The Candy Killer: The Serial Killer Who Stalked Saint John
Terror gripped the gritty streets of Saint John in 1889. The city had its very own serial killer — but this murderer didn’t use…
August 27, 2024
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The “Strange” Men In The Hot Pink Hats
Only a week after Confederation, four working-class Saint John men showed up among the Paris elites to represent the new country of Canada in…
May 3, 2024
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Secret Diary Written In The Lunatic Asylum
The Saint John Lunatic Asylum where Mary Huestis Pengilly stayed in 1883. While there she kept a secret diary and recorded what it was…
December 1, 2022
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Rockwood Park: The Coney Island Of The Maritimes
For several years Saint John’s iconic Rockwood Park was turned into a summer fair grounds based on Coney Island, featuring rides, nightly fireworks, bars…
September 16, 2022
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The Red Devil
Crowds at the Saint John Exhibition checking out The Red Devil Provincial Archives of New Brunswick P60/214 On a clear Autumn day in 1912,…
April 29, 2022
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Was The First Car Invented In Canada?
There’s no photographs of the Andromonon, and few photographs of New Brunswick at all back then. This picture is a sketch my super-talented artist…
January 21, 2022
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Switching From Driving On The Left To Driving On The Right
For much of its history half of Canada drove on the opposite side of the road from the other half. Ontario and Quebec drove…
September 26, 2021
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Abducted By A U-Boat In The Bay of Fundy
The Dornfontein, shortly lived wooden ship which was attacked by a German U-Boat right in the middle of the Bay of Fundy, During the…
March 16, 2021
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Oscar Wilde’s Tour Of The Maritimes
Oscar Wilde as photographed in New York City on his North American tour When Oscar Wilde’s tour of the Maritimes was being booked, it…
March 6, 2021
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