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N.B. Maintains Burn Ban as Crews Tackle New Fires and Work to Contain Beaver Lake Stream Blaze

Municipal trails have reopened under strict fire restrictions that remain enforceable with fines.

The City of Saint John announced Monday residents can begin using city parks and trails again, including this trail in Rockwood Park.
RCMP officers say they arrested a 42-year-old ATV driver with fentanyl and a BB gun after a traffic stop in St. Stephen on Aug. 28, according to a press release.
A tent encampment is pictured here near the Millennium Dome on Garden Street in Saint John. New Brunswick's three largest cities have seen a 210 per cent rise in homelessness over the last four years, according to a recent Human Development Council report.
Riverview Town Council approved a $560,000 tender to rebuild the wooden boardwalk on the Riverfront Trail by the Chocolate River Station.

Overview

  • Fredericton and Moncton saw small new wildfires over the weekend as the province keeps most resources on the 456-hectare Beaver Lake Stream fire near Renous.
  • Fredericton police said an Aug. 21 north-side raid seized significant fentanyl, cocaine, meth, cash and a weapon, with a 54-year-old now facing trafficking and firearms charges.
  • Campbellton RCMP reported a 65-year-old Point‑la‑Nim man died at the scene of a Sept. 5 Dalhousie Junction pedestrian–truck collision, which remains under reconstruction review and is not considered criminal at this time.
  • NB Power restored electricity to about 8,000 Moncton-area customers Monday evening after hours-long outages, and the utility says the cause has not yet been determined.
  • Anglophone School District West expanded its casual driver pool to 86 and reported no cancelled routes in the first week of school after resolving last year’s inspection backlogs.