Author Archives: Brad Perry
Entangled Right Whale Now Gear-Free
An entangled North Atlantic right whale is swimming freely once again in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) says whale #4440 has been spotted swimming gear-free of the coast o...
Aug 19, 2019 NOAA Photo Library / CC
More Construction Projects Begin This Week
A new week means more construction projects are set to begin in the Port City. Crews will be repairing asphalt cracks on Hickey Road between Bruce Lane and Latimore Lake Road. You can expect one-lane ...
Aug 19, 2019
Resident Wants City Council To Censure Mayor
A Saint John man wants city council to censure Mayor Don Darling for allegedly violating council's code of conduct. In a letter to council, Douglas James said the mayor's "recent deplorable and unacce...
Aug 18, 2019 Saint John Mayor Don Darling. (Photo: Brad Perry)
Service Of Remembrance In Pennfield Ridge
A memorial service will be held Sunday for the 85 men and women who died in the line of duty or in service at a former air station and army base near St. George. The service will take place at the for...
Aug 18, 2019 hobvias sudoneighm / CC
Man Injured In Fire At Sussex-Area Campground
One man was taken to hospital with burns after a fire gutted his family's travel trailer at a campground near Sussex. Fire crews were called to Pine Cone Camping in Penobsquis around 5 a.m. Saturday. ...
Aug 17, 2019 Pine Cone Camping in Penobsquis, N.B. (Photo: © 2019 Google)
'Easy Rider' Actor Peter Fonda Dies
Actor Peter Fonda has died at the age of 79. Media reports say the actor passed away at his Los Angeles home Friday from respiratory failure due to lung cancer. Fonda is best known for his starring ro...
Aug 17, 2019 Brian Snelson / CC
Rothesay Avenue Closed At Railway Overpass
Rothesay Avenue is closed to all traffic at the railway overpass near Rothesay Road. Crews will be reconfiguring the intersection and installing traffic lights. The Department of Transportation and In...
Aug 17, 2019 Rothesay Avenue will be closed at the railway overpass between Aug. 17 and Sept. 8 as crews reconfigure the intersection. (Photo: Brad Perry/Wave News)
Police Investigate Assault At Rockwood Park
Saint John police are looking for two suspects after a reported assault at Rockwood Park. Acting Sgt. Dan Weaver said officers were called to the Fisher Lakes trail system around 8:50 p.m. Friday. "A ...
Aug 17, 2019 The Saint John Police Force headquarters, located at One Peel Plaza. (Staff photo)
Roof Repairs Cause Problems For Uptown Library
The Saint John Free Public Library has become a moving library of sorts these last few weeks - but not by choice. Library operations have been forced to relocate elsewhere in Market Square at least fi...
Aug 15, 2019 Operations at the Saint John Free Public Library have been relocated several times in the past two weeks. (Photo: Brad Perry/Wave News)
Oland File No Longer An Active Investigation
The Saint John Police Force says the 2011 death of multi-millionaire businessman Richard Oland is no longer an active investigation. The statement from police Chief Bruce Connell comes after Crown pro...
Aug 15, 2019 Richard Oland was found dead in his uptown Saint John office on July 7, 2011.
