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.
Derwin Gowan
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..."
2019
D-Day invasion remembered
History records that nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel for Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Among them was 20-year-old Charles "Charlie" Reid, who grew up on a farm at Old Ridge just north of St. Stephen.
2019
Voters elect Williamson as MP
Voters in New Brunswick Southwest gave Conservative candidate John Williamson another chance to represent them in Ottawa on October 21. He received 19,457 votes in Canada's 43rd general election, giving him a margin of more than 9,000 over Liberal Karen Ludwig...
2019
MP candidates for NB Southwest state positions
Voters in New Brunswick Southwest have a choice of six candidates in the federal election on Monday, October 21. Liberal Karen Ludwig hopes for a second term while Conservative John Williamson hopes to take back the seat he lost in 2015.
2019
St. Stephen set to weather loss of 65 jobs at mill
St. Stephen will overcome the loss of about 65 jobs at the Arauco forestry mill, Mayor Allan MacEachern and others say. The company cites high costs for wood and natural gas and distance from markets as reasons to stop making particle-board in St. Stephen by the end of the year.