Valentine’s Day Podcast
Audio, Features, This Week's Edition Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Valentine’s Day Podcast Here’s a special NB Beacon podcast about Valentine’s Day. Produced by Amy MacKenzie Co-hosted by Lauren Bird and Alex Vietinghoff
Get out the way: lessons learned from wrecked toilets
Audio, Features Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Being sick is a lonely, isolating, and at times, frightening experience. But being sick as a group is hilarious. I’m one of the surviving journalists of the great norovirus episode of Victoria, British Columbia circa January, 2012. Sure, it wasn’t funny at the time, but a lot can change in seven days. For starters, I [...]
STU chooses Lily Fraser as VP finance and administration
Audio Thursday, December 8th, 2011
There will be a new face around campus after Christmas break. Lily Fraser has just been announced as St. Thomas University’s next vice-president of finance and administration. She is the first female to hold the position and will begin her term on January 3. Stephanie Kelly sat down with her yesterday to meet the woman behind the title. [...]
Stepping up New Brunswick’s game
Audio, Features, This Week's Edition Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
When Mike Eagles was 16, he made a big decision. He decided to move across the country by himself in pursuit of his hockey dreams. Eagles moved from his small hometown of Sussex, N.B. to try out for teams in the Western Hockey League. He ended up playing Junior A hockey in Saskatchewan before moving [...]
Occupy Christmas: Protestors stay for tree lighting
Audio, Uncategorized Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
Intro: Hundreds gathered at city hall last night for the 26th annual Christmas tree lighting, but this year, they had company. Occupy Fredericton protesters are still camped out on the grounds and say they’re here to stay. Stephanie Kelly has the story.
Christmas trees and the Occupy movement
Audio, News, This Week's Edition Saturday, December 3rd, 2011On Friday, Dec. 2, the city of Fredericton held the 26th annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. The lights were not the only decorations reminding people of the start of Christmas season. A few feet from the tree, the now downsized Occupy Fredericton tent was wrapped in blue ribbons, with small Christmas trees decorating the tables [...]
Liberals looking to rebuild party
Audio, News, This Week's Edition Monday, November 28th, 2011
Over 600 people packed the Fredericton Convention Centre’s ballroom to talk about the future of New Brunswick’s Liberal Party on Saturday. They called it their “special meeting” – a gathering of party members and non-members to share thoughts and vote on 31 recommendations (which can be found on the party’s website) that were put forward by [...]
Hundreds gather in Fredericton to remember
Audio, Past News, This Week's Edition Friday, November 11th, 2011
Despite the pouring rain men, women, and children gathered around the Cenotaph in downtown Fredericton to remember and honour Canada’s soldiers who fought and died in wars past, and present. Service men, women, and veterans from all branches of the Canadian Armed forces marched from the Carleton Street Armouries continuing down Queen Street to the Cenotaph for [...]
Charlotte Street Arts centre’s haunted tour
Audio, Features, This Week's Edition Saturday, October 29th, 2011
The APEGNB, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick, have collaborated with the Charlotte Street Arts Centre in presenting a one of a kind Haunted Tour to raise funds for the CSAC’s outreach program.
Homeless donate to Oromocto SPCA – Radio
Audio, Features Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
It’s pretty rare to hear about homeless people collecting money for a good cause. Two weeks ago, members of a Fredericton church group donated money to the SPCA in Oromocto. Viola Pruss visited the animal shelter to find out more. Transcript: Since 1999 the Oromocto SPCA cares for cats, dogs and all other animals left [...]
