Sam Farley

Journalist

Sam Farley is a Fredericton-based reporter at CBC New Brunswick. Originally from Boston, he is a journalism graduate of the University of King's College in Halifax. He can be reached at sam.farley@cbc.ca

Latest from Sam Farley

Local official calls police on residents seeking public government records

An official from a rural municipality outside Fredericton is facing charges after she called the RCMP on residents asking for public documents they were legally entitled to. 

Creeping north: Why ticks and Lyme disease are on the rise in N.B.

A lab in Fredericton is testing ticks for a bacteria that causes Lyme disease.

Campobello ferry starts seasonal run early amid trade war pressures

The New Brunswick government announced Thursday that it was restarting the ferry to Campobello Island earlier than the usual June start due to the ongoing tariff dispute between Canada and the United States.

Embattled Strait Shores council suspended, supervisor appointed

A supervisor has been appointed to run the Strait Shores rural municipality after another resignation from council left it without a quorum.

Conservative says win in Miramichi-Grand Lake 'bittersweet' after national loss

While most of New Brunswick’s 10 ridings were settled relatively early on election night, one stood out.

N.B. election map stays the same after one nail-biter race

New Brunswick's federal election map was shaping up Monday night to be a whole lot of the same from last time, with the exception of one riding, where things were tight. 

Quarry owner again seeks to expand operations north of Fredericton

A construction company that ran into opposition when it tried to expand its Fredericton-area quarry eight years ago is trying again.

Strait Shores council mishandled investigation into new member, commission finds

That finding was by the New Brunswick Local Governance Commission, an independent third-party group that can investigate code of conduct or conflict of interest violations at the municipal level.

Municipal councils, not province, should look after discipline, minister says

Disputes on Grand Lake and Strait Shores councils that led to sanctions and suspensions raise a question about the province's role: Can it do anything to bring about peace?

How a dispute over a hockey rink canteen led to Grand Lake councillor's suspension

Grand Lake is the latest community in New Brunswick to sanction a councillor for an alleged code of conduct violation. This time, the trouble began with a small dispute over the canteen at a hockey rink.