by Joe ThomsonWild Blueberry Week is here in New Brunswick, and there are more ways than ever to enjoy the wonderful little super-fruit. The week-long festival of blueberry-related food and drink is all about celebrating the booming wild blueberry industry here in New Brunswick. According to Donald Arsenault,...
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by Brad PerryIt is the time of the year local hockey fans have been waiting months for. Quebec Major Junior Hockey League pre-season action begins Tuesday. The Saint John Sea Dogs are gearing up to host the Charlottetown Islanders. Puck drop at TD Station in Saint John is at 7 p.m. Saint John will play a...
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by Brad PerryIt is the time of the year local hockey fans have been waiting months for. Quebec Major Junior Hockey League pre-season action begins Tuesday. The Moncton Wildcats are gearing up to host the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Puck drop at the Avenir Centre in Moncton is at 7 p.m. Moncton will play a total...
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by Randy ThomsThere will be two closures for Dryden residents to be aware of. Starting Tuesday, August 22, a section of the river walkway will be shut down for almost a month. The city is making repairs to the walkway between Cooper Park and Duke Street. The walkway is not expected to reopen until September...
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by Adam RileyA city man has been arrested following an incident which resulted in a man being attacked with a brick at a May Street home Saturday. The incident tipped off just after 9:00 a.m. after the victim had asked the male attacker and a woman to leave the building. The request was met with an object...
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by Caitlin SnowMeta has blocked Canadian local news on its social media, and now amid the unprecedented wildfires in the country, there have been reports that some of the tens of thousands affected are having difficulty accessing essential information. Roughly 30,000 have been evacuated in British Columbia and...
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by Tim DavidsonFriday, August 25th is the deadline to apply to the Co-starter 2.0 program offered in Kenora and Thunder Bay. Cory Jones from the Northwest Innovation Center says this is an accelerator program. “12 weeks is the formal portion of the program, but then afterwards obviously the goal and the hope...
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by Adam RileyA report of an assault Sunday evening resulted in the addition of drug trafficking charges following an incident at a southside home. A 33 year old city man was asked to leave a Cumming Street home just after 6:30 p.m. after he caused damage to the property. When police arrived they located the...
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by Joe ThomsonAn international biotech company announced a new fund today to support cancer research in Canada. It’s called the BeiGene Canada Fund for Research and Innovation will provide financial backing for non-clinical cancer research in Canada. It was designed to leverage financial contributions from...
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by Randy ThomsAnother contract signing between Hydro One and the Power Workers’ Union. Hydro One says unionized members ratified a deal that covers workers employed in the utility’s customer services operations. The contract runs through the end of September 2025. “As a customer-first organization, these...
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