Author Archives: Brad Perry
FCNB Issues Warning About 'Gifting Circles'
The Financial and Consumer Services Commission is sounding the alarm about "gifting circles" aimed at bilking women out of their money. Joleen Dable, who works in the commission's investigative enforc...
Mar 04, 2019 rick / CC
Fire Destroys Home In Western N.B.
A family of four had to jump from a second-floor window to escape their burning home in western New Brunswick. The blaze broke out in the community of Beechwood, north of Florenceville-Bristol, early ...
Mar 04, 2019 Glenn Fleishman / CC
FCNB Issues Warning About 'Gifting Circles'
The Financial and Consumer Services Commission is sounding the alarm about "gifting circles" aimed at bilking women out of their money. Joleen Dable, who works in the commission's investigative enforc...
Mar 04, 2019
Property Assessments Now In The Mail
It is that time of year again - property assessment and tax notices are now in the mail. Some have been bracing for big increases after assessments were frozen in 2018. But the province says lifting t...
Mar 03, 2019 The outside of a Service New Brunswick building. (File photo/Wave News)
Teen Injured In Tobogganing Accident: Fire Officials
A teenage girl has been taken to hospital after an apparent tobogganing accident in Musquash, west of Saint John. Lt. Rick Else of the Musquash Fire Department says the call came in around 1:20 p.m. S...
Mar 02, 2019 A Musquash Fire Department truck can be seen in this undated photo. (Submitted)
University Students Give Back To Newcomers
Some New Brunswick university students are giving back to their communities this March Break. More than 20 students from the province's four universities took part in a Super Saturday Social through T...
Mar 02, 2019 Nearly two dozen students from New Brunswick's four universities took part in an event through The Saint John Newcomers Centre on March 2, 2019. (Brad Perry/Wave News)
Atlantic Immigration Pilot Being Extended
The Atlantic Immigration Pilot program is being extended by two more years. The program was launched as a three-year pilot project in March of 2017. But the federal government says the program will no...
Mar 02, 2019 GotCredit / CC
Minimum Wage Going Up In N.B.
It is no April Fools' joke - New Brunswick's minimum wage is going up on April 1. The province says the minimum wage will increase by 25 cents to $11.50 per hour. All future increases will remain inde...
Mar 02, 2019 Evan Bench / CC
Long-Term Solutions Needed For Homelessness
The recent cold weather is not just unpleasant, it can be downright dangerous - especially for those without a place to live. Tony Dickinson, shelter and housing director at Outflow Ministry, says man...
Feb 27, 2019 Tony Dickinson is the director of shelter and housing at Outflow Ministry in Saint John. (Brad Perry/Wave News)
Gas Alarm Activation At The Regional
Officials are trying to figure out what caused a gas alarm activation at the Saint John Regional Hospital. Fire crews say they got a call about an ethylene oxide alarm shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday. ...
Feb 27, 2019 A photo of a Saint John fire truck.
