Author Archives: Brad Perry
Homeowner assaulted during attempted break-in: police
Mounties are investigating an attempted break-in and assault in the community of St. George. Officers were called to an attempted break-and-enter on Campbell Road around 4:30 a.m. on July 24. In a new...
Aug 02, 2023 Image: Facebook/Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Black Lives Matter NB receives $1.5M for skills development program
More than two dozen racialized people in New Brunswick are receiving support through a new program. The Skills for Success program is being implemented by Black Lives Matter New Brunswick (BLM NB). It...
Aug 02, 2023 Black Lives Matter New Brunswick executive director Matthew Martin and Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long. Image: Facebook/Wayne Long
RCMP release sketch after 'suspicious occurrence' involving child
Mounties have released a sketch as they look to identify an individual after an incident involving a child in Saint Andrews. RCMP said they were called to a park near Katy's Cove Beach around 11:30 a....
Aug 02, 2023 Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
Fire destroys Kingston Peninsula Home
Six people have been displaced after a fire destroyed a home on the Kingston Peninsula. Fire crews were called to Milkish Creek Road near Bayswater around 9 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Canadian Red...
Aug 01, 2023 Ian Carroll / CC
Flair launches direct Saint John-to-Orlando flight
New Brunswickers travelling to Florida will have a new option to get there this winter. Flair Airlines is launching a new direct flight between Saint John and the Orlando Sanford International Airport...
Aug 01, 2023 A Flair Airlines plane at the Saint John Airport. Image: Submitted/Saint John Airport
Reprieve from high humidity across southern N.B.
High humidity levels have been relentless across southern New Brunswick this summer. However, you may have noticed a more comfortable feel to the air over the past few days. Ian Hubbard, a meteorologi...
Aug 01, 2023
Grand Lake chosen as site for new jail
New Brunswick's newest $42-million correctional facility will be located in the community of Grand Lake. The Department of Justice and Public Safety announced on Monday that the jail will be built in ...
Aug 01, 2023
Higgs leadership review has 'not been triggered': party president
A leadership review of Premier Blaine Higgs has not been triggered, according to the president of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. "I have determined that the requirements have not...
Jul 31, 2023 Premier Blaine Higgs speaking at the 2023 State of the Province address. Image: Fredericton Chamber of Commerce
New guide encourages gardeners to plant non-invasive species
Gardeners in the Maritimes have a new tool to help them grow non-invasive plants in their gardens. Invasive species councils in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have launched the Grow Me Instead guide. C...
Jul 31, 2023 Image: Tima Miroshnichenko
Hampton break-in and theft leads to arrest
One person has been arrested after a break-in and theft in Hampton earlier in July. RCMP said they were called to a commercial compound on Main Street on the evening of July 19. "An individual broke i...
Jul 31, 2023 waferboard / CC