Rachel Cave

Rachel Cave is a CBC reporter based in Saint John, New Brunswick.

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Irving Oil charged in connection with refinery explosion last year

WorkSafeNB says three charges have been laid against Irving companies in connection with the explosion that happened almost exactly one year ago at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John.

Stays of legal proceedings put damper on province's multi-billion-dollar tobacco suit

New Brunswick's bid to recover billions of dollars in smoking-related health-care costs from the world's largest tobacco companies has been stayed until March 12.

Parents whose daughter died by suicide call for compassion

A Quispamsis man who buried his 21-year-old daughter this month after she succumbed to injuries suffered in a suicide attempt, says he's been spending his haunted, sleepless nights working out his grief in Facebook posts that he wants shared as widely as possible.

Man claiming to be ex-premier's son finds no answer in unsealed documents

John Hall's bid to determine if former premier Richard Hatfield is his biological father came to an inconclusive end earlier this month.

Relief coming to employers after stretch of higher WorkSafeNB premiums

After three consecutive years of increasing workers compensation premiums, employers in New Brunswick are about to get a reprieve.

Parents who served time for severe neglect granted access to their 5 children

A father who was sentenced by a Saint John judge to two years of incarceration for failing to provide his malnourished and suffering young children with even the most basic care, says he sees them all the time now and talks to them every day.

Former NHL player returns to Saint John High School with warning about concussions

Former Boston Bruins player Andrew McKim, who graduated from Saint John High School in 1988, returned to his alma mater Thursday to warn students that untreated head injuries can ruin a life.

'Bad girls': Remembering when unwed mothers were told to forget their babies

Marie Crouse, who gave up her baby for adoption when she was 15, says she's not waiting to hear "sorry" from Ottawa, even though a Senate committee says thousands of Canadian women like her are owed an apology for the way they were treated in the postwar years for getting pregnant outside marriage.

Unsealed adoption records lead Ontario woman back to her mother

Kathy Reid is one of 476 people who recently applied to New Brunswick's post-adoption services to see names that were withheld prior to April 1, 2018.

Beer made with solar power gets sunny reception

Randy and Denise Rowe says the bewery has tripled its craft beer production three years after launching Off Grid Ales on the shores of Harvey Lake. 

Knife skills, shiitakes, and budgeting: teens embrace after-school cooking program

Teens who never before boiled a potato or chopped an onion say they're thrilled with an extracurricular cooking course piloted in New Brunswick this year called Kitchen Brigades.

Tests suggest woman accused of refusing breathalyzer was capable of giving sample, court hears

Hospital tests given to Connie McLean 10 days after she was pulled over by police last year suggest she had enough lung capacity to provide a breathalyzer sample.

'Marissa the Fierce' sidelined by measles outbreak in Saint John

After surgery to remove a malignant brain tumour and 13 months of ensuing chemotherapy, 15-year-old Marissa Gootjes was happy to be back at Kennebecasis Valley High School, when the measles outbreak forced the Grade 10 student to stay home.

Locked-out Atlantica students can finish program at Eastern College

Students who were locked out of Atlantica College on Wednesday, after the school's computers were seized by creditors, have been offered a chance to finish their 3D animation program at Eastern College in Saint John.

Atlantica College abruptly closes in Saint John, leaves students with 'absolutely nothing'

Students who signed up for a $34,000 3D animation program in Saint John showed up Wednesday at the Atlantica College in Market Square to find their classroom stripped of all computer equipment.