The New Brunswick government has announced $2.6 million for up to 50 communities to prepare and respond to wildfires. It is part of a $14.6 million federal-provincial investment in Natural Resource Canada’s Resilient Communities. This past summer was the second largest forest fire season for New Brunswick, which recorded 448 fires and burned 3,412.5 hectares— […]
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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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By Autumn Williams, Student Reporter Danika Sorel, a former Canada Games speed skater has come back to St. Croix Blades, s speed skating club, to coach for the very club she began her career with. Sorel started her speed skating journey in 2001. “I started speed skating because I didn’t want to wear dresses anymore” […]
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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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If there is a season in which Charlotte County reveals its truest self, it is Christmas. And nowhere is that more visible than in the annual Santa’s Helpers on CHCO-TV. Over five hours of live broadcasting, the community raised $63,371, with even more donations pouring in afterwards. Every dollar raised goes directly toward supporting children […]
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By Andrew Bates, Local Journalism Initiative A man accused of second-degree murder in the death of a Rothesay woman this past spring will face a preliminary inquiry starting in July. Calvin Burns-Smith, 31, has changed lawyers and needed a new preliminary inquiry date, court heard Monday. Burns-Smith, of no fixed address, was set to face […]
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By Anna Krentz, Archives Manager The Charlotte County Archives owes our existence to a storm. Fifty years ago, in 1975, winds damaged the attic and chimney of a historic building on St. Andrews’ Water Street, known then as the Masonic Hall, and today as Drewhaven. When repairmen accessed the long-sealed loft in the building’s attic, […]
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