Author Archives: Brad Perry
Unexpected Increase In Heating Oil Prices
New Brunswickers will be paying more for heating oil once again on Friday. The Energy and Utilities Board invoked its interrupter clause on Thursday night. The price went up by nearly six cents to a n...
Aug 19, 2022 Gnomedude / CC
Anglophone South DEC Welcomes New Member
A Saint John woman is bringing her education experience to the Anglophone South District Education Council (DEC). Ginny Hooper was sworn in as the new representative for subdistrict 4 during Wednesday...
Aug 18, 2022 Ginny Hopper is the new representative for subdistrict 4 on the Anglophone South District Education Council. Image: Brad Perry
New Development For Colonel Nase Boulevard
Grand Bay-Westfield will finally have a major development on Colonel Nase Boulevard. On Monday, council gave the go-ahead for the construction of four townhouse buildings. Each of the buildings will h...
Aug 18, 2022 Colonel Nase Boulevard in Grand Bay-Westfield. Image: Town of Grand Bay-Westfield
Masks Still Required At Some N.B. Universities
Mask mandates in New Brunswick ended months ago, but many post-secondary students will still have to wear them when they head back to class this fall. The University of New Brunswick, St. Thomas Unive...
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UPDATED: No Arrests Yet In Saint John Murder
No arrests have been made after a 39-year-old man was stabbed to death in uptown Saint John. Police responded to a report of a stabbing at a residence on Charles Street just before 4 p.m. Wednesday. T...
Aug 18, 2022 Staff Sgt. Sean Rocca with the Saint John Police Force speaks with reporters on Aug. 18, 2022. Image: Brad Perry
Musquash Man Still Missing One Year Later
Thursday marks one year since a 76-year-old man from the community of Musquash, west of Saint John, went missing. Paul Doughty was last seen at a business near McKay Loop Road and Route 175 in the Pen...
Aug 18, 2022 Paul Doughty. Image: Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP
Linguistic Diversity Continues To Grow: Census Data
Immigration is fuelling a growth in Canada's linguistic diversity, according to Statistics Canada. New census data released Wednesday shows that 4.6-million Canadians predominantly speak a language ot...
Aug 18, 2022 abdallahh / CC
N.B. Nabs Three More Medals At Canada Summer Games
Three more medals for Team New Brunswick at the Canada Summer Games in Niagara, Ont. All of Wednesday's hardware was won by track and field athletes from Saint John and Fredericton. Isaac Cull claimed...
Aug 18, 2022 Track and field athlete Ryan Evans won a silver medal in the men's decathlon at the Canada Summer Games in Niagara, Ont., on Aug. 17, 2022. Image: Fran Harris
Gas, Diesel Prices Up Across N.B.
Fuel prices have jumped quite a bit more than expected this week in New Brunswick. The price of gasoline climbed by more than 5.5 cents per litre overnight. Regular self-serve is now selling for a max...
Aug 18, 2022
Quispamsis Approves Ridesharing Bylaw
Quispamsis has become the third community in our region to approve a ridesharing bylaw. Council unanimously passed the third and final reading of the bylaw on Tuesday night. Coun. Noah Donovan, who br...
Aug 17, 2022 Viktor Bystrov / Unsplash