Author Archives: Brad Perry
Community hub will 'change the south end': Saint John councillor
A Saint John councillor says he is glad the planned central peninsula school will include a community hub. On Friday, the province announced $7.5 million over two years for what they described as a pi...
Jul 04, 2023 The community's vision for a new school in the central peninsula can be seen in this architectural rendering. Image: Submitted/Envision Saint John
NB Power, ARC Clean Technology submit documentation for SMR project
It is being called an important milestone for small modular reactor development in New Brunswick. NB Power and ARC Clean Technology have submitted an environmental impact assessment registration docum...
Jul 04, 2023 A rendering of the proposed ARC Clean Technology facility at Point Lepreau. Image: Submitted
Stiffer penalties for 'stunting' now in effect
New Brunswick drivers with a lead foot will now face harsher consequences if they are caught. Proposed stiffer penalties for extreme speeding, also known as "stunting," are now in effect. Anyone caugh...
Jul 04, 2023 Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
Moonlight Bazaar returns to Saint John for 6th year
We are less than two months away from the return of the Moonlight Bazaar to uptown Saint John. Organizers are busy preparing for the one-day street festival, which is marking its sixth year this Augus...
Jul 04, 2023 The 2023 edition of the Moonlight Bazaar will once again include both Mars and the moon. Image: Submitted/Lauchlan Ough
RCMP charge 2nd person in Brandon Donelan murder
RCMP have laid a second murder charge in the death of a Minto man more than a year ago. Officers found the body of a man in a wooded area between Minto and Chipman on March 31, 2022. The victim, who w...
Jun 30, 2023 Image: Facebook/Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Proposed settlement reached in Restigouche Hospital Centre lawsuit
A proposed $17-million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit involving the Restigouche Hospital Centre. Koskie Minsky LLP, which commenced the legal action in 2019, made the announceme...
Jun 30, 2023 The Justice Building on Queen Street in Fredericton. Image: Brad Perry
$7.5M community hub for new Saint John school
A new school planned for Saint John's central peninsula will be home to a community hub. Education Minister Bill Hogan announced $7.5 million over two years for the pilot project on Friday. "It's fair...
Jun 30, 2023 The community's vision for a new school in the central peninsula can be seen in this architectural rendering. Image: Submitted/Envision Saint John
Carbon tax increases take effect Saturday
Filling up your vehicle's fuel tank will cost you even more starting on Saturday. An increase in the federal carbon tax on fuel products will take effect on July 1, It means the price drop motorists s...
Jun 30, 2023 Dawn McDonald / Unsplash
GDP remained essentially unchanged in April
There was little change in Canada's economy during the month of April, according to Statistics Canada. Goods-producing industries edged up 0.1 per cent, while services-producing industries were essent...
Jun 30, 2023 Jeriden Villegas / Unsplash
PC party members submit letters calling for leadership review
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is one step closer to facing a review of his leadership. A total of 26 Progressive Conservative party presidents have signed letters calling for a review. Now, they ...
Jun 30, 2023 Premier Blaine Higgs speaking at the 2023 State of the Province address. Image: Fredericton Chamber of Commerce