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Posted: Feb 19, 2021 7:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 19 We are qualified individuals who are out there who are able to do this work. But we need to be given the opportunity, says Danté Bazard.(Tony Davis/CBC) Members of P.E.I.s Black community gathered Thursday night at an annual Black History Month panel discussion to discuss the power and importance of representation.  The discussion focused on the importance of influential Black Islanders — and how that representation helps other B...

Saint John, NB, Canada / The Wave Feb 18, 2021 7:35 PM Jill Laskey-Parry relocated from Ontario to Darlings Island and to open a new store market. (photo by Tamara Steele) A Saint John business owner is happy she made the move from Ontario to open her business in the City Market. Jill Laskey-Parry operates the Blue Pelican which offers homemade soap, bath bombs and body butter. She relocated to Darlings Island last November to move in with her parents where she quarantined before preparing to o...

The Germain Street entrance of the Saint John City Market. (Image: Tamara Steele) Fire officials are reporting only minor damage after a small fire broke out at the historic Saint John City Market. Platoon Chief Kevin Comeau said fire crews were called to the uptown building just after 9 p.m. Thursday. “Fire crews did get a call for a possible structure fire at the Germain Street entrance which turned out to be a small fire that had started on the roof of the entrance atrium,” Comeau said. ...

New Brunswick recorded its 24th death linked to the pandemic on Tuesday. The patient was someone in their 80s who was a long-term care resident at Man...

A business directory listing more than two dozen Black-owned businesses on Prince Edward Island came together quickly and was launched only a few days after a call for registrations went out. 

Saint John's outgoing mayor offered a little advice for those considering a run this spring. Speaking in Saint John Council Chamber, Don Darling addre...

Black History Month a time for celebration and education, P.E.I. leaders say Shane Ross © Submitted by Chijioke Amadi/Oniel Kuku Chijioke Amadi, president of the Black Cultural Society of P.E.I., and Tamara Steele, the groups executive director, say they are looking forward to a number of events taking place during Black History Month. Black History Month is not only a time to celebrate the different cultures within the community, but also a chance to educate the general pub...

Saint John Police are continuing the search a missing man not seen since the afternoon of December 30th. 31-ye...

Saint John, NB, Canada / Country 94 Jan 22, 2021 7:16 PM Uber Rob Dekany assisted the people of Darlings Island, N.B. during flooding in 2019. It was documented by the Nature of Things in an episode which airs on January 22nd, 2021 at 9 p.m. Atlantic. (Photo from Rob Dekany) New Brunswick experienced back to back years of serious flooding in 2019 and 2019 and some of it was documented for an episode of the Nature of Things airing on Friday. A film crew spent time with ‘Uber Rob’ in Darlings...

Zoë Watson, the superintendent of the Anglophone South School District. (Image: Tamara Steele) The Anglophone South School District has seen a spike in student absences since Zone 2 moved to the Red phase this week. Numbers provided by the school district show around 15 per cent of students were absent Monday and Tuesday. That figure jumped to 23 per cent on Wednesday — the first day in the Red phase — and 27 per cent on Thursday. Zoë Watson, the superintendent of the school district, sai...