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CTV News
13 hours ago
- CTV News
Alert Ready message issued outside Fredericton for people reportedly carrying firearms
An Alert Ready message advising residents to shelter in place has been issued outside Fredericton Tuesday morning. The New Brunswick RCMP said in a post on social media just after 8 a.m. that it was searching for a person believed to be 'carrying weapons with dangerous intent' in the area of Route 104 in Zealand. An Alert Ready message was issued about 20 minutes later in the Zealand and Burtts Corner regions. Alert Ready message An Alert Ready message issued in New Brunswick the morning of July 29, 2025. Police now say they are searching for 'individuals' reported to be carrying weapons. Correction - Police are searching for individuals who are believed to be carrying weapons with dangerous intent in the area of Route 104 in #Zealand. — RCMP New Brunswick (@RCMPNB) July 29, 2025 Residents are asked to shelter in place and avoid the area. More to come… For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
CTV News
13 hours ago
- Climate
- CTV News
Heat warnings continue for most of the Maritimes Tuesday
A series of heat warnings remain in place for most of the Maritimes Tuesday with another very warm and humid day in store. All of Nova Scotia is now under a heat warning, except for Digby, Yarmouth, and Shelburne counties. Maximum daytime temperatures will reach up to 31 degrees through Wednesday, though the humidex will make it feel more like 36. Cooler temperatures are expected along parts of the coast and Environment Canada says conditions will begin moderating Thursday. Meanwhile, heat warnings remain in effect for central and southeastern New Brunswick. Temperatures will hover around 30 degrees Tuesday, with humidex values around 36. 'A very warm and humid air mass will continue to affect parts of New Brunswick today. Little relief is expected at night with elevated overnight temperatures. Conditions will begin moderating through the day on Wednesday as a cold front moves through the province,' the warning reads. No heat warnings have been issued for Prince Edward Island, where it is expected to be 28 degrees in Charlottetown on Tuesday. Tips on protecting yourself from extreme heat can be found online.
CBC
15 hours ago
- CBC
N.B.'s restrictions on beer from elsewhere in Canada have come to an end
New Brunswickers are no longer limited in how much alcohol they can bring back from another province for personal use.
CBC
a day ago
- Business
- CBC
Confederation Bridge toll cuts an opportunity to 'unite the country': prof
Laurie Brinklow, chair of the Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island, says it's a 'big day' for the Maritimes. She says reducing tolls on the Confederation Bridge, which connects P.E.I. with New Brunswick, will not only help the region economically, but it will 'unite the country.'
Yahoo
a day ago
- General
- Yahoo
Saint John set to open homes for people who've been living in encampments
Twenty-eight tiny homes in Saint John's first "green zone," built for people now living in encampments, will be open to residents on Friday. The launch of the green zone on Egbert Street, a small side street off Thorne Avenue in east Saint John, has been a "long time coming," Mayor Donna Reardon said Monday. "We've got 28 buildings here we're going to move people into — it's something we've been waiting for, something that we've wanted to do," she said at a news briefing. A second site will open later this year, for a total of 56 tiny homes for people who have been living in encampments. Both sites are near the Atlantic Superstore and the Church of England Cemetery. The 12 Neighbours charity, creator of a similar development in Fredericton, will operate the green zones, which are intended to be transitional housing. The first Saint John site, a community to be called Neighbourly Homes, has two courtyards and 28 individual units. Every unit has a bed, locking doors, heat, lights and internet. Residents will have shared washrooms, laundry, kitchen and multi-purpose facilities. The community will also have some 24-hour-a-day services such as recovery aid for people struggling with addictions. Saint John first announced its plans for the green zones as a part of its Housing for All strategy launched in July 2024. The housing plan followed a public outcry and calls for action on homelessness after a deadly winter for some people living in encampments. The site was made possible through a $3.5 million funding agreement with the provincial and federal governments. "It's all very thoughtful the way it's been put together and it's a great step," Reardon said. "We need the housing, so this is it." A starting point for a growing problem Meanwhile, the city's and the province's homeless population as a whole has grown. The most recent numbers from the Human Development Council, a Saint John-based non-profit, show homelessness in the province grew to 1,529 from 493 between March 2021 and 2025. The group's data dashboard on homelessness shows there were 287 chronically homeless people in Saint John in June. That number was 159 in the same month last year and 142 in June 2023. WATCH | Get a glimpse of Neighbourly Homes: Early this year, the government of Premier Susan Holt pledged to reduce the homelessness population in the province to 621 between by 2029. "Some people said, 'Well, that's not very aggressive — and I say it's absolutely aggressive " said Marcel LeBrun, the founder of 12 Neighbours. "Because the train is going the other way and we're trying to stop the train and move it the [opposite] way. It's a huge challenge to reduce chronic homelessness. But this government's been really committed to it." LeBrun said he hopes the Saint John site and other housing affordability plans approved this year position the province as a leader. "There's no reason we can't actually be a national leader and even an international leader in reducing chronic homelessness," he said "We believe that housing is more than just shelter. It's just the beginning. It's the critical starting point. You need a house to be able to recover, to be able to heal, to be able to move forward. But it's just a starting point." Greg Cutler, the city's community development manager, said the site will have security cameras, foot patrols by Saint John police and vehicle patrols for safety within and surrounding the green zone. The city's Housing for All strategy also includes plans for red zones —- spaces that would prohibit encampments — details for which, Cutler said, are still being ironed out. "Those sites will be a buffer zone around particular spaces like schools, children centre splash pads, that kind of thing — that's what people can expect," he said. Other municipalities in the country has seen push-back, including legal challenges against efforts to tear down encampment sites. Edmonton, for example, saw an unsuccessful lawsuit against that city's efforts to dismantle encampments. Cutler said the green zone strategy in Saint John is an effort to have places for people to relocate once red zones are decided, and the city's lawyer and the province's Social Development Department are involved. "We're cautiously moving forward with that piece," he said.
