Harvest Music Festival will be making some changes heading into their 35th anniversary next year.
In a Facebook post the festival announced that they will be combining two of their main tents, the Blues and Mojo, into a new site for the festival that will make use of the new outdoor stage in Officers Square.
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This weeks episode features stories on Fredericton’s Beaver Statue find a new home, nurse retention bonuses and the PGA Tour returning to the province
Hope you all listen and feel informed! Cheers!
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The PGA Tour Americas is coming back to Fredericton with the announcement that the Explore NB open will return for its second year, of a now five total committed, to Mactaquac Provincial Park Golf Course as the tours only event in Atlantic Canada.
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Nurses in New Brunswick have a date on when they will receive their promised 10,000$ retention bonuses from the Holt government.
It was announced that 9,950 retention payments will be sent out on December 19th, with the hopes that they will be received by Dec.31st or shortly into the new year.
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We speak with Joe Hamilton, UNB Men’s Soccer assistant coach and Video/Performance Analyst for Canada’s Men’s National Soccer Team.
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One of Fredericton’s most important artworks, has a new, permanent home in the city’s Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
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This weeks episode features stories on the 61st Legislative Session, a bibliography on New Brunswick Archaeology, youth mental health and MRTI Agency’s 1st birthday.
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Child, Youth and Seniors’ Advocate Kelly Lamrock hosted and spoke at a Youth Mental Health Symposium yesterday in downtown Fredericton, addressing youth and other professionals in the field on issues written in his new challenge paper From Couch To Crisis.
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The 61st New Brunswick Legislative session kicked off this week.
Highlights from the throne speech include 10,000$ retentions payments for nurses, the implementation of a 3% rent cap effective February first, the removal of the provinces carbon adjuster on the price of gas and a 10% rebate on electricity bills.
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Since 2012, Emma Chevarie has operated Music Runs Through It, a website that provided Frederictonians with weekly listings of all the music events happening in the city and a brand she would eventually promote her own shows under. After 13 years on her own, local radio DJ Rob Pinnock and his partner Krista Touesnard, a
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In the course of their 15 year friendship, anthropology professors Trevor Dow, Ken Holyoke and Gabe Hrynick, have compiled a running google doc of archaeological research in the province, an endeavour that has resulted in the now published Bibliography of New Brunswick Archaeology: Works to 2022.
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NB Lung President and CEO Melanie Langille says organizations like hers have been increasing awareness over the last 10 to 15 years, and as a part of their initiatives for this month will be drawing for two 1000$ grants from those who purchase testing kits through NB Lung by the end of November, whose results test for high levels.
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This weeks episode features stories on the swearing on a locally made Tik Tok series making waves at Silverwave, a new non-motorized boat launch and preventative measures to radon exposure.
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In a brief meeting of Fredericton City Council Tuesday night, councilors voted in favor of a highway usage permit for the construction of a new non-motorized boat launch.
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Yesterday’s Weather is an internet sketch series by longtime friends and collaborators Jason McIntyre and Brennan Garnett. They made over 150 videos and the response to the series from both friends and strangers was enough to convince them to develop the series into a short film.
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Recapping Local Fredericton News from November 4th – 8th, 2024
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In just under a week in office, Premier Susan Holt has repealed the stipulation in New Brunswick’s medical services payment act that prevents coverage for surgical abortions performed outside hospitals.
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Mark Kleyn (viola), Emily Kennedy (cello/vocals) and Charles Harding (synthesizer/percussion), also known as Pallmer, took home some hardware at the 2024 Music New Brunswick Awards on October 24th. The trio won Song of the Year for the title track of their album Swimming, which was also nominated for Recording of the Year, a track Kennedy
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Fredericton City Council has agreed, in principle, to a 180-million dollar proposed budget during their last council-in-committee meeting before it goes for an official vote on November 25th. The city saw a 6.98% assessment base increase in property value over the last fiscal year, 2.3% due to new construction and a 4.68% market assessment increase,
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The City of Fredericton recently received three awards at the Communities in Bloom National & International Awards in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Two of the awards went to the city’s Net Zero Greenhouse project, which launched back in March. They received the Healthier, Livable Cities Award and the Tree Management award for its efforts towards
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New Brunswick political history was made official with the swearing in of Susan Holt as the first woman to hold the position of premier this weekend. Holt was visibly emotional during the ceremony, especially so when swearing in the five women who will work in her 19-person cabinet. The new premier invited dozens of women
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Flourish Festival has been a staple in the Fredericton music and visual arts scene for the last decade. Welcoming a diverse array of artist and art installations every spring to venues in the city’s downtown area. Now the festival is looking to add to their yearly programming with PERISH Festival, a miniature lineup of music
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Recently retired University of New Brunswick military history professor Brent Wilson launched his latest and final contribution to the New Brunswick Military Heritage Book Series this week. War Among The Clouds: New Brunswick Airmen In The Great War, is the third title in the series authored by Wilson, who is a co-founder and has been
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The University of New Brunswick Reds fell just short of completing a trifecta of upsets as they hosted the Atlantic University Sport men’s soccer playoffs this past weekend at their home field the BMO Centre. UNB knocked off the second-ranked Memorial Sea-Hawks 3-2 in their semi-final on Friday, just a day after upsetting the third-ranked
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The University of New Brunswick Reds men’s soccer team are moving on to the Atlantic University Sport semi-finals after upsetting the third-ranked Saint Mary’s University Huskies 1-0 on their home turf Thursday night. After barely squeaking into the playoffs as the sixth seed, the Reds defeated the Huskies using a strong defensive scheme and were
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