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A new collective agreement struck between the City of Fredericton and its bus drivers eliminates a provision that entitled them to double pay on Sundays, improving the prospects the transit service will be extended to that day.

Providing Sunday bus service in Fredericton could cost the city as much as $2.4 million annually, with much of that cost thanks to a section in the drivers' collective agreement stipulating they be paid double for working on that day.

Dave and Susan Walker have been owners of Sunset U-Pick strawberry farm for forty years, and now, theyre ready to retire. While buyers are interested in taking over, it hasnt been the seamless process the Walkers hoped for.

The City of Fredericton has unveiled new technology it says will help provide data that will guide how Sunday service will eventually be adopted.

Fredericton Transit got some technological upgrades including a new app to track buses in real-time. But Sunday service is still at least a year out.

Fredericton city council voted 7-4 in favour of a motion to rezone a 25-hectare plot of land in the Vanier Industrial Park to allow the construction of a new provincial correctional facility.

The viewing gallery in the council chamber at Fredericton city hall was packed Monday as about 100 people gathered to hear comments of support and opposition to the proposed construction of a jail in the city's east end.

Fredericton city council has voted to sell a portion of land to the New Brunswick government for just over a million dollars for the construction of a new provincial jail.

Fredericton city council approved the municipal operating budget of around $152.9 million at Monday’s council meeting, but two councillors were against it.

New technology may be coming to Fredericton’s transit system including audio and video announcements of stops and electronic fare collection.