2019
Disappearance now considered homicide
The RCMP now suspect that a teenager missing from St. Stephen since 2017 died as a result of homicide.
Derwin Gowan
2019
College wildlife teacher challenges termination
Rod Cumberland says the Maritime College of Forest Technology (MCFT) fired him for speaking his views on spraying forests with the controversial herbicide glyphosate. Cumberland, who grew up just outside St. Stephen and has been an instructor on wildlife at the college in Fredericton since 2012...
2019
Rock quarry expansion plan hits resistance
The fate of a proposal to expand a stone quarry at Oak Bay lies with provincial Environment and Local Government Minister Jeff Carr.
2019
Milltown dam removal plan stirs reactions
The New Brunswick Power Corp. plans to decommission and remove the oldest hydroelectric dam in Canada. NB Power announced late in June that it will seek approval to remove the Milltown Generating Station, which has blocked the St. Croix River at Salmon Falls between St.
2019
Bus service to Saint John to make last run
Charlotte County will likely lose its only public transportation link to Saint John at the end of this month. Maritime Bus plans to make its last daily round trip from St. Stephen to Saint John on May 31, company president Mike Cassidy confirms in an interview from Charlottetown, P.E.I.
2019
Trudeau and Scheer address carbon tax
Voters got a taste of the election campaign ahead when two national political leaders visited Charlotte County within four days of each other. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped in to the Garcelon Civic Center in St.
2019
Medical cannabis, tilapia farm ready to take off
The second enterprise planning to grow medical cannabis in St. Stephen hopes to begin production this year -- in a building that also will be used to grow tilapia fish by means of aquaponics. "By June we'll be ready to cultivate," Stewart Farms principal Tanner Stewart