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Moncton woman climbs Kilimanjaro to keep a promise to her late husband
By Shelley Steeves Senior Correspondent
“My late husband Harley had asked me to go on an adventure in his memory. He asked me that in his last month of living.” Continue reading
N.B. hip hop artist gets career and confidence boost from pop star Noah Cyrus
By Shelley Steeves Senior Correspondent
Roderick Porter says it’s a struggle trying to get noticed in a province that isn’t exactly known for hip hop. Continue reading
N.B. doctors push for education in the advancements of concussion treatments
By Shelley Steeves Senior Correspondent
Experts says that concussion symptoms are often triggered by time spent staring at photos or phone screens. Continue reading
N.B. medical society president concerned legal cannabis could lead to influx of hospital patients
“I don’t think we are prepared from a system’s standpoint to see a massive influx of these patients.” Continue reading
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New Brunswick brew helps find homes for shelter animals
Pictures of animals up for adoption at the shelter are placed on the beer bottles. Fifty per cent of the profits from the beer sales are also being donated to the shelter. Continue reading
Last call for Moncton’s only LGBTQ bar
The two women said they just wanted to run a bar together but unexpectedly became mother figures for people who could not come out to their own parents. Continue reading
N.B. school district uses camera to catch drivers failing to stop for school buses
The videos are being compiled by the district, along with bus drivers’ eye witness reports, and will be submitted to the RCMP. Continue reading
Moncton college hands out mental health first aid kits to students
The kits contain stress-relieving trinkets like calming aromatherapy sticks and stress balls, which students can use to ease their anxieties. Continue reading
New Brunswick relaxes healthier foods policy at province’s schools
New Brunswick has walked back a policy implementing healthier foods at the province’s schools, saying it was not intended to issue a “hard stop” to special occasion activities. Continue reading
Parents upset over stricter healthy foods policy for New Brunswick schools
Classes only begin next week and some schools have already had to cancel annual school fundraisers such as bake sales, pizza parties, and cake walks because the food served and sold at the events has been banned under the new policy changes. Continue reading
N.B. couple uprooted by Fort McMurray wildfires opens corn maze in Miramichi
A New Brunswick couple, forced to move home following the wildfires in Fort McMurray, has converted part of their farmland into a corn maze. Continue reading
A shallow decision: Moncton residents ‘shocked’ to learn new pool will only be 1 metre deep
Supporters of a new 2.3 million dollar pool in Moncton’s east end are outraged to learn that it will only be a metre deep. Continue reading
Community support helps New Brunswick artist recover from house fire
“It has given me a new faith in humanity just because of all of the kindness we have had from the people of New Brunswick.” Continue reading
Sable the kitten has a new chance at life after being rescued from Nova Scotia boat
It happened in the middle of a raging rainstorm as Kelly Tattrie heard a faint whimper coming from his dad’s boat parked across the road in Malagash, N.S. Continue reading
Mable Murple’s Book Shoppe: The Nova Scotia bookstore where imaginations soar
Canadian author Sheree Fitch opened the store’s doors last summer, never expecting that hundreds of people from across the country would find their way to her tiny little purple bookstore in middle of nowhere Continue reading
