On the outside, the Rollingdam Fire Department may not look different, but on the inside there is about 24 inches (two feet) which will create room for a much-needed piece of equipment. A new fire truck purchased by the province was too high for the clearance to be stored inside the building. In April 2025, […]
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Saint Andrews native Gabe Smith has been awarded the Guy-Carbonneau Trophy for top defensive forward in the Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The QMJHL said this has been a breakout year for Smith, who was drafted by the NHL’s Utah Mammoth in the fourth round. Smith currently plays for the Moncton Wildcats and has […]
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RCMP say a police operation has concluded at Fundy Middle & High School in St. George. Cpl. Hans Ouellette with the New Brunswick RCMP said the police received a call at 9:40 a.m. about a threat made to a school on Mount Pleasant Road. “School officials have made the decision to place the school in […]
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The board of trustees will be closing Lonicera Hall in St. Stephen. In a release obtained by The Courier, the board said that it had made the difficult decision to wind down operations and residents living there would need to find alternative accommodations by early summer, noting its inability to continue to operate past that […]
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Around 1,103 individuals submitted nomination papers to be representatives across the 77 local governments in New Brunswick. Two council positions in two communities remain vacant. Karine Pitre with Elections New Brunswick (ENB) said it is hard to compare the turnout between the 2022 elections and this one given the amalgamation in 2023, where not every […]
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When Shannon-May Pringle thought about the businesses along historic Water Street in Saint Andrews, she realized many of them are owned by women. It got her thinking about how to attract more people to town in the months when temperatures are a bit colder and the pace of life is a little slower — but […]
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Residents in Beaver Harbour are under a boil water order following repairs to a water main break in the community. “This boil order does not affect Blacks Harbour,” the post said on social media. “Residents will be notified as soon as the boil order is lifted. We apologize for the inconvenience.” It is unclear how […]
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The New Brunswick Transgender Health Network said the provincial budget has failed to address existing gaps in gender affirming care, including a stand-alone clinic. “New Brunswick is the only province in Atlantic Canada without a gender-affirming care clinic,” the release from the network said. “After years of attacks on trans rights under the previous government, […]
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The Province of New Brunswick has launched the fire watch season early amid record-low precipitation, a lack of snow, and prolonged drought conditions. “After what we saw last year, we know many New Brunswickers are feeling anxious about this wildfire season. That’s why we’ve made real investments to be ready,” Premier Susan Holt said in […]
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On Grand Manan, time does not so much pass as it settles. You feel it the moment the ferry pulls away from the mainland, when the shoreline softens and the horizon opens, and the world you’ve left behind—its noise, its urgency, its fluorescent insistence—begins to feel faintly theoretical. Here, there are no chain stores, no […]
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