Rachel Cave

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

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'I haven't slept:' N.B. restaurant owners lay off workers during COVID-19 downturn

In a city known to punch above its weight with its eateries and bars, the closures of more and more well-loved restaurants are going to take a toll.

Hospital staff report theft of supplies used to control spread of COVID-19

Members of the New Brunswick Nurses Union have raised an alarm about people stealing masks, gloves and hand sanitizer from New Brunswick healthcare facilities.

St. Mary's drummer says her chief abused his power

Twenty-three-year-old Jade Polches says she was told that Alan (Chicky) Polchies Jr. tried to have her expelled from the Assembly of First Nations ceremonies after she reported a sexual assault.

Gothic glass may rise again after 11th-hour rescue

A former Saint John church, built after the Great Fire of 1877, is quickly turning to rubble, but some of its majestic stained glass windows have been rescued from demolition.

Pleas from 2 Rothesay men charged with manslaughter set over until February

Two Rothesay men in their early 20s who are charged with manslaughter in the death of 59-year-old Mark Baker made a brief appearance in a Saint John court on Friday.

Kennebecasis Valley volunteers launch free clothing depot for people in need

A group of volunteers in the Kennebecasis Valley has just opened a used clothing depot at St. David's United Church in Rothesay for people in need.

Province denies liability for sexual assault in special care home

The province says it was not negligent when it allowed Andrew Douglas, who was registered as a sex offender in 2011, to  be placed in one of its special care homes where, within weeks of his arrival, he molested a disabled adult resident.

Ex-Esgenoôpetitj First Nation chief sexually assaulted 12-year-old girl, jury hears

Former Esgenoôpetitj First Nation chief Wilbur Dedam sexually assaulted a young girl in the community as often as three times a week in the late 1970s, the jury at his retrial heard Wednesday.

Kings County teen who could not legally consent to sex with older man shocked by plea deal

A Kings County teen says she feels betrayed by the justice system after prosecutors agreed to withdraw a charge of indictable sexual assault against Zachary Gallant if he pleaded guilty to indictable assault instead.

Crisis at Campbellton hospital slowly improves

The number of patients on stretchers at the Campbellton Regional Hospital is down to 10 from more than 40 last week, says the head of the Vitalité Health Network.

Mother of disabled son fears she'll lose everything before her day in court

Colette Theriault says she doesn't know how she'll find the money to care for her 29-year-old son who functions at the level of a two-year-old.

Police search for driver after 20 gulls killed in Moncton Coliseum parking lot

Codiac RCMP are looking for the driver of a GMC Sierra truck that plowed through flocks of gulls outside the Moncton Coliseum, killing as many as 20 birds and injuring others.

'It symbolizes man's hubris': Canaport bird kill inspires 2 artists

Photographer Thaddeus Holownia and poet Harry Thurston collaborate on a book about the 7,500 birds that died after flying toward the burning natural gas at the flare stack in east Saint John in September 2013.
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'You could see the carnage everywhere': First responder remembers 2013 bird die-off

Barry Rothfuss knew he was witnessing a catastrophic die-off as soon as he arrived at the natural gas terminal in east Saint John around 6 o'clock on the evening of Sept. 14, 2013.

London-trained archivist helps Sisters of Charity catalogue 'moments of grace'

Lex Stephenson, a London-trained archivist, is curating the Sisters of Charity's 165-year history, a milestone they're celebrating in Saint John this weekend.