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Hundreds will run on Father's Day for three fallen RCMP officers who can only be with their children in spirit. It's the 11th annual Three Fathers Run held in Greater Moncton. "The importance of this run is to honour and remember the sacrifices of three amazing police officers, and it's to bring the community toge...

Public ceremonies will be held this week in Dieppe and Moncton to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle Normandy. On the morning of 6 June 1944, around 14,000 Canadians joined tens of thousands of Allied troops to storm the German-occupied beaches of Normandy. By the end of the day, known as D-Day, 3...

You have until Sept. 20 to submit nominations for this year's Order of Moncton. Established in 2010, it's the municipality's most prestigious and highest-ranking honour. It is awarded to residents for their outstanding achievements and significant contributions to Moncton's social, cultural, or economic community. City...

Passersby spotted a duplex under renovations on Moncton's Broadview Avenue on fire over the weekend. Moncton Fire Platoon Chief Mike Lake says the call came in around 9 p.m. Saturday with fire and smoke coming out of the top floor of the duplex. Firefighters extinguished the flames within an hour with four engines on t...

New colours have been added to the Town of Riverview building parking lot. They have a newly painted orange crosswalk with white feathers. It is part of the Town's observation of National Indigenous Peoples Day, which falls on June 21. The feathers represent love, respect, courage, honesty, humility, truth, and wisdom.

A woman was arrested in Nova Scotia in relation to a stolen vehicle and trailer from Moncton. RCMP responded to a report of a pick-up truck hauling a trailer being driven erratically on Highway 104 in Upper Nappan on Tuesday. The driver refused to stop for responding officers. Police soon located the truck and trailer ...

It's time for the dragon boats to take to the waters of Jones Lake in Moncton. Sixty-two teams will compete this year to support the Lions Sick Children's Fund and a charity of each team's choice. "Forty-one high school teams, the most ever. That includes all of our local high schools and two teams from Woodstock ...

Vitalité Health Network is calling on all retired registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and patient care attendants to become mentors. Vitalité officials said the program was developed and implemented throughout 2023 to support new nursing staff. Their main mission is to exchange ideas, share expe...

Many residents in Dieppe are returning home Wednesday afternoon to no electricity. NB Power is reporting more than 2,200 homes and businesses in the city without power. According to the utility's website, the estimated restoration time is between 6 and 7 p.m. Wednesday. There is no word at this point on what caused the...

A quick response from all Moncton fire stations after a small fire on the roof of the Moncton Hospital was reported. Moncton Fire Platoon Chief Brian McDonald says they received a 911 call at around 11:30 Wednesday morning. A construction crew was working on the roof when the fire broke out. McDonald says it was quickl...

Filling teacher's roles in rural areas is getting tougher and tougher. Recruitment and retention were discussed at a recent Anglophone East District Education Council meeting. "The vast majority of our substitute teachers are within urban areas or adjacent to urban access. As the price of gas goes up, the opportun...

Greystone Energy Systems, an HVAC company based in Moncton, has announced plans for a new facility in the Desbrisay Avenue area. President and CEO Robin Drummond said the relocation was needed due to outgrowing their English Drive site, where they have been located for nearly 40 years. Drummond added the new building i...

Residents continue to express concerns over the AIM scrapyard on Toombs Street in Moncton. They held protests on Friday and Saturday. "We are trying to relocate to a heavy industrial park. They're currently in a zone for a light industrial park. So right now we have a junkyard in a residential area and we are tryi...

Emergency crews are on scene in the Caledonia Industrial Park after a natural gas line was cut. Moncton fire crews were called to Frenette Avenue just before 1 p.m. Friday. Platoon Chief Mike Lake said Liberty Gas is on the scene trying to close off the lines. Lake told our newsroom that one business has been evacuated...

Greater Moncton has taken the designation of being one of the fastest-growing areas in Canada. That is according to new population estimates released by Statistics Canada this week. As of July 1, 2023, the population of the Moncton census metropolitan area stood at 178,971. That was an increase of 10,000 people, or aro...

Spring means babies at the Magnetic Hill Zoo. On April 23, they welcomed a ring-tailed lemur to the world. "It was first thing in the morning when the staff checked on the animals and we saw there was a couple of extra ears or a couple of little eyeballs hanging on to mom. So it was a very pleasant surprise,"...

From the World Juniors to the CFL, Moncton continues to host national and international sporting events. Basketball fans have the chance to watch the NCAA once again. The Atlantic Slam tournament returns this fall at the Avenir Centre. City Communications Director Isabelle LeBlanc believes Moncton has the potential to ...

Two people have been arrested after searches at a pair of Moncton-area dispensaries. Peace officers searched Queen-E Smoke and Vape on Mountain Road in Moncton and Pinewood Road in Riverview on May 9. The Department of Justice Safety said officers seized contraband cannabis products at both locations, including: 744 gr...

A public art piece for the new regional policing headquarters has been approved for $200, 000. It's called 'Spirit of Reconciliation' and is the first Indigenous installation under the City's Percent for Public Art Policy, to a maximum of $200,000 per project. Designed by Brian Francis, a Mi'kmaq artist from Elsipogtog...

Honours for four people who helped to save the life of a local hockey coach. On March 18th, during a U15C Lewisville Lightning hockey practice, a coach suffered a sudden heart attack and collapsed on the ice. Marc Maillet, Marisol Beaudry, Catherine Theriault, and Julie Lebrun quickly jumped into action using an AED ma...