A car parked about 15 feet from a house was ablaze on Demonts Street on the lower West side.
According to reports, the street was blocked off at Lancaster Avenue while emergency crews worked to extinguish the flames.
Once it was put out, they found that the fire started underneath the hood, but there's no word on the cause. The fire is under investigation by Saint John Police and the Saint John Fire Department.
The stories of and behind the literary figures in New Brunswick are now more accessible through a project launched by the library.
The New Brunswick Author Portal is an online resource that collects information about local writers and its now available through the New Brunswick Public Library Service. Tourism, Heritage and Culture Minister Trevor Holder tells CHSJ News we have a thriving literary scene here in New Brunswick and he names Wayne Curtis and David Adams Richards as two of his favourite local writers. Holder tells us that this portal is a way to showcase them and their fellow authors.
To access the portal, click here.
A blaze engulfing a home located at 24 Alderbrook Drive in Quispamsis.
The KV Fire Department tells CHSJ News that they fought the fire for about five hours before it was extinguished. The garage was heavily damaged, but how and where the fire started is still under investigation.
They tell us that nobody was hurt.
(Photo Courtesy of Doug Epton)
Is there somebody or some business in the heart of the city that you think deserves some kudos? Well, now's your chance to give them some recognition.
Nominations are now open for Uptown Saint John's bi-annual Live Life Awards, which celebrates the best of what the Port City has to offer. Categories include Best New Business, Creative Personality Award, Social Space, and more. You have until May 14th to submit your nominations, which you can do here.
You'll be able to check out shortlist on May 16th, on Uptown Saint John's website. The awards ceremony itself is on June 6th.
The tuition hike at St. Thomas University in Fredericton is raising some eyebrows. The annual fee is being raised by $434, a number that's nearly triple the provincial government's cap on tuition increases.
Jeffrey Carleton, a spokesman for the university says the increase was necessary to balance the books, but post-secondary education minister Danny Soucy says he's disappointed that they're not abiding by the cap. However, the cap is not a law, so he has to go over the matter before he decides if the government can take any action with the university.
The government froze funding for public universities and introduced at $150 cap to tuition fees in its 2013-2014 budget.
With the hike, the annual cost of a bachelor of arts degree at St. Thomas University is now $5,379.
Dr. Jim Parrott says he will resign if the Health Minister doesn't negotiate with doctors in a dispute over health care spending.
The Independent MLA representing Fundy-River Valley came out of a meeting with the Provincial Medical Society saying he wants Health Minister Hugh Flemming to have talks with the group.
Parrott says if that doesn't happen, he will quit politics.
The former cardiac surgeon & current member of the medical society, says he wants the group to back off from its plans to launch a court challenge of a $20-million cut to medicare.
The medical society has accused Flemming of issuing an ultimatum rather than negotiating with them. But Flemming has issued an open letter to doctors saying he is willing to negotiate.
As May 13th approaches, Ward 3 can exercise their right early at the only advance polls tomorrow begin 10am and 8pm.
Paul Harpelle of Elections NB says you can vote at the Simonds Lions Auditorium at the Villa, Carleton Community Centre and the Saint John Boys and Girls club.
He says they are asking voters to bring their voter information card along with them so they can be processed quickly and on their way to enjoy their Saturday.
An estimated 10,000 people are eligible to vote in Ward 3.
For more info, click here
Many of us can't conceive of being at war at all let alone being involved in a battle for more than 4 years.
That was the case during World War 2 when the Canadian Navy, Merchant Navy and Air Force all fought the Battle of the Atlantic from September 1939 to May 1945.
Lieutenant-Commander Mark Brown o HMCS Brunswicker tells CHSJ News the battle will be commemorated on Sunday morning in a service at Grace Presbyterian Church at 11am.
He says members of HMCS Brunswicker-the Royal Canadian Navy, Navy League cadets and Royal Canadian Sea cadets will march from the church on Cobourg street to Market slip by the Hilton hotel.
Brown says dignetaries attending the service will throw wreaths into the Harbour to commemorate the Battle of the Atlantic.
The service on Sunday begins at 11am at Grace Presbyterian Church followed by a march from the church down Cobourg crossing Union to Charlotte down King to Market slip near the Hilton.
You might not have seen Ward 3 Candidate Mark LeBlanc at the past couple of candidate debates, but that doesn't mean he's not in the running.
Leblanc is a compliance officer with Public Safety, and he tells CHSJ news he doesn't like the style in which the debates are run, which doesn't allow people to challenge one another's platforms.
Leblanc says the biggest issue facing ward 3 is unemployment and its biggest asset is the waterfront, on which he'd like to see an amusement park built.
Concerned citizens and community activists gathered in King Square this afternoon to protest the release of sex offenders into the community.
Activist John Campbell spoke to the crowd on his concerns with having sex offenders living here, saying some cannot be rehabilitate and are a threat to the safety of women and children.
