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Posted: Feb 07, 2021 8:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 7 Saint John writer Anna Minerva Henderson, pictured with her graduating class of 1905 at Saint John High School. (Submitted by Saint John High School) comments Grey wharves that know the way of wind and tide, Dim, drifting fog, the sea-gull's plaintive cry, A city, old and assured, wearing the pride  Of epic memories and heritage …. Few poems have so perfectly captured the grit and dignity of Canada's oldest incorporated city.  These lines, titled Saint John, N.B. become even more remarkable when you learn the author was a B...

Rotational workers ask for rapid testing to reduce isolation time Now required to self-isolate for two weeks upon arrival, New Brunswick rotational workers are asking the provincial government to provide rapid testing to cut down on that required period so they can have time to spend with their families while back home. Social Sharing

by Julia Wright At the King Street coffee shop in uptown Saint John, pop punk plays on satellite radio. A girl with a delicate platinum wedge of jewelry in her septum and thick masses of maraschino-cherry-toned hair works the cash. The buzzing, student-union vibe doesn’t exactly jive with the formality of the invitation I’m holding. It’s heavy, cream-coloured card stock, usually reserved for wedding invitations. A large symbol, calligraphic, coils into and over itself. It looks like a block capital from an illuminated medieval manuscript. “If you look at that symbol closel...