Author Archives: Brad Perry
Point Lepreau Back Online
The Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station has been reconnected to the province's power grid. NB Power said the station was taken offline last Tuesday, Aug. 2, following an undisclosed equipment iss...
Aug 11, 2022 An NB Power employee inside the simulator room of the Point Lepreau nuclear generating station. Image: Submitted/NB Power
Big Drop In Gas And Diesel Prices
It has been several months since we have seen fuel prices this low in New Brunswick. Gasoline prices fell by 13.9 cents when the Energy and Utilities Board reset prices overnight. The new maximum pric...
Aug 11, 2022
UPDATED: Power Restored After Massive Outage
The lights are back on in southeastern New Brunswick after a massive power outage Wednesday evening. More than 50,000 NB Power customers were knocked off the grid just after 8:30 p.m. Homes and busine...
Aug 11, 2022 The NB Power head office in Fredericton. Image: Submitted/NB Power
Liquor Sales Increase To $133M In First Quarter
Liquor sales in New Brunswick continued to be strong during the first three months of this fiscal year. Unaudited first-quarter results released Aug. 2 show total product sales of $133.7 million. That...
Aug 10, 2022 Image: Facebook/Alcool NB Liquor
Four-Year Anniversary Of Fredericton Shooting
Fredericton's police chief is reflecting on the four-year anniversary of a tragic shooting that rocked the city. It was on this day in 2018 that four people were killed outside an apartment complex, i...
Aug 10, 2022 A makeshift memorial formed outside of the Fredericton Police Force headquarters after four people, including two police officers, were killed on Aug. 10, 2018. Image: Brad Perry
Net Income Increases For Cannabis NB
Cannabis NB (CNB) saw a significant increase in its net income during the last quarter. That is according to unaudited figures released by the Crown corporation on Aug. 2. Net income increased to $4.1...
Aug 10, 2022 The Cannabis NB store in Rothesay. Image: Brad Perry
Two More Medals For Para Swimmer Jesse Canney
Jesse Canney continues to wrack up the hardware for New Brunswick at the Canada Summer Games. The para swimmer from Durham Bridge picked up two more medals at the Canada Summer Games on Tuesday. He wo...
Aug 10, 2022 Para swimmer Jesse Canney won two more medals for Team New Brunswick at the Canada Summer Games in Niagara, Ont., on Aug. 9, 2022. Image: Team NB/Twitter
UPDATED: Missing 72-Year-Old Man Safely Located
New Brunswick RCMP say a man who went missing on his way home to Qubec has been found. Mounties confirmed Tuesday evening that the 72-year-old had been located safe and sound. The elderly man left a h...
Aug 10, 2022 Image: Staff photo
Rothesay Art Installation To Honour Sixties Scoop Survivor
A powerful art installation assembled in Quispamsis earlier this year will be replicated next door in Rothesay. In June, Quispamsis Middle School students created a mosaic depicting a portrait of Sixt...
Aug 09, 2022 A mosaic depicting a portrait of Sixties Scoop survivor Minda Burley as a child was displayed at the qplex in Quispamsis on June 17, 2022. Image: Brad Perry
Saint John To Host First Sea Glass Festival
Sea glass enthusiasts will descend on Saint John in late August for the city's first sea glass festival. The festival will take place at Market Square uptown from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27...
Aug 09, 2022 Heather / CC