Category Archives: News
Project AUDE: Board Game Developers at UNB Collaborate with Archives and Special Collections
A conversation with new deputy chief of the Fredericton Police Force
Free bike lock program aims to cut back on bike thefts on campus– but more people need to hear about it
UNB SU Debate 2025
On February 19, candidates for positions on the UNB Fredericton Student Union partook in a debate/Q&A moderated in part by CHSR’s own Mark Kilfoil.
Here is a recording of the discussion, with edits only to remove irrelevant matter (our trivia contests).
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Harvest Music Festival Announces New Site Layout
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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Explore NB Open Returning Next Summer After Successful Inaugural Event
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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CHSR News – December 4th, 2024 – Premier Holt Announces Dates For Nurse Retention Payments, CUPE Yet To Agree
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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UNB soccer coach helping Canada Soccer grow
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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Fredericton’s Historic Beaver Statue Finds New Home
One of Fredericton’s most important artworks, has a new, permanent home in the city’s Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
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The Fredericton Frequency – November 18th – 22nd, 2024
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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New Brunswick youth advocate speaks on new challenge paper “From Couch To Crisis”
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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61st New Brunswick legislative session opens with rent cap, electricity rebates
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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The MRTI Agency celebrates successful first year of music facilitation
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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Trio of anthropology professors publish bibliography on New Brunswick archaeology
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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CHSR News – November 15th, 2024 – NB Lung Tackling Province Radon Concerns For Lung Month
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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The Fredericton Frequency – November 12th – 15th, 2024
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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CHSR News – November 12th, 2024 – Yesterday’s Weather Goes From Tik Tok To Silverwave
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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The Fredericton Frequency – November 4th – 8th, 2024
Recapping Local Fredericton News from November 4th – 8th, 2024
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CHSR News – November 8th, 2024 – Premier Holt Scraps Restriction On Surgical Abortions
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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CHSR News – November 7th, 2024 – Pallmer Brings Chamber Pop To The Forefront Of New Brunswick’s Music Scene
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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CHSR News – November 6th, 2024 – Fredericton City Budget To See Decreased Inside Tax Rates, More Frequent Transit Services
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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CHSR News – November 5th, 2024 – Fredericton’s Net Zero Greenhouse receives international recognition
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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CHSR News – November 4th, 2024 – Susan Holt Sworn-In As New Brunswick’s First Woman Premier
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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CHSR News – November 1st, 2024 – FLOURISH Festival expands with new, heavier stream called PERISH
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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