Hydraulic fracturing is the Bricklin of natural resource exploitation, New Democratic Party leadership hopeful Thomas Mulcair says. Mulcair likened the controversial fossil fuel extraction process to the failed New Brunswick born sports car at a town hall discussion on fracking held Tuesday. “It’s not going to produce a sustainable result,” he said to the group [...]
A Kijiji ad is calling on Fredericton residents to look for missing Elizabeth (Beth) Fellows. Fellows went missing last Wednesday after failing to pick up her weekly prescription at the Victoria Health Center in Fredericton. The center then called the police, who contacted her daughter, Holli Rigden. In a phone interview with the New Brunswick [...]
The job of a journalist is to ask questions. But before a reporter can get to ask the five W’s, they should concentrate on the four I’s. The first of those I’s is the idea (the others are information, initiative and insight). A story doesn’t begin until something inspires the journalist and an idea is [...]
Fredericton’s Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital issued a “code black” Tuesday morning. A code black refers to a threat from an outside intruder. According to Cst. Rick Mooney of the Fredericton Police, the hospital received a call from a man making a threat of a “general nature.” All entrances except the main were closed, and any men [...]
Snow is falling in Fredericton and all over the Maritimes. Environment Canada has issued a weather warning in North-West New Brunswick where snowfall amounts are expected to reach 30 cm. Environment Canada has also issued a warning to Nova Scotia, parts of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador. In Fredericton, the light snow that began this [...]
This morning at 1:16 a man was discovered on York Street, laying against a lamp post. He appeared to be unconscious. It was -4 degrees celsius outside, and ice was covering the side-walk near him. He was wearing a jeans, winter boots and an orange winter jacket. The man was laying roughly 10 feet. from [...]
Some of the biggest names in figure skating were in Moncton last weekend for the 2012 World figure skating championships. Reporter Samantha Magee was at the Coliseum Complex on Saturday.
Hockey is Canada’s spectator sport, but sometimes those spectators can be in danger. Older rink hosting a higher level of play, like Atlantic University Sport or AUS hockey, can be more dangerous for a number of reasons. Jennifer Bishop has more on the story.
When The Beacon staff sent right to information requests to St. Thomas University asking for president Dawn Russell’s salary, we were not optimistic. So in December, when a letter came denying the request we were disappointed, but not surprised. The reason for the refusal, according to the letter, was that St. Thomas was not covered [...]
(Photo submitted/NB Beacon) A person was taken to hospital this evening after being struck by a vehicle at a crosswalk near the corner of Windsor and Montgomery Streets. Fredericton police, paramedics and the fire department arrived on the scene at 6:15 p.m. Emergency vehicles blocked traffic at the top of Montgomery Street for approximately half an [...]
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