Rachel Cave

Rachel Cave is a CBC reporter based in Saint John, New Brunswick.

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When your phone 'blows up' in N.B.: Who decides to hit send on alerts

Some Saint John residents wondered why an emergency alert that ordered them to lock their doors and shelter in place May 13, didn't hit their cellphones right away. RCMP say it takes time and experience to know what message to send and when.

Carleton North health-care clinic gets $2.1M to take 800 patients off waitlist

Doctor's bid to launch health-care team to serve an area of 10,000 people gets provincial funding to hire support staff and other health-care professionals.

Saint Johners weigh in on city policing through surveys

Anyone who works or lives in Saint John is now invited to comment on what they want from their police department over the next five years.

'It's all hands on deck': Elections Canada says it's ready for final day of voting

The final 12 hours of voting in New Brunswick starts Monday at 8:30 a.m. AT. Elections Canada say it's ready for high voter turnout and is reminding shift workers they're entitled to three consecutive hours off to get to the polls.

Eager to vote: More than 200,000 New Brunswickers cast ballots early

Advanced polling numbers increased 25 per cent in New Brunswick for the 2025 federal election and the process seemed to go relatively smoothly, although some voters had to wait more than an hour.

Pipeline to Saint John would help get Canada out from under Trump's thumb, Poilievre says

At a campaign stop in Saint John, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre blamed the Liberals for killing Energy East and making Canada so dependent on exports to the United States.

N.B. mayor goes to Washington, hears U.S. counterparts share tariff concerns

The mayor of Grand Bay-Westfield flew to Washington on Thursday to meet with municipal leaders from the U.S. and Mexico to talk about the mutual negative impacts of the U.S. trade war.

Married 41 years​ and racked with pain, ​N.B. couple said goodbye together using MAID

Lee Goguen says her parents' decision to receive medical assistance in dying at Saint John Regional Hospital gave the couple, who were both suffering from cancer, a merciful and peaceful death.
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Doctor on the brink of reinventing family practice for 10,000 rural N.B. residents

A doctor is helping to design a modern health-care clinic in rural New Brunswick, and a new pay model is expected to attract the professionals needed to work there.

'Lack of transparency' from federal Conservatives leads riding president in N.B. to quit

With a federal election call expected within weeks and a Liberal incumbent certainly running for a fourth term in Saint John-Kennebecasis, some Conservatives in the riding are keen to get cracking on their own campaign — if only they could.