Author Archives: Brad Perry

More than $400,000 worth of contraband has been seized from a federal prison in New Brunswick. Staff members seized a package containing contraband at Atlantic Institution in Renous on Dec. 9. Among t...

A Saint John man has died after police say his all-terrain vehicle collided with a tree over the weekend. Police say first responders were called to Old Black River Road shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday. A...

Two people are dead after a head-on crash on Highway 15 in Moncton, according to RCMP. A 32-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man, both from Moncton, were taken to the hospital but later died from thei...

There is a new officer in charge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in New Brunswick. Assistant Commissioner Matco Sirotic is the 32nd commanding officer of the New Brunswick RCMP. He was appointed ...

Canada's annual pace of housing starts increased by eight per cent in November. The seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts came in at 262,443 units. That was compared to 242,207 units in Oc...

New Brunswick's nuclear generating station is once again producing electricity after being out of service for more than eight months. The Point Lepreau nuclear generating station returned to operation...

Quispamsis councillors have approved a tax cut as part of next year's $37-million budget. The residential property tax rate will be cut by nearly 1.8 cents to $1.2599 per $100 of assessment. However, ...

Striking Canada Post workers are heading back to work this week after a weekend ruling by a labour board. On Friday, the federal labour minister asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to s...

More than $20 million has been announced for a new 56-unit development in Saint John's Waterloo Village. Officials from all three levels of government were on hand Friday at the Steepleview Developmen...

Canada's labour minister has asked the industrial relations board to step into the nearly month-long strike by Canada Post workers. "The federal mediator has now informed me that the negotiations betw...