Breakfast club: Riverview Boys and Girls Club seeking volunteers

The Boys and Girls Club of Riverview is looking for more volunteers to help serve breakfast at two schools this year.

Opinion Being cyber safe and smart with our power grid

by David Shipley

Electrical utilities around the world are under increasing attack by nation-states, organized crime, terrorist groups and activists, all seeking the capability to cause widespread disruption and chaos.

New website may help landlords and tenants keep peace

by Maria Jose Burgos

A new government website hopes to arm tenants with all the information they need about moving in and out of apartments — while also helping them keep the peace with landlords.

'Real sense of pride' as artifacts returned to Metepenagiag

by Matthew Bingley

Thousands of artifacts, some of them thought to be as as much as 3,000 years old, are being returned to Metepenagiag First Nation.

Motorcycle gang members, including Hells Angels, attend biker's memorial

by Nathalie Sturgeon

Hells Angels and other outlaw motorcycle gang members rolled into Fredericton's northside Saturday for a memorial service for Ronald Richard, who was killed in July.

Seven people rescued after becoming stranded on a shoal

Seven people are safe after being rescued from a shoal off Maces Bay, N.B. Joint Task Force Atlantic says the people became stuck on the shoal as the tide was rising around noon Saturday.

Like magic: Fredericton college has record number of 1st-year students

by Maria Jose Burgos

A small art college in downtown Fredericton will welcome a record number of first-year students, going against the trend elsewhere in the city, where universities struggle to attract more students.

Feature The mall is dead, long live the mall: The rise and fall of Saint John's suburban shopping meccas

by Julia Wright

A look at the past and present of three once-flourishing Saint John shopping centres: Prince Edward Square Mall, Parkway Mall and Loch Lomond Place.

1st New Brunswick soccer player recruited to Montreal Impact Academy

by Olivia Chandler

A 13-year-old Moncton boy has become the first New Brunswick soccer player to be recruited to join the Montreal Impact's elite training centre, where he'll live and breathe the sport far from home all year.

Saint John parents concerned about school volunteers promoting church membership

by Matthew Bingley

One of the province's newest schools is a little over a week away from opening, and already the school district had to respond to parents' complaints about its affiliation with a church.

Hells Angel's court case relocated over security concerns

by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon

A judge has relocated the court appearance of a Fredericton man, identified by RCMP as a full-patch member of the Hells Angels, to Saint John because of security concerns.

Cape Breton thief steals thousands worth of colourful, vintage bills

Police have asked Canadians to be on the lookout for old money, after thousands of dollars in vintage bills dating back to the 1950s were stolen from a Cape Breton home.

As U.S. and Canada try to solve whale deaths, some ships in gulf break speed limit

by Sarah Betts

Just two weeks after imposing a mandatory speed limit to protect right whales in parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Transport Canada says not all ships are heeding it.

Sussex civic centre stays open for now, with short-term infusion

by Viola Pruss

The ailing PotashCorp Civic Centre in Sussex can keep its doors open a little longer, thanks to a cash infusion from its corporate partners.

Metepenagiag First Nation celebrates return of 60,000 artifacts

by Elizabeth Fraser

Metepenagiag Heritage Park Inc., in collaboration with Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation, is holding a special repatriation ceremony on Saturday at 11 a.m., as part of its Canada 150 anniversary event.

Minto man attacked, robbed at gunpoint by 3 men, say RCMP

Two men have been charged in connection with an armed robbery and assault in Minto early Thursday morning.

Projected deficit drops $35M in latest fiscal update

by Jordan Gill

The New Brunswick government now projects a deficit of $156 million this fiscal year, down $35 million from the original estimate.

Premiers, governors to discuss cross-border trade at Charlottetown meeting

by Kevin Bissett

Eastern Canadian premiers are stressing the need to make Canada's case on cross-border trade at every opportunity in the Donald Trump era.

Marijuana dispensary raids of Tasty Budds lead to 69 charges

RCMP arrested 10 people after searching four homes and five Tasty Budds marijuana dispensaries in Nova Scotia.

Uptown baby gulls getting creamed by cars, woman says

by Elizabeth Fraser

A Saint John woman is pleading with drivers not to run over baby seagulls on the city's uptown streets.

U.S. boys get their stolen guitars back

by Joseph Tunney

Two boys from New York City will be glad their two guitars, stolen this month during a family visit to Saint John, have been recovered and shipped back to them.

Ottawa won't ask province to pay for army's help after ice storm

by Gabrielle Fahmy

Ottawa says it won't charge New Brunswick for bringing in the military during the ice storm last winter — help that a consultant's report on the disaster described as appreciated but unnecessary.

Minto fibreglass plant never completely shut down, employees say

by Sarah Betts

More than five months after Minto’s fibreglass plant was shut down because of a lack of work, about a dozen employees have been called back for several short-term projects.

Moncton mayor wants glyphosate spraying stopped near Turtle Creek

by Kate Letterick

Moncton Mayor Dawn Arnold wants the province to stop glyphosate spraying near the Turtle Creek reservoir.

Ocean temperatures around Nova Scotia hit record highs: DFO report

by Paul Withers

Ocean temperatures in the Scotian Shelf and the Gulf of St. Lawrence reached record or near-record highs in 2016, according to a federal report on Atlantic Canada's marine ecosystem.

U.S. launches investigation into spate of right whale deaths

The U.S. government is launching an investigation into the recent deaths of endangered North Atlantic right whales.

'Don't cry mother, we are coming back:' Fallen WWI soldier laid to rest

by Viola Pruss

Sgt. Harold Wilfred Shaughnessy of St. Stephen did not have time for breakfast when he left for the war in Europe on March 29, 1916.

'Data is the new oil': Your personal information is now the world's most valuable commodity

by Ramona Pringle

Data has surpassed oil as the world's most valuable resource, much of it controlled by just five mega-companies — and jurisdictions are struggling with how to contain, regulate and protect all those ones and zeros.

RCMP arrest Hells Angels member from Fredericton

by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon

A Fredericton man, identified by RCMP as a full-patch member of the Hells Angels, has been charged with drug and firearm offences in connection with an investigation that resulted in a heavy police presence in the city's downtown this week.

Expansion to swimming buffer zone proposed for Parlee Beach

by Gail Harding

Residents of Pointe-du-Chêne got a first look at a proposed expansion to the swimming buffer zone at Parlee Beach at an open house on Thursday.

Saint John Riptide score new NBA D-League head coach

by Ben Silcox

The new head coach of the Saint John Riptide said he wants to build a team worthy of winning the National Basketball League championship this year.

'New breed of Percocet' causing overdoses, accused drug dealer told police

by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon

A Fredericton man on trial for drug trafficking in connection with a pill containing fentanyl that was found in Esgenoôpetitj First Nation told police a "new breed of Percocet" was causing people to overdose, the court heard.

Crown appeals Moncton killer Tyler Noel's 'inordinately low' sentence

by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon

The Crown is appealing the sentence of Moncton murderer Tyler Noel, arguing it is "inordinately low, demonstrably unfit and clearly unreasonable."