Author Archives: Brad Perry
UPDATE: Police operation ends in west Saint John
A police operation on Saint John's west side has come to an end. The operation on Clover Court began sometime before 3:25 p.m. Tuesday. Police were telling residents in the area to shelter in place un...
May 13, 2025 Clover Court in Saint John. Image: © 2025 Google
Speed limit reduced in Saint Andrews
Drivers in Saint Andrews will need to be aware of a couple of changes. The speed limit on all urban streets has been reduced to 40 kilometres per hour from 50. The town has also added a four-way stop ...
May 13, 2025 The speed limit of all urban streets in Saint Andrews has been reduced to 40 kilometres per hour from 50. Image: Facebook/Town of Saint Andrews
Saint John police seize firearms, drugs
Saint John police have seized drugs and firearms following a two-month drug trafficking investigation. Officers with the Integrated Enforcement Unit arrested two people without incident last Thursday....
May 13, 2025 Saint John police seized drugs and firearms on May 8, 2025, following a two-month drug trafficking investigation. Image: Submitted/Saint John Police Force
N.B. MP named cabinet minister, another secretary of state
Two New Brunswick MPs will be part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet ministers and secretaries of state. Beausjour MP Dominic LeBlanc is president of the King's Privy Council and the minister re...
May 13, 2025 Dominic LeBlanc. Image: CPAC video capture
Teen charged in fatal Campobello Island crash
Mounties say a teen has been charged in a fatal crash on Campobello Island more than a year ago. The single-vehicle crash happened along Highway 774 in Wilsons Beach on March 22, 2024. At the time, RC...
May 13, 2025 An RCMP cruiser. Image: Staff photo
N.B. to issue 2nd round of nurse retention payments
New Brunswick will soon begin issuing a second round of $5,000 nurse retention payments. On Monday, the province announced that a letter of agreement was in place for nurses working in the regional he...
May 13, 2025 MedicAlert UK / Unsplash
Emotions high at Saint John industrial park expansion hearing
Emotions ran high during a Saint John council meeting on Monday as residents expressed opposition to expanding an industrial park. The city has proposed adding more than 1,500 acres of land to the Spr...
May 13, 2025 Resident Ashley Anthony (at the podium) and Coun. Brent Harris (bottom right) get into a heated back-and-forth during a public hearing on the Spruce Lake Industrial Park expansion on May 12, 2025. Image: City of Saint John YouTube video capture
Man arrested in uptown Saint John robbery
A 34-year-old man has been charged with robbery after a man was allegedly assaulted and had his phone stolen. Saint John police said the incident happened on Union Street in the city's uptown around 8...
May 12, 2025 The Saint John Police Force headquarters. Image: Brad Perry
$5M for gym renos at Université de Moncton
A renovated gymnasium at l'Universit de Moncton's physical education and sports centre is one step closer to reality. Provincial officials were on hand at the Centre d'ducation physique et des sports ...
May 12, 2025 Denis Prud'homme, president of l'Université de Moncton, shows Acting Post-Secondary Education Jean-Claude D'Amours the university's vision for its physical education and sports centre on May 12, 2025. Image: Brad Perry
Canadian trips to the U.S. down again in April
Canadian visits to the United States are down for the fourth straight month, according to Statistics Canada. The number of Canadians returning from the U.S. by vehicle dropped 35 per cent year over ye...
May 12, 2025 Canada Border Services Agency. Image: CBSA Facebook