Author Archives: Brad Perry
Saint John To Host Meeting Of Premiers, Governors
Saint John will play host to five premiers and six U.S. governors in September for a series of meetings. The 43rd meeting of the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers will ...
Aug 01, 2019
NDP Forced To Scrap Leadership Convention
It is back to the drawing board for the New Brunswick NDP as they search for a new leader. The party was forced to scrap its August leadership convention after the lone candidate failed to pass the ve...
Jul 31, 2019 Jennifer McKenzie stepped down as leader of the New Brunswick NDP in February of 2019. (File photo/Brad Perry/Wave News)
Anniversary Of Brayden Thibault's Disappearance
Wednesday marks the two-year anniversary of the disappearance of Brayden Thibault. Thibault, from St. Stephen, was last seen on Gibson Street in Fredericton on July 31, 2017. Police have long consider...
Jul 31, 2019 Brayden Thibault of St. Stephen was last seen on Fredericton's north side in July of 2017. (Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP)
Highway Into Fundy National Park Will See Improvements
Visitors to Fundy National Park will soon have a much smoother ride to the tourist destination. On Monday, the provincial and federal governments announced a combined $4 million to resurface nearly 19...
Jul 30, 2019 The federal and provincial government announced $4 million of upgrades for Route 114 on July 29, 2019. From left to right: Goshen Snowmobile Club president Vicki Gaunce; Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Bill Oliver; Fundy Royal MP Alaina Lockhart; Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins MLA Bruce Northrup. (Photo submitted)
Brayden Thibault's Disappearance Now A Homicide Investigation
Two years after a St. Stephen teen vanished without a trace, Mounties now believe he was the victim of a homicide. Brayden Thibault was 17 years old when he was last seen on Fredericton's north side o...
Jul 30, 2019 Brayden Thibault of St. Stephen was last seen on Fredericton's north side in July of 2017. (Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP)
Police Investigate Daytime Home Invasion
Saint John police are looking for a suspect after a brazen daytime home invasion on the lower west side. Sgt. Rick Caswell said officers were called to a home on Guilford Street shortly after 11 a.m. ...
Jul 29, 2019 The Saint John Police Force headquarters, located at One Peel Plaza. (Staff photo)
Police-Reported Sexual Assaults On The Rise
The number of police-reported sexual assaults in Canada is up for the fourth year in a row. But a centre which helps victims does not believe we are seeing more instances of sexual assault. Numbers re...
Jul 29, 2019 (Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP)
UPDATE: Missing Woman Located Safe
Police say a missing 53-year-old woman from Old Ridge, N.B., has been located safe and sound. Savita Singh-Murray was reported missing on Monday afternoon. Singh-Murray was last seen Sunday evening an...
Jul 29, 2019 RCMP cruiser (submitted)
Manhunt Continues For B.C. Murder Suspects
Several Manitoba communities remain on edge as the manhunt continues for two murder suspects from British Columbia. Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky are charged with second-degree murder in the death ...
Jul 29, 2019 Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky are suspected of killing three people in northern British Columbia. (Twitter/Manitoba RCMP)
Humidex Could Reach 40 This Week: Environment Canada
This long stretch of hot and humid weather continues for much of New Brunswick. A heat warning, which was first issued late Friday, remains in effect for southern, central and northeastern parts of th...
Jul 29, 2019 Hiromichi Torihara / CC
