Author Archives: Brad Perry
Report heavy rainfall damage to the province
New Brunswickers impacted by this week's heavy rainfall can now register their damages with the province. Reporting damage is a key part of the provincial damage assessment and recovery process, the p...
Mar 01, 2024 Flooding by the metal bridges in Lower Millstream, near Sussex, on Feb. 29, 2024. Image: Melanie Curtis
Settlement reached for 2 men exonerated of murder
Two New Brunswick men wrongfully convicted in a 1983 murder have reached a settlement with the province, according to the organization that helped exonerate them. The co-president of Innocence Canada ...
Mar 01, 2024 Robert Mailman (blue jacket) and Walter Gillespie (white jacket) appear outside of the Saint John Law Courts on Jan. 4, 2024. Image: Brad Perry
Financial assistance uncertain after Sussex flooding
It is too soon to say if disaster financial assistance will be offered after this week's flooding in the Sussex area. Premier Blaine Higgs issued a statement Thursday afternoon as water levels continu...
Mar 01, 2024 Public Safety Minister Kris Austin (left), Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Richard Ames (centre), and Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins MLA Tammy Scott-Wallace (right) assess the damage left behind by flooding in Sussex on Feb. 29, 2024. Image: Submitted/Government of New Brunswick
Hundreds still without power after high winds
Hundreds of people remain without electricity after high winds tore through New Brunswick on Wednesday. Nearly 2,000 homes and businesses were without power as of 5:30 p.m. Thursday, according to NB P...
Feb 29, 2024 Fré Sonneveld / Unsplash
Economy grows in Q4 on an annualized basis
Higher exports and reduced imports helped grow Canada's economy in the fourth quarter. Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annualized rate of one per cent. It followed ...
Feb 29, 2024 Jason Hafso / Unsplash
3 evicted from Saint John home for alleged drug activity
Three adults have been removed from a west Saint John home after reports of illegal drug activity. A community safety order was issued for the property on McCavour Drive, according to the Department o...
Feb 29, 2024 Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
2 break-ins at Aboiteau Wharf
Mounties are investigating two separate break-ins at the Aboiteau Wharf in Cap-Pel. Police say the incidents are believed to have taken place on February 6th and 18th. A large quantity of tools, dock ...
Feb 29, 2024 waferboard / CC
Stormy start to spring expected in Maritimes
Spring is only a few weeks away on the calendar, but one forecaster says you should not put away your shovels just yet. Forecasters at The Weather Network released their 2024 spring forecast on Wednes...
Feb 29, 2024 Image: The Weather Network
Average rents increase 9.8% in Saint John
Housing affordability continues to be a challenge in Saint John, but city officials say they are working to address it. As of Oct. 2023, average rents increased 9.8 per cent year-over-year to $1,027, ...
Feb 28, 2024 Josh Olalde / Unsplash
Police still investigating suspected encampment arson
Saint John police are releasing new details of the vehicle involved in a suspected arson at a homeless encampment. Emergency crews were called to a tent fire at an encampment between Waterloo and Exmo...
Feb 28, 2024 A photo released by the Saint John Police Force shows the suspect vehicle in a tent encampment fire on Feb. 18, 2024. Image: Submitted/Saint John Police Force