Author Archives: Brad Perry
UPDATE: Man wanted on warrant turns himself in
Saint John police say a convicted drug trafficker wanted on a Canada-wide warrant has turned himself in. The 45-year-old man had been accused of violating the conditions of his statutory release. He h...
Feb 22, 2024 A Saint John Police Force car. Image: Brad Perry
Mixed news for N.B. fuel prices
Some New Brunswickers will be paying more for fuel this week while others will get a break. An industry source says gasoline prices are expected to climb by nearly 0.5 cents per litre at midnight. Die...
Feb 22, 2024 engin akyurt / Unsplash
Fire destroys Moncton home
A fire has destroyed a mobile home off Salisbury Road in Moncton. Crews were called to the home on Arnold Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Platoon Chief Mike Lake with the Moncton Fire Department sa...
Feb 22, 2024 Image: Tara Clow
UPDATED: Route 7 in Grand Bay-Westfield reopens
Route 7 in Grand Bay-Westfield has reopened following a crash earlier in the day on Thursday. Emergency crews were called to the scene near kilometre marker 75 shortly after 6 a.m. Fire Chief Troy Gau...
Feb 22, 2024 Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
Sackville RCMP release sexual assault suspect sketch
Mounties are looking for help to identify a suspect in a three-year-old sexual assault investigation. Police are not saying much about the incident, only that it happened in Sackville in October 2020....
Feb 22, 2024 A sketch of the suspect RCMP are looking for in an October 2020 sexual assault in Sackville. Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
UPDATED: Missing man located safe, say RCMP
Mounties say a man reported missing from Belleisle Creek earlier this week has been located safe. The 68-year-old man had last been seen at a home in the community on Monday afternoon. Police and his ...
Feb 22, 2024 Image: Facebook/Royal Canadian Mounted Police
More people admitted to hospital for COVID, influenza
The number of COVID-19 and influenza hospitalizations has ticked up in New Brunswick, according to Public Health. The latest Respiratory Watch report showed 42 hospitalizations between Feb. 4 and 10, ...
Feb 22, 2024 Bret Kavanaugh / Unsplash
Opposition parties want changes to affordability benefit
New Brunswick's opposition parties are expressing frustration over the government's affordability benefit. Families or individuals with a net income of $70,000 or less in 2022 or 2023 are eligible for...
Feb 22, 2024 The New Brunswick legislature in Fredericton. Image: Brad Perry
Child poverty rate climbs in N.B.
New Brunswick's child poverty rate is on the rise after a significant drop at the start of the pandemic. That is according to a new report card released this week by the province's Human Development C...
Feb 22, 2024 Scazon / CC
Saint John police officer stabbed; suspect in custody
A Saint John police officer is expected to survive after allegedly being stabbed at a business on the city's west side. Staff Sgt. Sean Rocca said officers were called to the Canadian Tire on Fairvill...
Feb 21, 2024 A Saint John police officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being stabbed at a west Saint John business on Feb. 21, 2024. Image: Brad Perry