Author Archives: Brad Perry
Power Rates Increase 2.48%
NB Power customers are now paying an extra 2.48 per cent for their electricity. The Energy and Utilities Board approved the rate hike Thursday - which is also when the increase takes effect. The utili...
Jul 18, 2019 The NB Power head office in Fredericton. (Image: NB Power/submitted)
City Staff Seek More Money For Unsightly Premises
A city program which tackles unsightly premises and zoning infractions is seeking additional money from council. City staff are requesting $30,000 from the growth reserve fund to keep the enhanced Com...
Jul 18, 2019 Members of Saint John's growth committee meet on July 16, 2019. (Brad Perry/CHSJ News)
NBSPCA Won't Have To Release Zoo Report
The New Brunswick SPCA will not have to release documents related to its investigation into dead guinea pigs at the Cherry Brook Zoo. Ken Hopkins took the SPCA to court to try and get the organization...
Jul 18, 2019 The Justice Building on Queen Street in Fredericton. (Image: Brad Perry)
Construction On Highway 7
Give yourself some extra time if you travel along Highway 7 in the Grand Bay-Westfield area. Crews are tearing up and repaving a section of road between exits 80 and 86. That means traffic will be slo...
Jul 18, 2019
Man Cycling To Raise Money For Parkinson's Canada
Riding a bicycle across Canada might seem daunting, but not for 70-year-old Walter Reich. The Ontario man set off from Tofino, B.C., in April to raise money for Parkinson's Canada. Reich said he alway...
Jul 17, 2019 Walter Reich is cycling across Canada and raising money for Parkinson's Canada at the same time. (Twitter/walterandgiant)
UPDATE: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Ends
UPDATE: The severe thunderstorm watch which was in effect for parts of New Brunswick has ended. Parts of New Brunswick could be in for some wild weather throughout the evening. A severe thunderstorm w...
Jul 17, 2019 John Fowler / CC
City Considers Mandatory Hotel Levy
Saint John could have a new mandatory hotel levy as early as next January. City staff are in the process of drafting a bylaw, which will come before council this fall. It comes after the province pass...
Jul 17, 2019 Phil Ouellette, the deputy commissioner of growth and planning in Saint John, gives a presentation to the city's growth committee on July 16, 2019. (Brad Perry/CHSJ News)
NB Power Rate Increase To Be Altered
The Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) has rendered its decision on NB Power's latest rate application. The utility applied for a range of rate increases earlier this year averaging 2.5 per cent. It req...
Jul 16, 2019 The NB Power head office in Fredericton. (Image: NB Power/submitted)
Warning About Unregistered Firms Soliciting Investors
The Financial and Consumer Services Commission (FCNB) is warning about unregistered firms soliciting investors. Jake Van der Laan, director of IT and regulatory informatics, said they are aware of two...
Jul 16, 2019 Oz / CC
Police ID Body Found Near St. Stephen
Police say a body found near St. Stephen over the weekend is that of a missing 68-year-old woman. Lorraine Williams of St. Stephen was reported missing after she did not return home from an evening wa...
Jul 16, 2019 Police say the body of Lorraine Williams was found along the shore of the St. Croix River near St. Stephen on July 14, 2019. (Submitted/New Brunswick RCMP)
