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Popular Moncton Climbing Gym Opening a Saint John Location
Inside the Fit Rocks Moncton location. Nov 14, 2017 by Cherise Letson After nine months of business in Moncton, Fit Rocks Climbing Gym, a rock climbing gym, has announced a second location in Saint John. Since opening last March in the Hub City, Fit Rocks owner Derek MacIntyre says the business has been a success. “It’s been…
Read MorePort City Tourism Industry Honours 21 People, Organizations and Businesses
Nov 10, 2017 by Huddle Staff Port Saint John on a triple cruise ship day. Image: Port Saint John SAINT JOHN – The last cruise ship has left for the year, signalling the end of the tourism season. The local hospitality industry celebrated Thursday night with a gala awards dinner attended by more than 200 people at…
Read More2 Second World War pilots killed in central New Brunswick woods honoured
Float-plane pilots were the first casualties of the Royal Canadian Air Force in Canada in Second World War By Sarah Trainor, CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2017 Members of the 403 squadron at Base Gagetown examine part of the float pontoon on Wednesday. (Courtesy Peter Hanlon) A small group of soldiers, historians and park staff from J.D. Irving…
Read MoreIrving Oil, UNB, Medavie Blue Cross Made National Top 100 Employers List
An Irving semi tanker truck arrives at the Imperial Oil Terminal in Dartmouth, N.S. Image: iStock photos. Nov 9, 2017 by Huddle Staff Irving Oil, Medavie Blue Cross and the University of New Brunswick have once again been included in the list of Canada’s Top 100 employers. Now in its 19th year, Canada’s Top 100 Employers project is a…
Read MoreThe Owners of Mrs. Dunsters Buy Kredl’s Corner Market in Hampton
Nov 9, 2017 by Huddle Staff HAMPTON – The owners of Mrs. Dunsters have purchased Kredl’s Corner Market in Hampton, Blair and Rosalyn Hyslop announced Wednesday morning. Blair Hyslop, President of Mrs. Dunster’s, says both companies share a passion for locally sourced, high-quality food. “We are excited for the opportunity to buy Kredl’s,” said Hyslop in a release. “Our passions are perfectly…
Read MoreMeet Kenneth Briggs, receiving officer for Saint John’s Remembrance Day service
Second World War veteran Kenneth Briggs will be this year’s receiving officer at Harbour Station’s Remembrance Day service. He will lay the first wreath and take the salutes of the parade. (Matthew Bingley/CBC) Each year, a veteran is chosen to lay the first wreath and this year Kenneth Briggs will receive the honour By Matthew Bingley, CBC…
Read MoreSaint John Installs ‘Kindness Meters’ to Curb Panhandling in the City Centre
Nov 8, 2017 by Mark Leger Nancy Tissington, executive director of Uptown Saint John, and city councillor Donna Reardon unveil the Meter for Change. Image: Mark Leger/Huddle. SAINT JOHN – On a cold Wednesday morning in the city centre, there were no homeless people asking passersby for change on a corner that is ordinarily a popular…
Read MorePolitical ties, murder and an $850K private island off Grand Manan
By Julia Wright, CBC News Posted: Nov 07, 2017 8:00 AM The main house and cabin on Cheney Island, a 250-acre private island off the coast of Grand Manan currently listed at $850,000. The island made national headlines this week when the list price dropped again from the original $1.2 million price tag. (Submitted by Fundy Bay Real…
Read MoreSaint John Couple Lays the Groundwork for an Uptown Vegetarian Restaurant
Sara and Keith Broome with their daughter Nova. Image: Mark Leger/Huddle. Nov 7, 2017 SAINT JOHN – Keith and Sarah Broome have believed the city would support a vegetarian restaurant since they organized a three-day pop-up restaurant at the Saint John Ale House nearly two years ago. “It sold out every night,” says Keith, the executive…
Read MoreJDI Partners With TUCK, JMN to Make Furniture Instead of Firewood
Nov 2, 2017 by Mark Leger ‘Biscuit’ tables from ‘SLAB: wood from the hood’. (Image: Kelly Lawson/Tuck Studio) SAINT JOHN – A few years ago Phil Martin’s wife Jennifer came home with a coffee table from Tuck Studio that was made by New Brunswick woodworker Brent Rourke. Martin, the marketing and business development manager for J.D. Irving, Limited, Sawmills…
Read MoreEx-RCMP boss Wayne Gallant named new chief of Kennebecasis Regional Police Force
Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News Wayne Gallant, the former RCMP officer in charge of criminal operations in New Brunswick, was announced Thursday as the new leader of the force, which covers Rothesay and Quispamsis. Wayne Gallant, the…
Read MoreSaint John Companies With 600 Open Positions Host Job Fair for Sears Employees
Nov 1, 2017by Mark Leger Cloud5 Communications is one of the companies that took part in a job fair for Sears contact centre employees in Saint John. (Image: Mark Leger/Huddle) SAINT JOHN – Shortly after Sears announced it was closing its contact centres in Saint John and Edmundston, along with its stores nationwide, ContactNB asked its member businesses…
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