CHCO-TV (Saint Andrews, NB)

The 35th council for the Town of Saint Andrews has been sworn in following a lengthy delay due to a byelection. Mayor Steve Neil, alongside Ward 1 Coun. Darrell Weare, Ward 2 Coun. Annette Harland, and Ward 3 Coun. Charlotte Bartlett, Coun. Kurt Gumushel, Coun. Lee Heenan and Coun. Scott Masson were all sworn in Monday night.

A moratorium for a temporary ban on AI data centres brought forth by the New Brunswick Green Party was voted down by the government. Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton’s motion was due to a proposed hyperscale data centre in Spruce Lake Industrial Park, just outside of Lorneville near Saint John. The proposed area for the Beacon data centre. (Chris Watson) The data centre is proposed by Beacon Data Centres and VoltaGrid — two companies based in the United States.

A 66-year-old man from St. Stephen has been arrested after police say they seized a loaded firearm during a traffic stop near Brockway. RCMP said on July 2, at about 10:05 p.m., a member from St. Stephen’s detachment received a report that a man had left a property after an altercation. “The man was believed to be intoxicated and was reportedly in possession of a registered handgun,” the release said.

The Municipality of Eastern Charlotte has approved funding for a new childcare facility in the community. It has a joint funding agreement with the federal and provincial governments for a 40-40-20 split. The project is estimated to be $2.69 million. The facility has long been a priority for the council. It was planned as a 6,200-square-foot single-storey wood-framed building located on J.O. Spinney Road, adjacent to Magaguadavic Place.

The St. Stephen Food Bank has seen increased use as the cost of living continues to strain household budgets. Volunteer Stan Oag said it exists to help people who don’t have enough food, a separate issue from homelessness or addiction. “People come to the food bank because they’re hungry,” Oag said.

Charlotte County-based Cooke Aquaculture has entered into an agreement to move forward with the purchase of Mowi Canada East — part of one of the world’s leading fish farming companies. Mowi has 250 employees across New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Joel Richardson, the vice president of Cooke, said the transaction will be complete by December and plans to maintain its employee base. “We don’t anticipate any job losses,” Richardson said.

Three options have been presented to the public for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Market Wharf and Market Square. Fundy Engineering was contracted by the Town of Saint Andrews following the rejection of an overpriced tender in the fall of last year. Roughly 70 people attended the open house. John McKelvey, Fundy’s director of survey, civil and geotechnical engineering, said the company provided options for infill and different materials for the front wall of Market Square.

When I was young, I was convinced I’d spend my life working at fashion magazines. And for a while, I did. But unfortunately, in all my youthful dreams, I’d never really planned for life after a certain age. When you’re young and naive, even 30 sounds ancient—so far off in the future that it doesn’t occur to you to prepare for how time will change things. By my late twenties, I started wondering what happened to fashion editors after a certain age.

About 92 per cent of municipal leadership local government training in Saint John, which was recommended to be mandatory by the Local Governance Commission (LGC). The Department of Local Government confirmed 550 local councillors and mayors attended the two days of training in the port city. It served as an introduction for both new and returning members. In September 2025, the commission recommended mandatory training for elected officials and staff.

A new survey by the New Brunswick Health Council (NBHC) shows only one in three people can get an appointment with their primary care provider within five days. Stephane Robichaud, the CEO of NBHC, said this trend is not a surprise to the council. “There is a growing proportion of people with increased frailty, many chronic conditions, and that would be increasing pressure on the health system,” he said in an interview.