Gerry Lowe News Today

The former Woolworth’s store building in uptown Saint John was torn down in 2021 with promises of a 12-floor, mostly residential building. Almost three years later, it is still an empty, fenced-in hole.

Saint John is growing, and with that comes a growing number of complaints about zoning violations and unsightly properties, says Pamela Bentley, who manages community compliance for the city.

A street that runs through the heart of uptown Saint John will get a renovation over the next few years, with the aim of making it safer for pedestrians and cyclists and, advocates hope, a model for other streets.  

A Saint John councillor says he is glad the planned central peninsula school will include a community hub. On ...

A fixture overlooking Reversing Falls on Saint John's west side has been saved from the wrecking ball. On Mond...

As part of the community hub model, the city would have additional early childhood learning spaces, parent resources and an expanded after-school program.

J.D. Irving Ltd's paper mill in east Saint John and Twin Rivers pulp mill in Edmundston have qualified for up to $700,000 in property tax refunds covering the last two years after Service New Brunswick reversed itself on assessment increases it gave the two mills in 2021.

Saint John council has quashed plans to relocate a 48-space daycare on the city's west side, leaving its futur...

The Saint John daycare Butterflies and Bumblebees has to leave its current location within a year because of a new development. Its application for rezoning of a property on a residential was denied by city council.

A study to be published soon on levies and taxes paid by the petroleum industry in the United States shows property taxes charged on oil refineries south of the border average several million dollars more than what the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John has been paying.