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Fredericton city council approved the municipal operating budget of about $152.9 million on Monday. The budget includes a seven-cent property tax decrease for some residential property owners, a five-cent increase for others along with increases to parking costs. “Due to the changes associated with local governance reform, this has been a budget process like noContinue reading “Fredericton approves 2023 budget, but not all councillors agree”

With the 3.8 per cent rent cap coming to an end soon, Nichola Taylor, chair of ACORN New Brunswick, said the Higgs government has sent a “clear message” to tenants that they don’t matter. But Taylor said the social justice group isn’t backing down and they have their own message. “We’re going to keep fightingContinue reading “Tenants’ rights advocates, landlords speak out on decision to let rent caps expire”

Restaurants across New Brunswick are grappling with the high price of lettuce, with some saying the bulk price has more than doubled since their last order.  This has led to many restaurants across the province taking salad off their menus for now. The Palate in Fredericton is one of those restaurants. Owner Ken Roberts said itContinue reading “High price for lettuce keeps salad off the table at some N.B. restaurants”

Fredericton city councillors have approved an operating budget for 2023 of nearly $153 million, which includes a seven-cent decrease in the property tax rate for most residential property owners. A motion at Monday’s budget meeting was approved in principle, meaning it was agreed upon, and the budget must be officially voted on at next week’s council meeting. The seven-centContinue reading “Most Fredericton residential property owners will see drop in property tax rate in 2023”

Kehkimin means “teach me” in Wolastoqey and teaching is exactly what the Kehkimin Wolastoqey Language Immersion School is trying to do.  With the help of the Language Conservancy, a collection of books were written and an app was developed to help teach the language to children at the school and beyond. At an event hosted atContinue reading “Wolastoqey app, books developed to immerse younger generation”

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. An inquest into the death of Hillary Hooper will be held this winter, more than two years after she died by suicide, according to the Office of the Chief Coroner of New Brunswick. Hooper, 27, was a patient in the psychiatric unit at the Saint John Regional Hospital when sheContinue reading “Mother ‘relieved’ as inquest announced into daughter’s death in N.B. psychiatric unit”

St. Thomas University student Ethan Nylen was pacing back and forth as he awaited a phone call from the selection committee for the Rhodes scholarship. After the phone call came, Nylen said he dropped to the ground in “pure disbelief.” From there, he called his parents who had been doing their own pacing. Nylen, who was born andContinue reading “Two New Brunswick students awarded prestigious Rhodes scholarship”

The location for the city’s new performing arts centre is now confirmed. The centre will be built on the vacant lot at the corner of King and Regent streets in Fredericton’s downtown core. The city bought the site in a deal with Commercial Properties Ltd. for $8.2 million. The city then sold about 25 per cent of theContinue reading “Fredericton confirms location for new performing arts centre”