2020
St. Croix River seeing rebound in number of returning alewives
The annual alewife run up the St. Croix River has already passed last year's total. The official count at the Milltown Dam reached 607,053 as of June 27...
Derwin Gowan
2020
Border rules underscore need for year-round link to mainland
A 6-year old girl who ran afoul of border rules meant to stop the spread of novel coronavirus underscores the need for a year round direct link to the Canadian mainland, says Justin Tinker with the Campobello Year Round Ferry Development Committee.
2020
Province credits early action for blunting virus
Acting early on COVID-19 has paid off for the province of New Brunswick, according to Stephane Robichaud, CEO of the New Brunswick Health Council.
2020
Calais, St. Stephen businesses adjust to pandemic restrictions
Who could have guessed that a worldwide pandemic would trigger a run on powdered skim milk and ukuleles in a little Canadian border town? Powdered skim milk was not to be had in St. Stephen grocery stores on a recent Sunday afternoon.
2020
Border communities adapting to rules restricting movements
St. Stephen Mayor Allan MacEachern wonders what "normal" will look like on the other side of the worldwide virus pandemic.
2020
Court hears 911 call made before killing in St. Stephen case
A 911 emergency operator listened while Crystal Ann Tracey loudly told her ex-partner Irving John Hastey, "Go!" on December 24, 2018, according to facts presented in Saint John Court of Queen's Bench on January 22 at Hastey's sentencing hearing on a charge of manslaughter.
2019
Blacks Harbour prepares for probable sale of Connors Bros.
Blacks Harbour's Mayor Terry James hopes for the best as new owners appear likely to take over North America's last remaining sardine cannery. "There's no panic, but there is an underlying concern..."