Dec 14, 2017 by Cherise Letson SUSSEX– A New Brunswick company is helping build the province’s first solar power generating station. NexGen, a renewable energy developer, is almost done phase one of a 500-panel solar power generating station for Frank’s Agriculture, a dairy farm in Studholm near Sussex. Phase one, which will be operational by Christmas, will…

Dec 14, 2017 by Huddle Staff SAINT JOHN – Anderson McTague & Associates was named MGA of the Year at the Insurance Business Awards gala in Toronto at the end of November. The Saint John-based company was honoured to win an award like this in a national competition, said Chuck McTague, the president of Anderson McTague. “This award is especially satisfying…

Chris Celeste, Peter Norrad, Marcus de Winter, Carmen Blois, Grant Corey, John Dunfield, Greg McCollum, and Durck de Winter make up the Sussex Craft Distillery. (John Dunfield) By Sarah Trainor, CBC News Posted: Dec 13, 2017 Sussex Craft Distillery will debut its first spirits — a rum and a liqueur — Thursday evening A Sussex-area group is expanding New…

President and CEO of the YMCA of Greater Saint John Shilo Boucher says that this is going to transform the child care sector. Saint John and Edmundston have been chosen as the two locations where the first designated New Brunswick early learning centres will be rolled out. The announcement was made in Saint John by…

A very energetic and loud auditorium at Saint John High where 350 grade 5 students from city schools completed the D.A.R.E. program. Drug Abuse Resistance Education aims to teach kids how to avoid getting caught up in drugs and alcohol and also puts a focus on building self-confidence. Saint John police chief John Bates told…

Posted on Monday, December 11, 2017 As of the end of November, housing sales in the Saint John region for the year were up by 8 per cent. Realtor Dave Cochrane says the west side has become really popular with sales in Fundy Heights up by 31 per cent. Cochrane believes housing sales are way…

Posted on Friday, December 8, 2017 If you have some spare time on your hands between now and December 22nd the Salvation Army in Saint John could sure use your help. The Christmas Kettle Campaign is underway but according to Major Harold Bungay, they are short of volunteers to handle those donation kettles, which he…

By Jacques Poitras, CBC Posted: Dec 07, 2017 The Liberal government has revealed how it plans to spend one chunk of a new federal-provincial child care fund announced earlier this year. The province will devote $12.2 million to improving the quality of early childhood learning in more than 300 daycare centres around the province. Non-profit and for-profit daycares will…

Posted on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 When William Marshall, a customer at Sobeys East Point store, won the $25,000 top prize in the company’s 110th Anniversary Giveaway promotion, the store was given an additional $5,000 by Sobeys head office to donate to a local charity or community group. The management and staff at the East Point…

Dec 4, 2017 by David Campbell I posted on social media this weekend that Saint John has the largest IT sector measured by the number of people working in the IT sector as a share of total employment. It was pointed out to me that lots of IT folks work in non-IT sectors, which is true and I have…

Dec 4, 2017 by Entrevestor While Atlantic Canada’s nautical types are pushing ahead with the oceans supercluster proposal, there’s another major initiative in the region that has captured less attention but still offers great potential. Centred in New Brunswick, the Smart Grid Initiative is developing a range of products that utilities can use in their grids to accommodate the…

Nov 30, 2017 by Mark Leger SUSSEX – Blair and Rosalyn Hyslop, the owners of Mrs. Dunsters, announced Thursday that they have finalized an agreement to purchase McBuns, a much-loved family bakery in Moncton. “[It’s] another crown jewel in New Brunswick,” said Blair Hyslop in a phone interview. “It’s been in business for 33 years. It’s well-entrenched in the…