Saint John

• Saint Johners hope fire-damaged, historic structure can be saved

  Police say the fire caused “extensive damage” to Barbour’s General Store – a structure situated across from city hall at the foot of King Street.

  Fire

  Jan 25
  
• Saint John residents lament city’s response to icy conditions

  Saint John residents are expressing frustration over the city's response to quickly falling temperatures on January 19, 2022, which led to icy conditions through the community.

  Weather

  Jan 20
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• Saint John man says SkipTheDishes driver caused thousands in damage after hit and run

  'I ran outside to try to try and stop him and as he seen me coming he stepped on it and took off.'

  Canada

  Jan 20
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• South-end Saint John fire deemed suspicious

  A fire in a vacant building in the south end of Saint John, N.B., has been deemed suspicious by police and fire officials. The investigation is ongoing.

  Crime

  Jan 12
• Saint John digs itself out of weekend snowstorm

  Snow began to fall late Friday morning and kept up through the early hours of Saturday — about 35 centimetres blanketing the Port City in all.

  Weather

  Jan 8
• High winds move shipping containers at Saint John’s Long Wharf

  A Port Saint John spokesperson said high winds caused two shipping containers to move out of place from where they were stacked at Long Wharf.

  Weather

  Jan 6
• Confusion over New Brunswick’s appointment-based plan for picking up COVID-19 rapid tests

  N.B. Green Party's health critic says a provincial change to an appointment-based system for picking up COVID-19 rapid tests was poorly communicated and will leave gaps in access.

  Health

  Jan 5
• Living with COVID in New Brunswick: Politically motivated or scientifically sound?

  New Brunswick's Chief Medical Officer of Health says moves like shortening isolation periods amid a surge in COVID infections spurred by Omicron are scientifically sound.

  Health

  Jan 5
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• Saint John police investigate after shots fired at home

  The Saint John Police Force said no injuries were reported in the incident and no suspects were located as the investigation into what happened continues.

  Crime

  Jan 4
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• Atlantic provinces brace hospitals for Omicron amid health-care worker isolation rules

  The governments in Atlantic Canada are bracing hospitals for the Omicron wave and the rules around isolation for health-care workers in a strain system are murky.

  Health

  Dec 30, 2021