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Crews made quick work of a fire at NB Power's Bayside Generating Station in Saint John on Friday afternoon. First responders were called to the power generating station on Bayside Drive around 3:30 p.m. Flames and thick black smoke could be seen coming from the roof of the east side building. The Saint John Fire Depart...

Efforts continue to make Saint John's municipal electric utility its own corporation. In March, council voted to petition the province for a private bill to "corporatize" Saint John Energy. Under the province's Local Governance Act, municipal governments are not allowed to establish corporations. The proposed...

New Brunswickers who have a passion for railways can view the one-of-a-kind RAILFest. The railway show begins on Saturday and continues until New Brunswick Day, with model railroads made entirely of Lego bricks. The exhibits are designed in the style of railroads from the late 1800s to early 1900s, taking up 220 square...

Work is progressing on the long-awaited development at the top of King Street in Saint John. City staff recently issued street occupancy and excavation permits for the project at 99 King Street. In a social media post, Mayor Donna Reardon said existing foundation walls are now being removed. Reardon said construction o...

Nickolaj Vincent was instrumental in getting the Station 1 Skate Park in Saint John built more than a decade ago. Many who knew Vincent, who died last week at age 41, want to see the park renamed and a memorial created in his honour. Scott Bordage, who was best friends with Vincent for nearly 30 years, is leading the c...

The search for a missing 75-year-old man in Saint John has come to a tragic end. Police said the body of Brian Lynch was discovered late Tuesday afternoon. Lynch was last seen in his boat Monday afternoon tying up to a buoy offshore in the Beach Road area. A joint rescue coordination team conducted an extensive search ...

Three people have been arrested in an ongoing Saint John drug investigation. On Friday, police searched two separate Saint John locations. Officers seized products including two electronic money counters, over 33 grams of fentanyl, hydromorphone, almost 13 grams of cocaine and over $17,000 cash. A 56-year-old woman, a ...

A Saint John-based company has been charged in a fatal refinery explosion in Newfoundland and Labrador. Lorneville Mechanical Contractors is facing three occupational health and safety charges, according to a release from the Newfoundland and Labrador government. Failure to ensure the health, safety and welfare of its ...

Saint John councillors say urgency is needed to deal with the homelessness crisis in the city. Council adopted the city's first three-year homelessness strategy during their meeting Monday night. The goal is to make homelessness in the city "rare, brief and non-recurring" over the coming years. One of the 28 ...

A man has been charged with attempted murder following an alleged assault in uptown Saint John. Officers responded to a business in the 40 block of Waterloo Street just before 7:30 a.m. Monday. A 73-year-old man was found unresponsive on the ground and treated for non-life-threatening injuries in the hospital. Police a...