Others pointed out the protest isn't about the two specific sex offenders who were released recently, but rather about raising awareness of sexual assault in general.
About 400 runners aged 5 and older will be at the airport tomorrow night for the third annual runway run.
Angela McLean at the Airport tells CHSJ News this event gets sold out fast, within two weeks of being advertised.
About 100 young people will be running first to raise money for the Canadian Mental Health Association.
When the older folks run, the airport runway lights will be on. The logistics are tricky because the runs have to be worked around two Air Canada flights.
Federal health officials and Nestle are recalling a brand of frozen pizza because it may contain pieces of plastic.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announcing the recall for Delissio brand Thin Crispy Crust Grilled Chicken, Tomato & Spinach pizza.
There has been no explanation on how the plastic may have gotten into the pizza.
The product is sold across the country and the federal agency says there have been no reported consumer complaints.
The big story of the Ward 3 debates is familiar..one missing candidate. Again.. Mark Leblanc declined to participate because he didn't like the format.
The remaining 7 did show and covered a range of topics from roads to P3 funding, police and fire funding and performance reviews for city staff.
Allen Leslie tells CHSJ News this was his second attempt and he tells us he's getting better at it and he hopes everyone agrees.
Michelle Hooten says the subject matter was the same on the Lower West side and in the South end.
Brian Boyd questions the City's definition of the word priority adding those neighbourhoods are not focused on.
Barbara Ellemberg says people in this urban setting are hurting and can't afford any kind of tax increase.
Graeme Stewart-Roberston says road reconstructions costs can be reduced with road diets by increasing public transportation.
Gerry Lowe pointed out that no council has ever asked Local 18 to discuss their contract.
All 7 candidates encouraged voters to exercise their right on May 4th or May 13th.
To see our Twitterfeed from last night's debate click here
The Millenial generation is a far cry from the Baby Boomers in a score of ways---and the amount they're donating to their old universities is no exception.
In fact, many post-secondary schools are struggling given high unemployment and skyrocketing average student debt. Non-profit communications expert John Stuart tells CHSJ News a lot of recent grads find the letters asking them to donate money obnoxious, given the amount of money they've already shelled out in tuition.
According to Stuart the grads might be more willing to donate if school provided better guidance on getting a job after graduation
We have the latest update in the investigation into yesterday's murder in Geary.
The 24-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the murder of a 61-year-old man in Geary earlier has been released without charges.
47-year-old Harry Edward Charlie McKenna has been charged with first degree murder for the death of Kirk Blair.
As the New Brunswick Medical Society takes the province to court, Health Minister Ted Flemming is publishing an open letter to doctors telling them his door remains open to ideas that will achieve 20 million dollars in health care savings.
Flemming is telling the doctors each child born in the province is immediately saddled with a debt of more than 15 thousand dollars before he or she draws a breath.
He claims the financial situation is so dire, the health department had to present its spending plans to the bankers who will underwrite the province's debt and answer questions about how money will be saved.
He's now saying those savings can be achieved without a medicare cap but there's no way workers in healthcare won't be affected since three-quarters of the health department's budget is made up of wages.
Provincial NDP leader Dominic Cardy says there should be a law making it a crime for M-L-A's to interfere with the awarding of road contracts which has been a longstanding tradition that even extends to who works on the roads.
Cardy has unveiled the Politics Free Tendering Act telling CHSJ News some companies have decided not to come to the province after being told it might be a good idea to do business with such and such because he's got connections to a certain cabinet minister.
He also argues this old style political way of conducting government affairs is a disincentive for New Brunswickers to start their own businesses.
The King Square bandstand is one of only two structures like it in the world,according to Mayor Mel Norton
The Mayor who says words are not able to adequately express the city's gratitude to the anonymous donor who is paying for the bandstand to get a new lease on life.
Norton says the city is planning a big community celebration to mark the completion of the renovations, which will hopefully be by early summer.
An 18 year old man has been sentenced to 30 months federal time for his part organizing what the judge called a "sad and chilling" February assault in Glen Falls.
John Alexander Adams didn't argue that he was the key orchestrator of the attack, which the victim's father described as the precursor to "43 long, agonizing days in hell" as his son was hospitalized in a coma. The victim is recovering in a rehabilitation center but will suffer long-term problems with memory loss, exhaustion, and paranoia.
Adams and another young man who cannot be named lured the victim into a shed in the East Side suburb and hit him with a baseball bat, causing skull fractures and haemorrhaging. The judge told the court Adam's youth and lack of an adult record were mitigating factors in the sentence, with also requires his to submit a DNA sample and a lifelong weapons ban.
Major Crime investigating after two people report being robbed in separate incidents around 1 this morning in the area of Hazen and Garden Streets.
City Police telling CHSJ News one person was injured and a weapon was used in one of the incidents. The type of weapon used has not been divulged.
