Author Archives: Allan Dearing
Study Shows Common Animals Killed On Roads Between NB & NS
A study of wildlife mortality rates in a corridor between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia found 26 species of animals were killed by vehicles last summer. The Nature Conservancy of Canada conducted the ...
Jul 19, 2019
Officials Searching For Lost Fishing Gear in the Gulf Of St. Lawrence
In ongoing efforts to protect the North Atlantic right whale, fishery officers and the Canadian Coast Guard are spending a few days searching for and retrieving lost fishing gear in the Gulf of St. La...
Jul 19, 2019 North Atlantic Right Whale trapped in fishing gear / Submitted: Dept. Fisheries and Oceans (File photo)
Colourful, Cultural Mosaiq Festival Underway
The world will come together to celebrate, eat, dance, sing and learn during the 15th edition of the Mosaiq Multicultural Festival. Riverfront Park will play host to most events today and tomorrow wit...
Jul 19, 2019
Family Displaced In Miramichi Fire
The Red Cross is helping a family of three after fire heavily damaged their home in Miramichi early this morning. A mother and her school-age son escaped without getting hurt. The fire was reported ar...
Jul 19, 2019
Venue Chosen For 2019 Kraft Hockeyville NHL Game
The K.C. Irving Regional Centre in Bathurst has been chosen as the venue for this year's Kraft Hockeyville NHL pre-season game. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced in March that Renous was the 201...
Jul 18, 2019 Just a Prairie Boy / CC
Seniors Advocate Blasts Extra-Mural Renewal With Medavie
A seniors advocate is upset the Higgs government renewed a service agreement with Medavie Health Services to manage the Extra-Mural Program. Preliminary data shows an improvement in several areas incl...
Jul 18, 2019
Cannabis NB Introduces Pick Up Service
Cannabis NB says the availability and consistency of products is improving which is why it's making a customer service change. The Crown corporation is now allowing customers to pay online and pick up...
Jul 17, 2019 Cannabis NB store in Moncton, 17 Oct 2018 (91.9 The Bend photo)
Group At Miramichi Company Win $1 Million Dollars
For more than a decade, a group of 12 employees at a Miramichi company have been playing the lotto and they've finally struck it rich. The Atlantic Lottery Corporation has handed a $1 million cheque t...
Jul 13, 2019 Courtesy ALC
Parasite Affecting Songbirds Reported Across The Maritimes
Numerous suspected cases and several confirmed cases of a parasite affecting songbirds have been reported across the Maritimes this summer. Wildlife pathologist Laura Bourque with the Canadian Wildlif...
Jul 13, 2019 Tim Green / CC
No Charges Will Be Laid In Moncton Headstart Incident
Codiac RCMP have completed their investigation into an classroom incident at Moncton Headstart this spring. After an intensive two month investigation, Sergeant Mathieu Roy says no charges will be lai...
Jul 12, 2019 Chad Peters representing Moncton Headstart answers media questions May 30, 2019 (91.9 The Bend photo)
