Author Archives: Brad Perry
UPDATE: Missing teen located, say police
Saint John police say a missing teenage girl reported missing has been located. The 14-year-old was last seen in the Park Avenue area of the city on Jan. 24. Police requested the public's help to loca...
Jan 30, 2024 The Saint John Police Force headquarters, located at One Peel Plaza. Image: Staff photo
Saint John student finalist for Loran Scholars award
A student from Saint John is a finalist for a Loran Scholars Foundation award. Thomas Cho of St. Malachy's Memorial High School is one of 90 people chosen from more than 5,200 applicants across Canada...
Jan 30, 2024
Moncton student finalist for Loran Scholars award
A student from Moncton is a finalist for a Loran Scholars Foundation award. Billy Truong of Bernice MacNaughton High School is one of 90 people chosen from more than 5,200 applicants across Canada. Ot...
Jan 30, 2024
New committee to address construction labour shortages
New Brunswick is facing a huge shortage of skilled trades and general labourers over the coming years. It is something the Construction Association of New Brunswick hopes to tackle through a new commi...
Jan 30, 2024 Josh Olalde / Unsplash
City to close one half of Heather Way
A busy street in east Saint John will be going from four lanes to two this year, but what will happen to those closed lanes remains undecided. Council approved a staff recommendation last week to resu...
Jan 30, 2024 Heather Way in east Saint John. Image: © 2021 Google
Police make 2 arrests in armed robbery
Two people have been arrested after an armed robbery at an east Saint John convenience store. Police say a man entered a store in the 1500 block of Loch Lomond Road around 9:40 p.m. on Jan. 4. Armed w...
Jan 29, 2024 A Saint John Police Force car. Image: Brad Perry
Suspect wanted in Dieppe robbery
Mounties are investigating a robbery that took place at CF Champlain in Dieppe over the holidays. Police said a man walked into one of the mall's businesses at around 10 a.m. on Dec. 30, 2023. He thre...
Jan 29, 2024 Mounties are looking for a suspect after a robbery at CF Champlain in Dieppe on Dec. 30, 2023. Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
New CEO for Greater Moncton Chamber
The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Moncton has a new chief executive officer. Nadine Fullarton has been appointed to the role following a months-long selection process. "We met some great candidates ...
Jan 29, 2024 Nadine Fullarton. Image: Submitted/Chamber of Commerce for Greater Moncton
Port Saint John modernization project now complete
The $205-million west side modernization project at Port Saint John has come to a close. Officials gathered for a ribbon-cutting last Thursday to mark the completion of the years-long project. Craig B...
Jan 29, 2024 A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Jan. 25, 2024, for Port Saint John's west side modernization project. Image: Submitted/Port Saint John
Error causes legal gap in child protection, adoption provisions
New Brunswick went several weeks without any legislative child protection or adoption provisions in effect. But the province's justice minister said the "error" did not lead to any children or youth b...
Jan 29, 2024 The New Brunswick legislature in Fredericton. Image: Brad Perry