Brenden Annis has had enough. The 15-year-old Grade 10 student says he feels overwhelmed by excessive bullying at Leo Hayes High School and through social media over the past few months. But it hasn’t been a textbook case of bullying about his appearance or the crowd he associates with. His ex-girlfriend has been harassing him [...]
The small business-owner from P.E.I. who wanted to expand his shuttle to New Brunswick has met a firestorm of opposition. David Anderson, president of Advanced Shuttle Services, will have to appeal his application to the Energy and Utilities Board of New Brunswick. “I received four letters of opposition to my application,” he said. “That automatically [...]
When Alex Tomer walked into the training centre on Kingsclear First Nation on Jan. 21, he had no idea he would be leaving as a candidate for council. The 24-year-old St. Thomas University English and philosophy student went to the reserve that day to support his father, who is seeking re-election as chief. “I went [...]
This weekend, talks will resume between Acadian Lines and its workers’ union after two and a half months of silence. Acadian Lines workers have been on lock-out since Dec. 2, after their union refused a contract presented to them by the company. Fifty-nine of Acadian Lines’ bus drivers, mechanics, customer service representatives and maintenance workers [...]
Charles LeBlanc, seen here with his camera, is known for controversial blog posts about politics and social issues. He was recently arrested in connection with criminal libel against a local police officer, something the Canadian Civil Liberties Association says the Fredericton Police Force must be very open about. LeBlanc is set to face the [...]
Students from the 2012 graduating class didn’t have to brave a snowstorm to make it to Kinsella Auditorium, like the one that postponed the event last week.
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 [...]
The journal is worn, its brown leather cover cracked and fading. An elastic strap holds together the brittle pages, and in the middle of the book is a small puncture wound. “It’s got its bullet-hole through it,” said a dark-haired woman, gingerly handing it over. She nodded towards an old photograph on her desk, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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