Author Archives: Brad Perry
Gas, diesel prices heading up in N.B.
New Brunswick drivers will see slight increases at the fuel pumps on Thursday night. An industry source says the maximum price for gasoline is expected to rise by 0.4 cents per litre. Diesel users wil...
Nov 30, 2023 Mike Mozart / CC
Long-term recommendations to improve anglophone education sector
New Brunswick needs a provincial action plan to address "chronic absenteeism" in the province's schools. That was one of the recommendations made by an executive steering committee to help improve the...
Nov 30, 2023 Education Minister Bill Hogan speaks with reporters on Nov. 30, 2023. Image: Government of New Brunswick YouTube video capture
Search continues for St. Stephen warming centre location
There is still no warming centre for the estimated 100 people experiencing homelessness in St. Stephen. But a group of community members says it is working to have something in place as soon as possib...
Nov 30, 2023 Neighbourhood Works is located in the former Holy Rosary Catholic Church in St. Stephen. Image: Mark Downey
Canada's economy shrinks 1.1% in third quarter
Canada's economy declined 1.1 per cent on an annualized basis in the third quarter, according to Statistics Canada. The national agency also revised its second-quarter results to a 1.4 per cent increa...
Nov 30, 2023 Jason Hafso / Unsplash
Charlotte FM toy drive this weekend
You can help us help children in need throughout Charlotte County this holiday season. 98.1 Charlotte FM is hosting a toy drive at Canadian Tire in St. Stephen this weekend. We will be accepting new, ...
Nov 30, 2023 Clyde Robinson / CC
Toy drive at TD Station
You can help us help children in need throughout the Saint John region this holiday season. Country 94 and 97.3 The Wave are hosting a toy drive at TD Station from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday. We are ac...
Nov 30, 2023 Clyde Robinson / CC
Three arrested in Sackville drug trafficking investigation
Three men have been arrested in a drug trafficking investigation in the Sackville area. Mounties said they executed a search warrant at a home on Pond Shore Road on Nov. 22. Officers seized "significa...
Nov 30, 2023 Items seized as part of a drug trafficking investigation in Sackville on Nov. 22, 2023. Image: New Brunswick RCMP
Province releases details on 6 new school projects
More details have been released about where several new schools in New Brunswick will be going. The province announced this week that six major capital projects will be started in the 2024-25 fiscal y...
Nov 30, 2023 Kenny Eliason / Unsplash
Weather Network predicts near-normal Maritime winter
Forecasters at The Weather Network are calling for a pretty average winter across the Maritimes. Meteorologist Melinda Singh said temperatures should be near-normal, especially to start the season. "B...
Nov 30, 2023 Ian Keefe / Unsplash
N.B. looks to force pension plans into shared-risk model
New Brunswick introduced legislation Wednesday to force five pension plans into a shared-risk model. The legislation impacts five pension plans in the province's education and nursing home sectors. Pr...
Nov 29, 2023 The New Brunswick legislature in Fredericton. Image: Brad Perry