Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

Councillors, researchers want financial penalties for investors holding empty #saintjohn buildings
#newbrunswick is reviewing vacant properties as part of promises for tax reforms but any potential changes wouldn't come until 2027. #saintjohn policymakers have been pushing for a vacancy tax for years to stop investors from buying properties and, in many cases, leaving them empty.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-vacant-buildings-housing-speculation-vacancy-tax-9.6993562?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

N.B. program gives students with disabilities a path to the workforce
Inclusion NB works with high school students who have intellectual or developmental disabilities with the hopes of landing them a job. That hope recently came true for one senior at Simonds High School in #saintjohn.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-job-program-students-disabilities-9.7004893?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

#saintjohn tackles crime concerns with 2-year private security pilot
#saintjohn is launching a two-year, $780,000-per-year security pilot in crime-affected areas starting in early February. Guards will focus on de-escalation, not arrests, with oversight from the city.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-security-pilot-program-gardaworld-nest-yoga-police-crime-9.7004800?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

Prospector, mining companies excited about minerals discovery near #saintjohn
Rob Murray secured mineral rights to a 100-square-kilometre area and is working with exploration companies on the potential for a large copper and critical minerals deposit that could one day become a large mining operation.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/minerals-discovery-saint-john-9.7004791?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

Fish habitat restored at unnaturally straight #saintjohn creek
A #saintjohn creek in an industrial park had become unnaturally straight from sediment and contaminants. But after recent work from environmental group ACAP #saintjohn, the waterway is now more habitable to wildlife.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fish-habitat-restored-creek-9.7001236?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

#saintjohn staff pressed by frustrated councillors on encampment ban strategy
Frustrated #saintjohn councillors pressed city staff on its encampment ban strategy Monday night, asking for more data on why some residents weren't leaving tent sites. The city aimed to remove encampments from the areas of the city deemed as "red zones" by Nov. 17, but it is facing challenges because some people have more specialized needs.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/red-zone-housing-for-all-encampment-ban-fresh-start-9.6999220?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

11th-hour funding keeps new #saintjohn-area cataract clinic operating
The province's newest cataract clinic was almost forced to shut down until April because it completed its allocated volume of surgeries for 2025-26 within its first six months.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/cataract-sugery-clinic-quispamsis-funding-horizon-9.6996558?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

Quebec company opening N.B.’s first ball hockey complex in #saintjohn
#saintjohn city council originally approved construction of an indoor and outdoor ball hockey complex in a west side neighbourhood but the company changed its plans after considering complaints from residents about potential noise issues.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/ball-hockey-facility-saint-john-9.6996448?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

#saintjohn Police officer charged with breach of trust, another investigated after man injured during arrest
A #saintjohn police officer has been criminally charged with breach of public trust following a citizen complaint, while another officer is facing an investigation over a separate incident where a man allegedly suffered serious injuries while being arrested.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-police-officer-charged-man-injured-sirt-investigation-9.6994614?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

#saintjohn discussing e-scooter safety, with hopes for provincial rules soon
#saintjohn is discussing e-scooter safety around the city as users and rentals increase. The city is opting to monitor the e-scooter scene for now and hopes the province will make rules for riders soon.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-e-scooter-safety-provincial-regulations-9.6990558?cmp=rss

Traditional place of Zacharia's retirement (Ain Habis, west of Ain Karem) [between 1934 and 1947]
Matson Photo Service
1 photographic print : gelatin silver. | Photograph showing a monk descending steps outside Saint John in the Desert Monastery, Ain Habis (Spring of the Hermit).

#Zacharia #AinHabis #AinKarem #SaintJohn #Christian #1900-1950 #Israel #Monasteries #Monks #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007675859/

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

#saintjohn bird observatory marks 30 years and 1.7 million seabirds
The Point Lepreau Bird Observatory is marking 30 years of monitoring the seabird migration in a location perfectly positioned to capture the entire migration pattern of more than 100 different species.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-birders-marking-30-years-monitoring-migration-9.6986790?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

#saintjohn building comes together like Lego with heritage-style brick pieces
A #saintjohn developer has partnered with a local company that does precast construction in a factory to build a 13-storey apartment building more quickly in a prime location in the city centre.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-apartment-building-9.6987668?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

N.B. Power wants flexibility from power-hungry data centres
N.B. Power says it’s not alarmed by the electricity needs of a proposed data centre in the Lorneville area of #saintjohn but will be looking for flexibility from such centres on their consumption.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-flexibility-data-centres-9.6984931?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

Accused child killer faces new charge of violating a no-contact order
A man accused of murdering two boys in #saintjohn last winter and of breaching a no-contact order is now facing a second breach charge.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/roman-kamyshnyy-murder-boys-saint-john-breach-no-contact-9.6983130?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

#saintjohn’s 2026 budget increases spending on recreation, police and more
#saintjohn's 2026 operating budget will bring a modest reduction to residential property taxes. It also increases spending on recreation, police, #housing and other priorities.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/saint-john-2026-operating-budget-council-property-tax-recreation-police-9.6982608?cmp=rss