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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

It’s time again to get the little red flower and remember the big sacrifice that it symbolizes. The Poppy campaign is underway until November 11th. The proceeds from poppy sales provide grants for food, heating costs, clothing and more for Canadian vets and their famillies. It’s time again to get the little red flower and…