Introducing Panda – a beautiful one-year old cat available for adoption at the St. George Animal Shelter. Panda does not like dogs or cats — and would be best suited in a quite home without other pets. Panda is spayed, vaccinated and microchipped. She’s ready to go to her fur-ever home. Her adoption fee is […]
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By Brian Owens, The Courier With political tensions keeping many Canadians at home and a full slate of summer events planned in communities throughout Charlotte County, tourism operators are expecting big numbers for the upcoming season. “I think it is going to be an extremely busy summer in the whole region,” said Chris Aerni, owner […]
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In the Kernighan family home in St. George, New Brunswick, love reveals itself not through grand declarations, but in smaller, more enduring gestures: the steadying of a shoulder, a shared laugh that cuts through the heaviness of illness, the quiet determination to keep living fully—even as time brings with it new challenges. Sidney was diagnosed […]
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St. George resident Sidney Kernighan was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2019. Six years following his diagnosis, he continues to live a fulfilling, if different life. Sid and his wife Karen sit down with host Vicki Hogarth to talk about the diagnosis, how Sid’s life has changed and the challenges he encounters, and […]
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A 31-year-old man has been charged in the death of 26-year-old Sarah Teakles, who is from Rothesay, according to the New Brunswick RCMP. Calvin Burns-Smith appeared in Saint John Provincial Court on April 22 and was charged with manslaughter and indignity to a dead body, police said in a release. RCMP in St. George originally […]
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A 27-year-old man from Pennfield is dead following a single-vehicle crash on Highway 1, according to the New Brunswick RCMP. Police said the crash happened on March 29 around 3:12 a.m. “The crash is believed to have occurred when the vehicle, which was travelling in the wrong direction of travel, hit the guard rail, rolled […]
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By Barbara Rayner, The Courier St. George’s longest serving mayor, Stan Smith, who held the position for 16 years, died Friday at Passamaquoddy Lodge at the age of 79. Eastern Charlotte Mayor John Craig, who served as mayor of Saint Andrews for 11 years while Smith was mayor of St. George, said his passing will […]
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By Barbara Rayner, The Courier It’s been 60 years since a group of local citizens decided that St. George needed a library and it has been run by volunteers at various locations ever since. Mary Anne Craig, who chairs the public library committee, said it was in 1965 that Mrs. Caldwell Stewart and Father John […]
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By Barbara Rayner, The Courier St. George • If you feel like getting some exercise while at the same time helping to raise funds for a wheelchair accessible bus, why not take part in “Bouncing on Balls for the Bus”. The fundraiser is being organized by Sara Ross and Jeff Stevens of Simply for Life […]
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By Barbara Rayner ST. GEORGE – Okay Old Man Winter – that’s enough! We don’t mind the light fluffy snow when the kids can toboggan and we can snowshoe or ski but this freezing rain/ice pellets is a bit much. Yes, there was a white Christmas which was what many people wanted but 2025 has […]
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