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An application by Irving Pulp & Paper to build a 500-space parking lot in part of Saint John's Wolastoq Park should be denied, according to city staff. The rezoning application and municipal plan amendment came before city council for a public hearing on Monday night. Company officials said the extra parking would ...
Brad Perry Feb 11, 2025
Mounties are looking for information from the public as they investigate a theft at a Hampton business. A man entered the Main Street business and stole lottery tickets around 12:45 a.m. Wednesday. The suspect pepper-sprayed a worker in the face before fleeing in a white compact four-door hatchback. Police said the emp...
Brad Perry Feb 11, 2025
Saint John police say a convicted armed robber wanted on a Canada-wide warrant is back in custody. The 26-year-old man was wanted for allegedly breaching the conditions of his statutory release by not returning to the community correctional centre in Saint John. The Saint John Police Force asked for the public's help t...
Brad Perry Feb 10, 2025
Charlotte County residents with non-urgent medical issues now have a new option to get care. Horizon Health is offering an open-access clinic in St. Stephen as part of a two-month pilot project. It will be held at the Charlotte County Collaborative Wellness Centre on the third floor of the Charlotte County Hospital. &q...
Brad Perry Feb 10, 2025 Hush Naidoo Jade Photography / Unsplash
Two employees suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a convenience store robbery in Saint John's south end. Police said a masked man entered a store at the corner of St. James Street and Sydney Street around 10 p.m. Saturday. In a news release on Monday, police allege the suspect assaulted an employee with a weap...
Brad Perry Feb 10, 2025
Two people, including a youth, have been arrested after allegedly blocking an ambulance responding to an emergency. Saint John police said the incident happened on Route 1 westbound near the Rothesay Avenue exit around 4:45 a.m. Sunday. According to investigators, the ambulance was being blocked by two vehicles prevent...
Brad Perry Feb 10, 2025
A boil water advisory has been issued for all municipal water users in St. Stephen. Officials said turbidity, or discoloured water, caused by ongoing repairs to the pumping system means the water may be unsafe to drink and could cause serious illness. All water destined for consumption should be brought to a rolling bo...
Brad Perry Feb 08, 2025 Clint Budd / CC
Mounties are investigating a break-in and theft at a storage facility in Saint Andrews earlier this week. The incident happened at the Augustus Street business between 4:15 and 4:45 a.m. on Tuesday. "An individual used his vehicle to force open a security fence to gain access to a storage facility," RCMP said...
Brad Perry Feb 07, 2025
The long-awaited ladder fire truck has arrived in Saint Andrews. The municipal council in Saint Andrews viewed the truck, which extends about 100 feet, as a significant priority. Crews, mainly volunteers, have spent three days training on the truck, which cost the municipality around $1.5 million in total. "It mea...
Nathalie Sturgeon, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Courier Feb 07, 2025
Many students in southern New Brunswick will have a later start to their day on Friday. All buses in the Anglophone South School District are running on a one-hour delay. It is a similar story for Francophone South School District buses in the Saint John and Quispamsis regions. Crews are continuing to clean up roads an...
Brad Perry Feb 07, 2025 Austin Pacheco / Unsplash
No injuries were reported after a collision between a school bus and a car in the Kennebecasis Valley. The Kennebecasis Regional Police Force said it happened on Hampton Road at around 8:50 a.m. Thursday. Two students were on board the bus at the time of the crash, Const. Troy MacIntosh said in a social media post. &qu...
Brad Perry Feb 06, 2025
The Saint John Airport continues to see passenger growth after major drops during the pandemic. Around 180,000 passengers flew through YSJ in 2024, according to a spokesperson for the airport. Lori Carle, the manager of marketing, public and corporate relations, said that was up from 175,000 in 2023. "It was less ...
Brad Perry Feb 05, 2025
A staple of the Saint John City Market has closed its doors after more than three decades in business. Billy's Seafood Company made the announcement in a post on its Facebook page Tuesday afternoon. "I started the Market when I was 17 years old. It will always be a part of who I am," Owner Billy Grant wrote i...
Brad Perry Feb 04, 2025
St. Stephen council has voted to pay $4,480 to conduct a community safety survey through the Canadian Centres for Safer Communities. It was a key deliverable in the municipal plan, according to Mayor Allan MacEachern. The community has faced challenges including increased crime and a growing number of people experienci...
Nathalie Sturgeon, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Courier Feb 04, 2025
A McAdam man wanted in connection with an ongoing investigation has been arrested. Mounties announced Tuesday that the 20-year-old man had been taken into custody. No details were released by the RCMP about what the man had been wanted for. Police had urged people not to approach him but did not believe there was a ris...
Brad Perry Feb 04, 2025
One person was taken to the hospital after a multi-vehicle crash on Route 1 near Bartletts Mills. It happened in the eastbound lanes just past Exit 25 to Saint Andrews and Lawrence Station around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Chief Sean Morton of the St. Stephen Fire Department told our newsroom that a car collided with a Gateway...
Brad Perry Feb 04, 2025
A new CT scanner at the Charlotte County Hospital (CCH) should be operational by the end of February. The new state-of-the-art addition for the hospital in St. Stephen officially arrived on site late last week. Steve Backman, president of the Charlotte County Hospital Foundation, said there is a lot of excitement. &quo...
Brad Perry Feb 04, 2025
Two families in Saint John have recently moved into new affordable homes, thanks to a collaboration between Habitat for Humanity and the provincial government. Habitat for Humanity New Brunswick receives $70,000 per unit from the provincial government for up to 10 new homes per year. The New Brunswick Housing Corporati...
Alex Allan Feb 03, 2025
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a four-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted at a Saint John trampoline park. City police officers responded to reports of a fight at the business, located on the city's east side, at around 1 p.m. on Sunday. "A female witness heard children yelling and observed a...
Brad Perry Feb 03, 2025
The mayor of Saint John is extending her condolences after the deaths of two boys in the city. A 10-year-old and a 17-year-old were found dead in a home on Skaling Court in the north end on Wednesday morning. "The loss of two young lives is heart-wrenching for everyone involved. My thoughts are with you, and I sta...
Brad Perry Jan 31, 2025
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