Author Archives: Brad Perry
Street Closures For Santa Claus Parade
Saint John's first Santa Claus parade in three years will happen this weekend. The 69th annual Saint John Santa Claus Parade begins at 6 p.m. Saturday. As a result, several streets throughout the city...
Nov 18, 2022 The 2018 Santa Claus Parade in Saint John. Image: Submitted
Fundraising Continues For Swallowtail Lighthouse Restoration
A fundraising campaign to restore an iconic lighthouse on Grand Manan Island is heating up. The Swallowtail Lightkeepers Society launched its $300,000 "Tending the Light" campaign over the summer. Now...
Nov 18, 2022 The Swallowtail Lighthouse on Grand Manan Island. Image: Brad Perry
Advance Voting For Local Government Elections
Advance voting begins this weekend ahead of the upcoming local government elections on Nov. 28. Polls are open both Saturday and Monday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. both days. Chief electoral officer Kim Po...
Nov 18, 2022 Image: Submitted/Elections NB
Saint John Home Shut Down After Drug Investigation
The province has used its Safer Communities Program to shut down a west Saint John home after an investigation into illegal drug activity. A community safety order was executed under the Safer Communi...
Nov 18, 2022 Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
Two Moncton Residents Sent To Prison For Drug Trafficking
Prison time for a man and a woman from Moncton in connection with several drug trafficking investigations. Wesley Lee Flanagan and Holly Alice Pellerin pleaded guilty recently to a number of drug-rela...
Nov 18, 2022 Image: Tara Clow
Home Sales Slow In Saint John Region, Figures Show
Southern New Brunswick continues to see the pace of home sales slow, according to the local real estate board. Figures from the Saint John Real Estate Board show a total of 204 homes changed hands in ...
Nov 18, 2022 Maria Ziegler / Unsplash
Keith Urban To Perform At YQM Country Fest In Dieppe
Country music superstar Keith Urban is returning to the Maritimes next August. Urban has been announced as the Friday headline for YQM Country Fest 2023 in Dieppe. Promoter Sam Bourgeois said they cou...
Nov 18, 2022 Library of Congress Life
Murder Charge Laid In 2018 Minto Homicide
Charges have been laid in connection with a 2018 homicide investigation in Minto. Mounties were called to a home on Centennial Drive on the morning of Aug. 1, 2018. Inside the home, they found the bod...
Nov 18, 2022 An RCMP cruiser. Image: staff photo
N.B. RCMP Refer Riverview Incident To SiRT
Mounties have asked Nova Scotia's Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) to review their actions after an incident in Riverview. RCMP said they responded Wednesday morning to a report of a person in me...
Nov 18, 2022 waferboard / CC
Inquest Called Into Woman's Death At Hospital
It has been nearly two years since Hillary Hooper died by suicide in the Saint John Regional Hospital's psychiatric unit. Now, a coroner's inquest has been called to look into the circumstances surrou...
Nov 18, 2022 The Saint John Regional Hospital. Image: Brad Perry