Ken Forrest News Today

The City of Fredericton is looking to amend bylaws to promote secondary units on properties. One housing researcher said there are pros and cons to the strategy.

The City of Fredericton is updating a plan for how the largely residential south-core district develops, with an eye toward encouraging more density, while also protecting some of the historic character of centuries-old neighbourhoods.

Several dozen people attended the 24th annual Arbor Day ceremony by the Summit Hill Shade Tree Commission in the borough’s Ludlow Park, Saturday. There were two highlights to the program. First, it wa...

Some Fredericton councillors are at odds over a proposal to remove the opportunity for public comments during the city's planning advisory committees as part of wider changes aimed at making the committee more technical in focus.

Fredericton council voted Monday to spend $1.6 million on new road and water infrastructure on the north side to service land that will be sold off later for the purpose of creating as many as 100 affordable housing units.

Fredericton city councillors voted in favour of changes that will allow landlords to create residential units on property that was formerly reserved only for commercial and industrial uses.

Fredericton city council voted to spend $1 million building new roads and municipal services, hoping to attract developers to buy city-owned land and create new housing.

Fredericton city council passed a bylaw on Feb. 26 to allow residential developments in two commercial zones. It will promote smaller units nearby to amenities like schools.

Fredericton may soon allow what it calls "workforce housing" on commercial properties in a bid to help address housing affordability and car-free living.

Fredericton city council has voted to remove horse racing as a permitted activity at the New Brunswick Exhibition grounds, though Mayor Kate Rogers said some events could still happen if proponents obtain a temporary variance.