec Trois-Rivires 4-0 in the University Cup fina...
Mar 17, 2024 Image: X/UNB Athletics
Saint John police investigate 2 property crime incidents
Saint John police say two property crime incidents on the city's east side appear to be connected. The first happened at a commercial site along St. Martins Road around 3:26 a.m. Sunday. Investigators...
Mar 15, 2024 A Saint John Police Force cruiser is pictured in this file photo. Image: Aaron Sousa
N.B. Liberal leader calls for carbon tax pause
There are growing calls from political leaders for the federal carbon tax increase to be paused. New Brunswick Liberal Leader Susan Holt wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. "At a time wh...
Mar 15, 2024 Liberal leader Susan Holt speaks with reporters on March 11, 2024. Image: Zoom video capture
NB Power granted interim rate hike
New Brunswickers will see their power bills rise in the coming weeks, but the exact increase is not yet known. An interim rate increase request by NB Power was granted by the New Brunswick Energy and ...
Mar 15, 2024 The NB Power head office in Fredericton. Image: Submitted/NB Power
Committee rejects Chamcook lobster holding facility
A victory for Charlotte County residents who are opposed to a live lobster holding facility in their community. Sitansisk (St. Mary's) First Nation sought a variance to build a 7,000-square-foot facil...
Mar 15, 2024