New Brunswick’s Bay of Fundy tides have swept in another year of the annual Sand Sculpture Festival at New River Beach Provincial Park. On the first day of the festival, 60 tonnes of sand were transformed into a giant sculpture on the Saint John boardwalk. On the second day, sand sculpting masters took the whole […]
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A moratorium for a temporary ban on AI data centres brought forth by the New Brunswick Green Party was voted down by the government. Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton’s motion was due to a proposed hyperscale data centre in Spruce Lake Industrial Park, just outside Lorneville near Saint John. The data centre is proposed by Beacon […]
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Andrew Bates, Telegraph-Journal, Local Journalism Initiative A man accused of almost hitting a peace officer while fleeing a traffic stop in Pocologan last year pled guilty to flight from police and 11 other outstanding charges. Jeremy Matthew Booker, 38, of Centennial Drive in Saint John, was set for trial Feb. 5 and instead changed his pleas on […]
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Warning: This story contains a discussion about suicide A white heart framed in black and filled with pale stones rests in the ground at Langmaid Park, just off Water Street in St. Andrews. A few blocks away, another punctuates the landscaping at Salty Towers Inn, a gathering place beloved by locals and visitors alike. Farther […]
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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 Alex Allan, Acadia Broadcasting The City of Saint John has recognized Matthew Baxter for his quick actions that helped save a child earlier this summer. Baxter had been working near the Little Lake Reservoir when he heard someone calling out. A child was struggling in the water. Without hesitation, he tore down nearby fencing […]
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The controversial Spruce Lake Industrial Park expansion in Saint John’s Lorneville community has passed its final hurdle. New Brunswick’s Department of Environment approved the environmental impact assessment for the project earlier this week. The certificate of determination, issued on Wednesday, includes more than 20 conditions that the proponent must follow. It comes less than two months […]
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A proposal to expand the industrial park in Lorneville is moving forward despite pushback from local residents. The council voted on Monday to approve the zoning and amendments to the municipal plan needed to expand the Spruce Lake Industrial Park – which saw overwhelming opposition from the community through the last year. The project is […]
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A fire at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John prompted an emergency response on Monday morning. The Saint John Fire Department (SJFD) responded to reports of a product leak that ignited around 9:15 a.m., according to the city. “Working in close coordination with the refinery’s emergency response team, the SJFD assisted in containing and […]
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The public hearing for a proposed industrial park expansion in Saint John’s Lorneville community continued for a second night on Tuesday. Dozens packed council chambers to express their opposition to the controversial proposal for the Spruce Lake Industrial Park. The city wants to add more than 1,500 acres of land to the industrial park, describing […]
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