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With prom and graduation season approaching, the provincial government reminds young people that driving under the influence of alcohol puts themselves and others at serious risk. From left: Sophie Thériault, student, École Sainte-Anne; deputy premier Stephen Horsman; Danielle Cole, Sandra Clements and Rev. Deborah Ambridge Fisher, Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada, Greater Fredericton Area Chapter; and Const. Mike Bamford, Fredericton Police Force.

New Brunswick graduates reminded of consequences of impaired driving

The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission is currently accepting nominations for the 31st New Brunswick Human Rights Award.

Nominations sought for New Brunswick Human Rights Award

EOS Eco-Energy and the Sackville Art Hive are teaming up this Earth Day to bring Boomerang Bags to Sackville.

Sackville Art Hive hosting second Boomerang Bag Community Sewing Bee

Food, environmental and portering services at New Brunswick hospitals will not be ...

Jean-Francois LeBlanc, Sackville community program officer, is urging area residents to register their bicycles with the RCMP.

Sackville RCMP adopts bicycle registration program to combat theft

Right whales are seen in the south Gulf of Saint Lawrence in this May 5, 2018 handout photo. -Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Conservation and Protection Branch

EDITORIAL: Troubled waters

Russell Wangersky: When you can’t trust your partner

New Brunswick begins 2018 heat alert, response system

Mount Allison president Robert Campbell presents Margaret Ann (Peggy) Craig, administrative assistant in the university's department of music, with the 2018 Purdy Crawford Staff Award of Excellence.

Craig receives Mount Allison’s 2018 Purdy Crawford Staff Award of Excellence

The young crescent moon over Halifax in May. Thanks to Michael Boschat for always looking up and sharing!

CINDY DAY: New moon, no moon?

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The Van Gorder family, mom Tami, daughter Megan, dad Steve and son Owen.

Earning to learn, learning to earn

Updated 20 hours ago

This 1930 Bentley, with a 4.5-litre engine, is similar to the 1929 model David Grainger owned and eventually sold for $250,000. Today he says his car would be worth about $1.4 million. 123RF PHOTO BY MASSIMO CAMPANARI

Hot wheels, cooling trends

Updated May 28, 2018 at 4:04 p.m.

A carbon tax on P.E.I. will mean an estimated two cents per litre increase on gasoline each year for five years.

Gas pump shock: Atlantic Canadians will have to consider options with driving season gearing up

Updated May 29, 2018 at 12:03 p.m.

Steering customers towards affordable houses

Published May 22, 2018 at 8:51 a.m.

Five years of budgeting that included a family trip to Walt Disney World and getting a swimming pool for the backyard let the Donats - Meghan, Charlize, Nadia, and Morgan - pay off the mortgage on their dream home just outside Bridgewater, Nova Scotia and live debt-free.

Keeping up with the Donats: Nova Scotia family finds secret to being debt-free

James Risdon
Updated May 23, 2018 at 10:29 a.m.

It was panic time. Elementary school teacher Meghan Donat and her husband Morgan, a self-employed massage therapist, had just moved into their $275,000 dream home on three acres outside Bridgewater in southern Nova Scotia. It was February 2013, ...

InsurTech Man: The coming evolution of the insurance industry

James Risdon
Updated May 14, 2018 at 3:08 p.m.

Artificially intelligent software is increasingly crunching consumers’ social media data – and getting health information from apps on their cellphones and Fitbit-like devices – to help companies price and sell life ...

Financial security? Act your wage

Kenn Oliver
Published May 14, 2018 at 10:51 a.m.

I’m never going to win the lottery and, unless my parents have managed to conceal the fact we were incredibly wealthy but incredibly frugal, I’m not going to inherit a vast family fortune either. Chances are neither will ...

Left to right, Kyle Campbell, Cam Tran president and CEO, takes Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Bernard LeBlanc on a tour of the equipment on the newly-opened facility in Sackville. Cam Tran is an Ontario-based company specializes in the manufacturing, repair and renewal of electrical distribution transformers. Cam Tran purchased the assets of the former Moloney plant earlier this year and has hired about 15 of its former employees to run the new facility.

Cam Tran welcomed to Sackville

Katie Tower
Updated May 11, 2018 at 6:50 p.m.

SACKVILLE, N.B. – It was an exciting day for Sackville as Cam Tran was officially welcomed to town on Friday, bringing back much-needed and long-awaited manufacturing jobs to the community with the promise of many more to come. “I ...

Martine and Chris Patterson, shown here with their kids Emma and Jake, invented a harness designed to teach children at a young age to skate while also helping ease the load off parents’ backs.

Sackville invention seeing success after first year on market

Katie Tower
Updated May 10, 2018 at 11:37 a.m.

SACKVILLE, N.B. – It’s only been on the market for about eight months but an invention made right here in Sackville is showing early signs of success. Chris and Martine Patterson’s learn-to-skate trainer hit shelves last ...

High rise development - U.S. studies indicate states with legalized pot have seen a boost in property values but this trend isn’t expected to hit Canada

James Risdon
Updated May 07, 2018 at 2:12 p.m.

Outside, there’s nothing but a green marijuana leaf on a plain white door in the front of a grey-sided building that indicates it houses a medicinal marijuana dispensary. Inside, though, the hulking power of Bruce Banner #3 buds, a medicinal ...

John Hillman loves the old homes, the atmosphere, the spirit, and the lifestyle in Bridgetown. That’s why he’s opening his law firm – Hillman Law – at 10 Queen Street May 4.

Dream Job in Bridgetown – Hillman Law opens doors May 4

The Sackville Tribune Post
Updated May 03, 2018 at 11:07 p.m.

BRIDGETOWN, NS - After a stretch without any local law offices following the recent retirements of David Cottenden QC and John Cameron QC, Bridgetown will see a new firm open its doors May 4. Hillman Law will be located at 10 Queen Street, ...

Cattail Ridge Family Market owner Kim Ripley arranges some of the fresh local baked goods available at the local business.

Owner of Sackville's Cattail Ridge Family Market uses business to support local entrepreneurs, artisans, producers

Scott Doherty
Updated May 02, 2018 at 5 p.m.

Cattail Ridge Family Market carries a wide range of locally-produced products, including soaps, lotions and essential oils. SCOTT DOHERTY – SACKVILLE TRIBUNE-POST SACKVILLE, N.B. – For Cattail Ridge Family Market owner Kim Ripley, ...

Jade Terrio and her father Scott have their own company, T&T Construction and Property Management, and recently added the installation of seamless gutters to their list of services, recently taking over for a local businessman.

Sackville father-daughter duo start up construction, property management business

Katie Tower
Updated May 02, 2018 at 8:11 a.m.

SACKVILLE, N.B. – Jade Terrio isn’t afraid to take on a challenge. At 17 years old and set to graduate from Tantramar Regional High School this June, she is getting ready to take on a path most girls her age don’t typically ...

Moms and dads need a (tax) break, too

The Sackville Tribune Post
Published Apr 23, 2018 at 4:43 p.m.

While becoming a parent or growing your family is a rewarding personal experience, it can be just as beneficially financially. And it’s not just limited to the cost savings of eventually having a live-in snow removal specialist or ...