Author Archives: Brad Perry
Flair Airlines wants to expand further in Saint John
A vice-president at Flair Airlines says they want to keep expanding their operations at the Saint John Airport. The ultra-low-cost carrier began offering a weekly sunshine flight to the Orlando Sanfor...
Jan 31, 2024 A Flair Airlines plane at the Saint John Airport. Image: Submitted/Saint John Airport
COVID, influenza hospitalizations down in N.B.
New Brunswick saw a decrease in COVID-19 and influenza hospitalizations during the third week of January, according to Public Health data. The latest Respiratory Watch report showed there were five de...
Jan 31, 2024 Marcelo Leal / Unsplash
Firearm-related violent crimes up 24% in N.B.
New Brunswick saw a significant increase in the number of violent crimes involving a firearm in 2022. Police recorded 300 firearm-related violent crimes, according to Statistics Canada, up from 236 in...
Jan 31, 2024 Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
N.B. works to free up hospital beds
New Brunswick is working to reduce the number of patients waiting in hospitals for nursing home beds. The province has approved the temporary prioritization of patients from the Dr. Everett Chalmers R...
Jan 31, 2024 Bret Kavanaugh / Unsplash
UPDATE: 2nd person arrested after 'firearm offence'
A second person has been arrested following a "firearm offence" in Charlotte County earlier this month. Mounties said they responded to a report of a firearm being discharged in the Lawrence Station a...
Jan 30, 2024 Image: Staff photo
Lawtons in Brunswick Square on the move
An uptown Saint John pharmacy is on the move, but you will not need to go far to find it. Lawtons Drugs, located on the first floor of Brunswick Square, is relocating within the mall. It is one of jus...
Jan 30, 2024 Image: Alex Graham
N.B. releases Hydrogen Roadmap
The push is on for New Brunswick to become a leader in clean hydrogen development. On Tuesday, provincial officials released their long-awaited five-year Hydrogen Roadmap. Natural Resources and Energy...
Jan 30, 2024 The New Brunswick legislature in Fredericton. Image: Brad Perry
Man arrested after colliding with plow truck
A 19-year-old man has been arrested for impaired driving after allegedly hitting a plow truck in Saint John. Police said they were called to a collision at Coburg and Carleton streets at around 7:45 p...
Jan 30, 2024 A Saint John Police Force car. Image: Brad Perry
Mounties seek public's help in St. Stephen robbery
Mounties are turning to the public for help following a robbery in St. Stephen last fall. Police say a person entered a business on King Street back on Oct. 19, 2023. They allegedly left the store wit...
Jan 30, 2024 Mounties are looking for help to identify a person following a robbery in St. Stephen on Oct. 19, 2023. Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
French international school project abandoned
Market Square in Saint John will not be home to the region's first French international school after all. LIFPA Don Bosco Saint John announced Tuesday that it has abandoned the project months before t...
Jan 30, 2024 A rendering of the proposed LIFPA Don Bosco Saint John school in Market Square. Image: Facebook/LIFPA Don Bosco Saint-John