Author Archives: Hannah Rudderham

When Jenna Dobbelsteyn moved to uptown Saint John a couple of months ago, she couldn’t find a safe way to walk to classes at the University of New Brunswick campus, in the Millidgeville area of the city. So she wrote a letter to Saint John council to bring attention to a dangerous spot for pedestrians. “I think it’sContinue reading “UNB Saint John student calls for safer pedestrian access to campus”

University of New Brunswick student Pawan Kumar said the search for housing in Fredericton has been “devastating.” He arrived from India 10 days ago to begin a master’s degree in business administration, but so far, he hasn’t been able to find anywhere to live. “I’m staying in a hotel now and it’s very costly,” said Kumar. He said theContinue reading “Expensive, hard-to-find housing troubles university students as school year begins”

Nearly 150 people crowded a hall in Minto anxious to ask questions and learn more about the controversial New Brunswick jail that will soon occupy close to 22 acres in their community, but some residents were disappointed by the format of the meeting.  The information session consisted of speeches from the minister and deputy minister ofContinue reading “Lack of open Q&A at Minto jail meeting leaves sour taste for some at packed public meeting”

The Bathurst Regional Airport is once again experiencing financial difficulties and has upped its efforts to save the service from closing. The Northern New Brunswick Airport Authority has formed a committee responsible for tackling the crisis. Alain Guitard, president of the authority, said the airport needs to see $700,000 per year in funding over theContinue reading “Bathurst airport steps up efforts to stay alive, asks province for cash”

The New Brunswick Nurses Union says people shouldn’t be misled by a recent report of hundreds of new nurses being registered to work in the province. New registrations aren’t the same as new hires, union president Paula Doucet said Tuesday. The number of nurses who are newly hired and working in the health care system is lower. Continue reading “N.B. nurses union doesn’t want public misled by rosier numbers of registered nurses”

The artificial intelligence world is growing — and now, the University of New Brunswick is getting more involved. The university has announced a new Research Institute in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence which will bring together faculty members from across disciplines at UNB to work collaboratively on AI and data science research. The institute willContinue reading “New UNB research institute focuses on fast-growing artificial intelligence”

On a beautiful, sunny afternoon in July, Eric Tremblay set out from his Hampton home in southern New Brunswick on a looping 60-kilometre bike trip through the countryside that was to eventually take him to Quispamsis. Tremblay’s wife, Tammy Costain, was working at a nursing home in Quispamsis, where he was planning to test the building’s new bike rack and takeContinue reading “Hampton cyclists push for driver education, answers from police after serious crash”

Fredericton residents may soon see some upgrades beginning on the trail system around the city. Tyson Aubie, a traffic engineer with the city, said design work has started but no construction yet. The work will tackle a number of things including various trail connections at Killarney Lake to nearby areas and within the park, trailContinue reading “Better trail ‘interconnectedness’ coming to Fredericton”