Author Archives: Brad Perry
N.B. health authorities welcome New Year's babies
New Brunswick's two regional health authorities have welcomed their New Year's babies. Horizon Health welcomed its first baby less than an hour after the new year began. Atlas was born at 12:45 a.m. o...
Jan 03, 2024 Atlas, pictured with his parents, was the first baby to be born in New Brunswick in 2024. Image: Facebook/Horizon Health Network
UPDATE: Convicted robber back in custody, say police
Saint John police say a convicted robber wanted on a Canada-wide warrant is back in custody. Police say Dustin Sacobie was arrested at an apartment building on Sydney Street on Tuesday. Sacobie, who h...
Jan 02, 2024 A Saint John Police Force vehicle sits in front of police headquarters at One Peel Plaza. Image: Brad Perry
Saint John police working on new records management system
Police in Saint John are hoping to bring a new records management system online this spring. Staff Sgt. Sean Rocca, a spokesperson for the police force, described it as a major undertaking. "Our curre...
Jan 02, 2024 The Saint John Police Force headquarters, located at One Peel Plaza. Image: Staff photo
Organization hopes to see homeless numbers stabilize in 2024
Homelessness in New Brunswick became a more visible social issue in 2023, according to one organization in the province. Hundreds of people are experiencing homelessness in the province's three larges...
Jan 02, 2024 Greg Bishop is a senior director with the Human Development Council. Image: Submitted
N.B. releases latest report on physician payments
New Brunswick's three highest-paid doctors each received nearly $2 million during the last fiscal year. The province has released its unaudited list of payments made to medical practitioners in 2022.2...
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Saint John Transit rates up to start 2024
Saint John Transit users are starting the new year with higher prices. A single-ride cash fare is now $3, an increase of 25 cents for adults and 50 cents for seniors and students. This marks the first...
Jan 02, 2024 One of the buses in the Saint John Transit fleet. Image: staff photo
Christmas tree recycling in the Saint John region
Municipalities in the Saint John region have announced their Christmas tree drop-off sites. Saint John: The City of Saint John says it will have five sites open for residents from Jan. 1 to 12. They i...
Jan 01, 2024 Sandra Seitamaa / Unsplash
Former NB Power CEO highest-paid civil servant in 2022
NB Power's former president and CEO was the highest-paid civil servant in 2022, despite being fired midway through the year. Keith Cronkhite earned between $600,000 and $624,999, according to new figu...
Dec 29, 2023 Keith Cronkhite is the former president and CEO of NB Power. Image: Submitted
Homelessness the biggest challenge for Saint John in 2023: mayor
Saint John's mayor says homelessness has been the city's biggest challenge over the past year. Donna Reardon said as the numbers grow, they continue to look to government partners for help. "We try to...
Dec 29, 2023 Saint John Mayor Donna Reardon. Image: Brad Perry
New Year's Eve fireworks in Saint John
Fireworks will ring in the new year for Greater Saint John residents. A fireworks display will be set off in uptown Saint John on Sunday night. It is set to launch from Long Wharf at 10 p.m., weather ...
Dec 28, 2023 Elisha Terada / Unsplash