Author Archives: Brad Perry
New music festival coming to Sussex
A brand new music festival will take over the grounds of the Sussex Drive-In this summer. Sussex Fundy Fest is slated to take place July 21 and 22, officials announced on Tuesday. It is a collaboratio...
Mar 29, 2023 Sussex Drive-In. Image: Facebook
UPDATE: Missing Saint John teen located
Saint John police say a 17-year-old missing for nearly two weeks has been located safe. The teen was last seen in the north end area of the city back on March 16. Investigators asked for the public's ...
Mar 29, 2023 A Saint John Police Force vehicle sits in front of police headquarters at One Peel Plaza. Image: Brad Perry
Man arrested after St. Stephen arson: RCMP
Police say a St. Stephen man has been arrested after an arson in the community earlier this week. Emergency crews were called to a boat on fire behind a business on Milltown Boulevard, beside Chocolat...
Mar 29, 2023 Emergency crews responded to a boat on fire behind a business on Milltown Boulevard in St. Stephen on March 27, 2023. Image: Submitted/Craig Kenedy
N.B. proposes stiffer penalties for 'stunting'
New Brunswick drivers with a lead foot may soon face harsher consequences if they are caught. The provincial government is proposing stiffer penalties for extreme speeding, also known as "stunting". A...
Mar 29, 2023 Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
Six more COVID deaths reported, hospitalizations down
Six more COVID-related deaths have been reported in New Brunswick as the province reports a week-over-week drop in hospitalizations. The new deaths, announced in the province's weekly COVID report on ...
Mar 29, 2023 Mufid Majnun / Unsplash
Flair Airlines returns to Saint John Airport
There is a second airline to choose from when flying through the Saint John Airport. Ultra-low-cost carrier Flair Airlines returned on Tuesday with increased service. It has added a third weekly rotat...
Mar 28, 2023 A Flair Airlines plane at the Saint John Airport. Image: Submitted/Saint John Airport
Coroner's inquest scheduled into Wolastoqey man's death
A coroner's inquest has been scheduled into the death of an inmate from the Saint John Regional Correctional Centre. Skyler Brent Sappier-Soloman died at the the Saint John Regional Hospital on Jan. 3...
Mar 28, 2023 The Saint John Law Courts building. Image: Brad Perry
Saint John records $8K deficit in 2022
Saint John ended 2022 with a small deficit of just over $8,600, according to unaudited figures. That is just a drop in the bucket compared to the overall budget of $164 million for the year. Craig Lav...
Mar 28, 2023 The exterior of Saint John City Hall is pictured in this file photo. Image: staff photo
Attracting more professional accountants to N.B.
Officials hope a new agreement will make it easier to attract chartered professional accountants to New Brunswick. The Chartered Professional Accountants of New Brunswick (CPA NB) has signed an agreem...
Mar 27, 2023 Mylène Lapierre is the president & CEO of the Chartered Professional Accountants of New Brunswick. Image: Submitted
Funding for N.B. residents with diabetes welcomed
Diabetes Canada is welcoming more than $2 million in funding announced as part of last week's provincial budget. The province said it will use the funding to remove the age cap on its insulin pump pro...
Mar 27, 2023 Alan Levine / CC