What caused the second fatal encampment fire in 2024 in Saint John is still under investigation, said acting Staff Sgt. Matthew Weir.

Originally founded in 1895 by merchants with Loyalist roots, Slocum & Ferris evolved into a well-known uptown eatery. Saturday will be its last day.

A week after devastating flooding once again forced evacuations, caused millions of dollars in damage, and activated the highest level of the town's community disaster plan it's clear that Sussex's future is at stake, according to the town's chief administrative officer Scott Hatcher.

Demand is higher than ever at a Saint John soup kitchen founded as a "temporary" measure in the1980s. But with addiction and homelessness spiralling, and a volunteer base of mainly senior citizens, exactly who's going to step up and keep things running is unclear.

About a dozen unhoused people camping on Waterloo Street, including Robin Monks, whose tent was set on fire Sunday night, are hoping for safer temporary shelter when a pilot program launches in a few days. But not everyone is happy about the news.

Don McAlpine was an outdoorsy, inquiring kid the sort of born explorer who 'sprang from the womb with a bug net in one hand and a collecting jar in the other.'

Robert Burke passedthrough life quietly, says his friend Caroline Burhoe.After his death in a bike collision, she says, she just wants to do 'justice' to him.