N.B. maintains vet lab, privatizes veterinary service

N.B. maintains vet lab, privatizes veterinary service

By Estella Rosebush, Reporter The New Brunswick government is addressing the future of veterinary services in the province.   According to the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour (PETL) and Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries (AAF), the departments conducted a feasibility study and said the province will maintain responsibility for provincial veterinary and foreign animal […]

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 Police seek information on copper wire theft

Police seek information on copper wire theft

The St. Stephen RCMP is asking for the public’s help to identify a man following the theft of copper in the community.  RCMP said in a release on July 7 at 4:30 p.m. the police were called to a report of copper theft that occurred at a business on King Street.  “A man approached the […]

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 Saint Andrews residents push for accessibility reform

Saint Andrews residents push for accessibility reform

By Estella Rosebush, Reporter As tourism grows and Canada’s population ages, mobility accessibility concerns have become an increasing issue in tourism-based economies like Saint Andrews. The Government of Canada (GOC) defines a person as having a mobility disability if they have difficulty or are unable to either walk on a flat surface for 15 minutes […]

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 PHOTOS: The turkey vulture

PHOTOS: The turkey vulture

Photos Submitted by Dwayne Foote ST. GEORGE – It was a foggy morning when I traveled to St. George to hopefully capture some photos of Eagles. I did see them against the beautiful backdrop of this town, but it was actually my interactions with this Turkey Vulture that caught my eye. It was a much […]

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 Transportation and Infrastructure Notice

Transportation and Infrastructure Notice

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure wishes to advise the public of plans to construct a 122 meter (400’) public safety communication tower in Lawrence Station, NB. The new 400’ tower will improve wireless communications for Police, Fire, Ambulance, the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure and other provincial government departments, agencies and First Responders in […]

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 Canadian wins honour bestowed on only seven people in history

Canadian wins honour bestowed on only seven people in history

John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Graydon Nicholas, New Brunswick’s first Indigenous person to serve as lieutenant governor, has been awarded one of the highest honours bestowed by the Knights of Columbus, the world’s largest Catholic fraternal organization. Earlier this month, in Denver, Colorado, Nicholas was presented with the Caritas Award, a rare international honour […]

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