
Luke Beirne
Researcher
Luke Beirne is a researcher at CBC News in Saint John. He is also a writer and the author of three novels. You can reach him at luke.beirne@cbc.ca.
Latest from Luke Beirne

Books & Backroads
Fredericton author's collection of short stories 'complex' and 'poetic'
Books and Backroads stopped in Port Elgin to discuss 'Knife Party at the Hotel Europa' with the local book club.
Canada -New Brunswick |

Books and Backroads
Miramichi author celebrates farm life in rural New Brunswick
Readers in six small communities in rural parts of the province took part in book clubs led by CBC and New Brunswick Public Libraries, reading an array of novels from all genres — and all with a connection to New Brunswick.
Canada -New Brunswick |

Books & Backroads
Read along — and visit 6 rural communities — with Books and Backroads 2025
CBC New Brunswick's Books and Backroads series is back, and readers across the province are invited to come along as we travel to rural communities.
Canada -New Brunswick |
More pets, fewer vets: N.B. struggles to keep up with animal care demand
New Brunswick is short of veterinarians, just as pets adopted in great numbers during the pandemic grow older and need more care — and the only Atlantic Canadian school training vets is at its enrolment limit.
Canada -New Brunswick |

'Leading and dividing New Brunswick': New book explores Blaine Higgs's legacy
Blaine Higgs "broke an all-time record" for low levels of support in New Brunswick's francophone ridings in the 2020 and 2024 elections, says Gabriel Arsenault, a Université de Moncton political science professor.
Canada -New Brunswick |

Renowned N.B. swordsmith begins forging a career in law
Longtime swordsmith Jacob Powning was travelling the world, visiting museums and working with researchers, when he glimpsed something that drove him to make a huge life change.
Canada -New Brunswick |

Far Out! book tells story of 1960s back-to-the-land movement in Maritimes
Two brothers with back-to-the-land experience created a book together to document the movement of the 1960s and '70s.
Canada -New Brunswick |

Subway ad campaign tries to lure Toronto, Montreal commuters with a taste of N.B.
You don't expect to see Hopewell Rocks inside the Bloor-Yonge subway station in Toronto, but that's exactly what Tourism New Brunswick's new marketing campaign has made possible.
Canada -New Brunswick |

Secrets in stone: 200-year-old Bell Inn's mysterious origins remain elusive
The Bell Inn in Dorchester is one of the oldest buildings in New Brunswick. It might even date back to Acadian settlement, but the specific details are lost in time.
Canada -New Brunswick |

Organizer hopes Red Dress Day event will put N.B. cases in 'spotlight'
The organizer of a Saint John commemoration of Red Dress Day hopes it will remind people of missing and murdered Indigenous women from right here in New Brunswick, including Erin Brooks, who's been missing for more than three years.
Canada -New Brunswick |