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Tug life: How Saint John tugboats are pushing toward the future
In fierce wind, winter storms, emergencies and the world's highest tides, tugboats operate 365 days a year.
She was found dead after a tent encampment fire. Her smile is what her family will remember
Rae Tyler's family will remember how she kept smiling even in the toughest of times. The 33-year-old woman was found dead after a tent encampment fire in March.
As fire claims 2 more lives at Saint John encampment, first tenants arrive at shipping container shelters
In March, 14 people moved into temporary shipping container shelters in Saint John. It's far from ideal — but they're some of the lucky ones.
Remains found after tent encampment fire 'could take weeks' to identify, police say
What caused the second fatal encampment fire in 2024 in Saint John is still under investigation, said acting Staff Sgt. Matthew Weir.
After 129 years, Slocum & Ferris in Saint John City Market to close
Originally founded in 1895 by merchants with Loyalist roots, Slocum & Ferris evolved into a well-known uptown eatery. Saturday will be its last day.
Sussex 'won't survive' without a $38M flood mitigation project. But who's going to pay?
A week after devastating flooding once again forced evacuations, caused millions of dollars in damage, and activated the highest level of the town's community disaster plan — it's clear that Sussex's future is at stake, according to the town's chief administrative officer Scott Hatcher.
Don't call soup kitchen a 'Band-Aid,' says Romero House director. It's a 'tourniquet'
Demand is higher than ever at a Saint John soup kitchen founded as a "temporary" measure in the1980s. But with addiction and homelessness spiralling, and a volunteer base of mainly senior citizens, exactly who's going to step up and keep things running is unclear.
Shipping container shelters to replace tents at site of Saint John's most recent encampment fire
About a dozen unhoused people camping on Waterloo Street, including Robin Monks, whose tent was set on fire Sunday night, are hoping for safer temporary shelter when a pilot program launches in a few days. But not everyone is happy about the news.
His boyhood curiosity sparked a 43-year museum career. Now, Don McAlpine is set to retire
Don McAlpine was an outdoorsy, inquiring kid — the sort of born explorer who 'sprang from the womb with a bug net in one hand and a collecting jar in the other.'
A Saint John senior died in a bike crash. His friend feels his death was ignored
Robert Burke passed through life quietly, says his friend Caroline Burhoe. After his death in a bike collision, she says, she just wants to do 'justice' to him.