Author Archives: Allan Dearing
Avoid Dumont Hospital E/R This Long Weekend - Vitalite
As the long holiday weekend begins, the beds are full at the Georges Dumont Hospital. The Vitalite Health Network is asking patients to avoid visiting the emergency room if possible. Officials say the...
Apr 18, 2019
Tenters Behind Former Emergency Shelter Forced To Pack Up
A number of clients from the City of Moncton's emergency homeless shelter on Assomption Boulevard - the old fire hall - chose to set up tents and were living behind the building. The temporary shelter...
Apr 18, 2019 Emergency Out of the Cold Homeless Shelter (91.9 The Bend photo)
Man Dies Following Grand-Barachois Collision
A 63-year-old man has died following a collision in Grand-Barachois last week at the intersection of Route 133 and Cormier Village Road. RCMP say the collision happened just before 10:30am on April 10...
Apr 18, 2019
Pothole Damage Can Be Costly For Drivers
Hitting a pothole can become a costly expense for drivers especially this time of year when there are seemingly more potholes than you can count. Spring is definitely the busy season for tire shops in...
Apr 18, 2019
Contraband Seized At Dorchester Prison
A large number of contraband items have been seized at the medium security prison in Dorchester. Staff have seized heroin, cocaine-laced paper, hydromorphine beads, shatter (a THC byproduct) and marij...
Apr 17, 2019
Moncton City Councillors Fed Up With Potholes
Moncton has endured a rough winter with numerous freeze and thaw cycles creating lots of potholes on city streets. Given the sheer number of potholes that have appeared this spring, a Moncton councill...
Apr 17, 2019 (Photo: Submitted by Shannon Douthwright)
NB Gas Prices Rising Again
More bad news for drivers in New Brunswick this week according to a senior petroleum analyst. Dan McTeague with Gasbuddy.com predicts gasoline will jump by at least 2 cents per litre at midnight when ...
Apr 17, 2019
Fire Officials Warn Ground Dries Up Fast After Snow Melt
New Brunswick's forest fire season is officially underway. Parts of the south are quite wet while a heavy snow cover remains in northern areas of the province. But wildfire prevention officer Roger Co...
Apr 16, 2019 Courtesy GNB
Should MLA's Stop Reciting The Lord's Prayer In The NB Legislature?
A Green Party MLA thinks it's time to stop reciting the Lord's Prayer in the provincial legislature. Kevin Arseneau, who represents Kent North, says the assembly is the people's house and it should re...
Apr 16, 2019 Photograph by: Stephen MacGillivray Photography & Video
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NB Early Childhood Educators "Disheartened" With PC Gov't
The Higgs government's wage increases for early childhood educators will benefit very few in the sector which has many operators scratching their heads in disbelief. Cindy Butland, owner/operator of t...
Apr 12, 2019 Early Childhood Development Minister Dominic Cardy sits with kids at a Rothesay childcare centre on April 11, 2019, after announcing a wage increase for early childhood educators. (Brad Perry/Acadia News)
