Author Archives: Brad Perry
Car Crashes Into Saint John Bank
Saint John police say two men have been arrested after a car drove into the front of a bank in the north end. Acting Sgt. Sylvia Summerville with the Saint John Police Force says it happened at the RB...
Feb 20, 2019 A vehicle crashed into the front of the RBC branch on Lansdowne Avenue in Saint John, N.B., on February 20, 2019. (Brad Perry/CHSJ News)
UPDATE: Seven Children Die In Halifax Fire
The Bahro family fled the Syrian war for a better life here in Canada. But life was cut short for their seven children after fire tore through their Halifax home early Tuesday morning. Fire crews foun...
Feb 19, 2019 (Photo: Google Maps)
UPDATE: RCMP Probe Homicide At Atlantic Institution
Mounties are investigating a homicide at the Atlantic Institution in Renous. Police say they were called to the federal corrections facility just before 10:30 a.m. Monday. They say a 27-year-old man w...
Feb 19, 2019
Police Identify Rothesay Couple Found Dead
The Kennebecasis Regional Police Force has released the names of two people found dead in Rothesay last week. They are 77-year-old Alberta McGaghey, known as Beth, and her 90-year-old husband, Kevin M...
Feb 19, 2019 A Kennebecasis Regional Police Force cruiser is pictured outside of their headquarters. (CHSJ News)
Office Vacancy Rate Climbs In Saint John
Office vacancy is on the decline in Moncton and Fredericton, but the same cannot be said in Saint John. The city's vacancy rate climbed to 19.1 per cent in 2018 from 18.74 per cent a year earlier, mak...
Feb 19, 2019 Alexandra Baird Allan manages the economic intelligence unit at Turner Drake & Partners. (Submitted/Turner Drake & Partners)
War Amps Launches Key Tag Campaign
Check your mailbox - The War Amps has embarked on its annual Key Tag Campaign. The organization is mailing out hundreds of thousands of tags to homes across New Brunswick. Spokesperson Jamie Lunn says...
Feb 18, 2019 The War Amps has embarked on its annual Key Tag Campaign. (Submitted/The War Amps)
Man Rescued From Musquash Gravel Pit
A man has been taken to hospital after being rescued from a gravel pit in Musquash, west of Saint John. Lt. Rick Else of the Musquash Fire Department says they received a report of a man in distress n...
Feb 17, 2019 A Musquash Fire Department truck can be seen in this undated photo. (Image submitted)
Welsford Outdoor Rink Reopens After 18 Years
Residents in Welsford have a lot to celebrate these days after the reopening of their outdoor rink. The community fixture was operated by the Welsford Community Association until about 18 years ago. M...
Feb 17, 2019 The Welsford community outdoor rink is up and running again after being closed for nearly two decades. (Submitted/Welsford Community Association)
Flooding Displaces Six People In N.B.
Six people are out of their homes in Moncton and Saint John due to flooding caused by this weekend's heavy rain. The Canadian Red Cross says two basement-level apartments in a 12-unit building on Spru...
Feb 17, 2019 File photo of flooding in the Millidgeville neighbourhood of Saint John in May of 2018. (Staff photo)
Energy East Could Still Move Forward: Higgs
New Brunswick's premier has taken his push for the Energy East pipeline to Saskatchewan. Blaine Higgs was one of the speakers at a pro-pipeline rally in the province on Saturday. Higgs says he thinks ...
Feb 17, 2019 New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs. (Photo: Submitted/Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick)
