The Municipal District of St. Stephen has announced a new partnership to build the long-awaited hotel. MDSS will work with Amsterdam Inn and Suites, a company based out of Sussex. The brand is owned by the deWinter family, who moved to Ontario from the Netherlands in 1952 before settling in New Brunswick. The organization owns […]
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St. Croix MLA Kathy Bockus said she is concerned about health care services offered to those living on Campobello Island in the U.S. after receiving word some services would no longer be covered under Medicare. “On Tuesday, during supplementary estimates and committee of the whole, the finance minister said the budget covered out-of-province visits for […]
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A report by the auditor general indicates the government has no strategy to address excessive wait times in New Brunswick emergency rooms. “Emergency room wait times consistently exceeded established targets and there is a lack of monitoring by the department to analyze gaps and risk areas,” said Auditor General Paul Martin. He told the Standing […]
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A hybrid boat that had docked at the St. Andrews wharf has been removed following a fire on Dec. 3. According to Fire Chief Kevin Theriault, firefighters from the St. Andrews Fire Department were dispatched around 3 p.m. “Our crews responded immediately, stretched hose down the wharf, and began attacking the fire. St. George and […]
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The Saint Andrews council has approved its 2026 budgets, but not without some dissent. Like other local governments in Charlotte County, it held its tax rates for both rural and urban areas. The provincial government has a freeze on property assessments, creating a level of uncertainty to municipalities across the province. Saint Andrews will hold […]
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A hybrid boat belonging to the Peskotomuhkati (Passamaquoddy) docked at the Saint Andrews wharf caught fire Wednesday. “On Dec. 3, an unexpected fire occurred aboard one of our fishing vessels while it was secured at the wharf in St. Andrews,” a statement from the Passamaquoddy Recognition Group. It said no injuries reported in connection to […]
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A 22-year-old man from Bayside has been charged following a drug investigation by the St. Stephen RCMP. Police said members of the detachment searched a residence on Highway 127. “During the search, police seized ammunition, drugs, and drug trafficking paraphernalia,” the release from the RCMP stated. Miles Burton Junior Johnson appeared in Saint John Provincial […]
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Ability New Brunswick has launched a new microsite aimed at helping early learning centres and daycares create more inclusive spaces for children with mobility disabilities. Haley Flaro, the executive director of Ability New Brunswick, noted that the organization observed a trend in those facilities and decided to partner with the Department of Education and Early […]
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The Municipal District of St. Stephen (MDSS) is holding its tax rates amid the ongoing property assessment freeze throughout New Brunswick. Rates will remain at 1.5561 per $100 of assessment for Ward 2 – or the urban area of St. Stephen – and 0.5597 per $100 of assessment for the rural wards. The rural wards […]
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