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Meet 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…
Read MoreCHOP CHOP RESTAURANT WEEK – OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 5
We are here! A full week of full and satisfied bellies. All week our uptown chefs will roll out Chop Chop specials to please every appetite. See all of the restaurants, the menus, and the price-points at chopchopsj.com Happy eating! TIME October 30 – November 5 WEBSITE http://uptownsj.com/chopchop/
Read MoreNew Brunswick Museum to get brand new building in Saint John, province says
Province puts $50M toward new building to replace Market Square, Douglas Avenue properties By Jordan Gill, CBC News Posted: Oct 30, 2017 2:28 PM AT Last Updated: Oct 30, 2017 4:35 PM AT A new uptown Saint John museum will replace the old New Brunswick Museum building on Douglas Avenue, which is being used for storage and archives, the…
Read MoreAward-winning Saint John gallery director to retire
Take some chances. Look deeply at the work. Choose well,’ Peter Buckland advises would-be art gallery owners By Julia Wright, CBC News Posted: Oct 31, 2017 Peter Buckland, Saint John curator, gallery director, and champion of the Saint John arts scene, will retire later this week after curating his final show, Swan Song. (Julia Wright/ CBC) After three…
Read MoreSecrets of Fernhill: Inside Saint John’s spooky, historic cemetery
By Julia Wright, CBC News Posted: Oct 31, 2017 In 1847, Saint John had a dilemma: it was rapidly running out of places to bury the dead. Both the Loyalist Burial Ground uptown and the Church of England burial site near the Marsh Bridge were filled to capacity and closed to further burials. That year, a committee…
Read MoreNew Playground Opens In Old North End
What was once an unpaved parking lot across from the Nick Nicolle community centre has been transformed into a brand new playground for families in the old north end. The Kiwanis North End Play Park at the corner of Durham and Victoria Streets is now officially open after a ceremony and ribbon cutting. The project…
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