Saint John

3 families homeless after 2 N.B. fires

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Three New Brunswick families are homeless Sunday after fires in Saint John and Stoney Creek over the weekend.

Saint John courthouse won't have private partner

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

The New Brunswick government has abandoned plans to build a new Saint John courthouse as a public-private partnership, saying it will be less expensive to build through a traditional public-sector process.

What’cha Readin’? Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records! With Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance!

CBC Radio 3 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Hiiiiii. Hope all is well! Hey, it's the first day with our What'cha Readin' book of the month for November and boy oh boy, am I excited! Why? Well, because it's Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records by John Cook , Laura Ballance , and Mac McCaughan and, on today's show, Laura and Mac are joining me on the phone to tell us all about the book! Congratulations to all of you who won a copy of this book...

Mariner: Mariner Brings IPTV Service Assurance to Cisco's TelcoTV Workshop

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

SAINT JOHN, NB (MARKET WIRE) Mariner, a leading provider of innovative IP video solutions and technologies, today announced its participation in Cisco's IPTV workshop at the TelcoTV 2009 Conference and Expo, November 10-12 in Orlando, Florida.

NB Power sale will cut rates: Saint John mayor

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Saint John Mayor Ivan Court is predicting that power rates in the province's largest city will go down if the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Québec is approved.

Your Song of the Day from the East Coast: “Up & Down” from The Mountains & The Trees!

Slowcoustic (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

So here you all go, its a gooder! The crew come to us from St. John’s, Newfoundland (not to be confused with Saint John, New Brunswick – them’s fighting words) and the new EP is “Hop, Skip & A Jump” that was just released yesterday. Effectively the “band” of The Mountains & The Trees is Jon [...]

What's in the news: Oct. 28 -- Dal med school on probation: accreditation body

Canadian Medicine (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Dalhousie med school on probation Dalhousie's medical school is on probation after it failed to attain accreditation from an American auditing body. The school (left) was marked non-compliant in 17 of 132 areas initially but managed to get seven of those overturned. The probation lasts up to two years, but the school is still accredited in the meantime. [ Dalhousie Medical School news release ] "It's...

Lonnie Sommerville Racing Wraps up 2009 Racing Season

Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

Saint John, NB Canada 10/27/09- The 2009 racing season has finally come to a close for the Lonnie Sommerville Racing team. While a majority of his fellow Canadian competitors called it quits almost a month ago, Sommerville had a few PASS South events still left on his calendar. In the two events, Sommerville notched a pair of eleventh place finishes leaving the team a bit disappointed with their results...

National Research Council Canada-NRC: Media Advisory: Government of Canada Supports Research Into Medical Radiation Exposure That Will Improve Patient Care in Canada

Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK (MARKET WIRE) The Government of Canada will announce an innovative collaboration among the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Agfa HealthCare Inc., Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation and McMaster University.

National Gallery of Canada presents Master Canadian Artist Miller Brittain

Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

OTTAWA.- New Brunswick’s Miller Brittain (1912-1968) burst upon the Canadian art scene with masterful emotion-filled drawings and paintings of the human form at a time when landscapes by the Group of Seven held sway. The National Gallery of Canada presents "Miller Brittain: When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears", an exhibition that celebrates Brittain’s artistic legacy and provides...

• A Fresh Insight Into the Work of Master Canadian Artist Miller Brittain - Artdaily

Rain knocks out power in Maritimes

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009

High winds and heavy rain Saturday knocked out power to thousands of homes in some parts of the Maritimes, and in Saint John, N.B., several streets and homes were flooded after 116 millimetres of rain fell.

Rain knocks out power, floods streets in Maritimes

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009

High winds and heavy rain Saturday knocked out power to thousands of homes in some parts of the Maritimes, and in Saint John, N.B., several streets and homes are flooded after 116 millimetres of rain fell.

Sea Dogs name N.B.-born player captain

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009

The Saint John Sea Dogs have named Mike Thomas as the team's newest captain, the first New Brunswick-born player to hold that title.

[LINK] "Saint Johners rally to support local labourers"

Randy McDonald's Livejournal (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009

Alone, the irony of migrants from wealthy Alberta coming to poor New Brunswick is immense. More than 100 people gathered in downtown Saint John Sunday afternoon for a free barbecue in support of local tradespeople. Many of them also signed a petition calling for changes to the Labour Act that would ensure qualified local workers are employed before out-of-province workers are brought in for projects....

• Saint Johners rally to support local labourers - CBC.ca

Canadian Province settles wrongful conviction lawsuit on...

Strange Justice (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009

Canadian Province settles wrongful conviction lawsuit on disgraceful terms Eyewitness statements and confessions from others that would have exonerated the man were not led at his original trial. The evidence for his guilt was so weak that the province opted not to retry him when a review of his conviction was eventually ordered after a TV program about the case. They just folded. Yet we see here that...