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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.
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.
Community organizations facing hard times due to a lack of volunteers
Volunteer shortages are straining essential community services across Canada. Despite a willingness, many don't know how to help.
Family's experience with genetic testing inspires winning project in medical innovation challenge
A New Brunswick family's experience of genetic testing for what proved to be a rare disease helped spark a project that won a medical innovation competition.
A robot called Moxie: Horizon's Medical Innovators' Challenge underway in Saint John
The Medical Innovators' Challenge, a Dragon's Den-style event organized by the Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation, is set for Wednesday evening at the Marco Polo cruise ship terminal.
First Person
I wrote two novels, then a traumatic brain injury forced me to learn to write all over again
In September 2022, this author suffered a life-threatening brain injury while boxing. After being in a coma for five weeks, he had to learn to write again. His new book was recently launched at the rehabilitation centre that helped him recover.
Maple syrup season in New Brunswick is sweet as ever
Like the syrup itself, amateur and commercial maple syrup producers are gushing this year.
Funeral for Antonine Maillet to be held in Moncton on Saturday
A public funeral for renowned Acadian writer Antonine Maillet will be held at the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral on St. George Street.
Saint John's Rainbow Park being significantly reduced to build new school
Large sections of Rainbow Park — an area built to provide recreation space and a playground for people living in Saint John's south end, an area with high levels of poverty — will be removed to build a new school.
One woman's quest to save her Wolastoqey language
In 2022, Lisa Perley-Dutcher, a longtime nurse and health professional, opened the first and only Wolastoqey immersion school, in Fredericton.