Author Archives: Allan Dearing
More Police Calls In Downtown Moncton Over Winter
Codiac RCMP officers were busier in downtown Moncton after the city's emergency homeless shelter opened last winter. Superintendent Tom Critchlow told City Council that service calls for Codiac RCMP i...
May 24, 2019 Emergency Out of the Cold Homeless Shelter (91.9 The Bend photo)
NB Liquor Undergoing Internal Audit
The province has ordered an internal audit of NB Liquor after accounting errors were recently discovered. The Crown corporation says the errors show more than $400,000 was paid in bonuses to employees...
May 23, 2019
Downtown Moncton Businesses May Have Trouble Expanding - Planner
One of the biggest downtown building owners in Moncton is not able to provide parking for its clients. Jim Scott with Trace Planning and Design, on behalf of Slate Office REIT which owns the Blue Cros...
May 23, 2019 91.9 The Bend Photo
Tent Site Torn Down In West End Moncton
The City of Moncton tore down an unsightly tent site in the West End near the railway tracks on Wednesday. City spokesperson Isabelle LeBlanc says one individual had been living there and he knew the ...
May 22, 2019 Excavator on site in the West End
(Photo courtesy Wade Perry)
NB Woman Wins $1 Million After Playing Lotto 6/49 Since 1982
A woman who has played Lotto 6/49 every week since the lottery began in 1982 has claimed a one million dollar prize from the May 15th draw. Gale Hines of Fredericton already knew she was a winner when...
May 22, 2019 Photo courtesy ALC
Moncton City Council Rejects Downtown Parking Lot Proposal
Moncton City Council has rejected a proposal from a developer to add 365 parking spaces in the downtown at the former Co-Op location. Slate Office REIT, owners of the Blue Cross Centre, wanted additio...
May 22, 2019 Courtesy City of Moncton
NBTA Trying To Promote Teaching Profession
The president of the New Brunswick Teachers Association says it's time that we as a society start valuing our educators the way we used to. George Daley says his organization is having discussions abo...
May 21, 2019
NB's Two National Parks Open For Season
Fundy National Park has officially opened for the 2019 season this Victoria Day weekend and is featuring a number of new offerings for visitors. The Goose River Trail has been redeveloped and rerouted...
May 19, 2019 Point Wolfe Covered Bridge (courtesy Fundy National Park)
Provincial Ban Sought For "Conversion Therapy"
The Greater Moncton River of Pride organization wants New Brunswick to ban so-called "conversion therapy" which is designed to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity. The pseudo-scient...
May 18, 2019
Two Fires Within Hours At Moncton Home
Moncton firefighters responded to two fires at the same house on Thursday. Around 10:30 in the morning, Platoon Chief Brian Gaudet says crews arrived at a home on Connaught Avenue at Leslie Street. A ...
May 17, 2019 Firefighters respond to a second fire at the house. Photo Courtesy Wade Perry
