Author Archives: Brad Perry
Man charged with killing 2 boys sent for another assessment
A man accused of killing two boys in Saint John's north end will undergo a second fitness assessment. Roman Kamyshnyy, 45, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder following an incident on Ja...
Feb 21, 2025 The Saint John Law Courts building. Image: Brad Perry
UPDATE: Power restored after major transmission outage
Power has been restored to the remaining customers impacted by a transmission outage in the Fundy region. More than 17,000 homes and businesses throughout the region first lost electricity around 2:30...
Feb 21, 2025 bengt-re / CC
$3.5M to help address homelessness in Saint John
Saint John will receive more than $3.5 million in federal funding over two years to help address unsheltered homelessness. Officials from the federal and provincial governments were in the Port City o...
Feb 21, 2025 Officials announced more than $3.5 million in federal funding on Feb. 21, 2025, to help address homelessness in Saint John. From left: Saint John-Rothesay MP Wayne Long, Human Development Council Senior Director Greg Bishop, Saint John Mayor Donna Noade Reardon, Social Development Minister Cindy Miles and Housing Minister David Hickey. Image: City of Saint John
Simonds High School closing early on Friday
An early start to the weekend for hundreds of students in the Saint John area. Simonds High School is closing early on Friday due to what officials describe as "facility issues." The Anglophone South ...
Feb 21, 2025 Classroom at Northern Lakes K-12 School in Atikokan. Courtesy of the Rainy River District School Board.
Sussex youth arrested after reckless driving complaint
Mounties have arrested a Sussex youth for allegedly operating an all-terrain vehicle in a dangerous manner. RCMP responded to a reckless driving complaint involving an ATV in a Leonard Drive parking l...
Feb 21, 2025 Image: Facebook/Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Passenger hurt after vehicle struck by ice: RCMP
Mounties are reminding drivers about the importance of properly de-icing and removing snow before hitting the road. A vehicle was struck by a large piece of ice from an oncoming vehicle in southeaster...
Feb 21, 2025 A vehicle with a shattered windshield after being hit by a large piece of ice on Route 15 near Port Elgin on Feb. 19, 2025. Image: New Brunswick RCMP
Saint John's ConnexionWorks receives $545K in funding
A Saint John organization that helps supports entrepreneurs is getting a big financial boost. ConnexionWorks is receiving more than $545,000 in federal funding through the Atlantic Canada Opportunitie...
Feb 21, 2025 Federal officials announced more than $545,000 for ConnexionWorks in Saint John on Feb. 20, 2025. Image: Submitted/Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Canada Summer Games bid decision expected soon
Moncton and Saint John will soon find out whether they have been awarded the 2029 Canada Summer Games. Members of the bid evaluation committee spent the past two days visiting a number of sites in bot...
Feb 20, 2025 Scazon / CC
St. Stephen boil water order closer to being lifted
The Municipal District of St. Stephen is one step closer to lifting a nearly two-week boil water order. In a Thursday update, officials said the first water sample taken the day prior "met the regulat...
Feb 20, 2025 Andres Siimon / Unsplash
$7.2M to spur housing development in Dieppe
Millions of dollars in federal funding has been announced to help spur housing in the City of Dieppe. Dieppe is receiving more than $7.2 million through the second round of the Housing Accelerator Fun...
Feb 20, 2025 Josh Olalde / Unsplash