@SamFarleySam

Reporter with CBC New Brunswick. King's College Journalism '23.

 Fredericton, New Brunswick
Joined November 2016
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This job is often a blast, but today was especially so!
Jacques Poitras@PoitrasBook10 Aug 2024
Border communities will always find a way to connect. #ImaginaryLine @SamFarleySam cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

International festival brings St. Stephen, Calais together 'as one' | CBC News

A festival unites St. Stephen, N.B., and Calais, Maine. The highlight is a cross-border parade.

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Cooke Aquaculture, one of the largest companies in #NewBrunswick, alleged in lawsuit to be using a web of shell companies to skirt American law with controversial fishery in Virginia. My latest for @CBCNB @CBCNews cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

Lawsuit alleges Cooke Aquaculture using shell companies to skirt U.S. law | CBC News

Cooke Aquaculture, one of New Brunswick’s largest companies, has asked for dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit accusing it of using a complex web of shell companies to break anti-foreign ownership laws.

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“I really wish you would go away,” a local development board tells me when I inquire about a report into a landlord in St. Stephen #NewBrunswick. A week before 3 of the rundown properties head to a mortgage sale, one burned down last night. @CBCNB cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

Owner of rundown St. Stephen properties no longer subject of report by development group | CBC News

Two vacant apartment buildings in St. Stephen are headed to mortgage sales, while a local development group has abandoned its effort to find out more about the owner, whose rundown properties have...

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My latest for @CBCNB , Woodstock #NewBrunswick mayor Trina Jones doubles down on Pride flag policy. Jones criticizes a 2SLGBTQ+ group, Pride flags themselves, and media coverage. “Don’t call me this week,” Jones tells reporters. cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

Woodstock mayor doubles down on decision not to display Pride flags | CBC News

Despite concerns raised by an 2SLGBTQ+ advocacy group, Woodstock is sticking with a policy that will prevent Pride flags from being flown from municipal lampposts.

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What happened when an industry that once defined a small town is torn down? Happy to share my latest for @CBCNB , also an incredible video by colleague Mike Heenan. cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

The long death of Sackville's Enterprise Foundry | CBC News

The buildings of Enterprise Foundry, once a Canadian leader in manufacturing cast iron stoves and electric appliances, are being demolished.

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Want to read more about @JeanneCBC 's interview with Premier Blaine Higgs about affordability cheques this morning? My latest: cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

'Negative' news coverage of affordability payments makes Higgs wonder why he bothered at all | CBC...

Since Premier Blaine Higgs first touted $300 ‘affordability payments’ in January, it’s been revealed that citizens must apply for the money and retirees are excluded.

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Jeanne Armstrong@JeanneCBC27 Feb 2024
I spoke to Premier Higgs about those $300 cheques. "This is a $75 million affordability measure that should be seen as a good news story. ...In my position, you almost go back and say, 'Wow, with this much negativity around it, why did we do it to begin with?'" Our chat @ 7:37
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BREAKING for @CBCNB , controversial #rotenone plan for #Miramichi Lake in #NewBrunswick abandoned after group fails to complete project in three years. cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

Rotenone scrapped as weapon against invasive fish in Miramichi Lake | CBC News

A group hoping to spray rotenone on Miramichi Lake to kill smallmouth bass — with the goal of protecting Atlantic salmon from the predator fish — has cancelled the plan.

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nice to see @SamFarleySam figured out which NB city is the coolest – at Saint John, New Brunswick
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Pesticide, dead fish, and a report revealed. My latest for @CBCNB about a controversial #NewBrunswick story about #rotenone that’s been ongoing for 3 years. Progress of the group finally revealed for first time. cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

Death tally after rotenone dose in Miramichi watershed: invasive fish 32, salmon 514 | CBC News

A progress report on the use of rotenone in the Miramichi River watershed to protect Atlantic salmon from an invasive species says the first application killed 32 smallmouth bass, the targeted fish,...

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New from me this morning: cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

Breakaway believers warn N.B.'s PC party of 'Dominionist' religious movement | CBC News

Former adherents of the same religious movement as Faytene Grasseschi, a leading advocate who has been based in New Brunswick since 2020, say the cause is about more than just parents' rights. They...

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When a covered bridge in Riverview threatens to fall down from neglect, what does it mean for local families with deep connections to the bridge? My latest for @CBCNB #newbrunswick #moncton #coveredbridge cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

You can't cross this bridge when you come to it | CBC News

As a covered bridge in Riverview is falling into disrepair, local families with deep ties to the bridge wonder how much longer it will stand.

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From @brodiefenlon: Canadian news is starting to vanish from Instagram. Google is next. Here's how to find CBC as that happens cbc.ca/news/editorsblog/cbc-…

Canadian news is starting to vanish from Instagram. Google is next. Here's how to find CBC as that...

Some readers are getting a preview of what social media and search engines will look like without Canadian news as tech companies make good on threats to eliminate it from platforms following federal...

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So proud of my friend and J-school colleague @lwdyment , can’t wait to see all the amazing stories!
Luke Dyment@PostDyment30 Jun 2023
Hey everybody! I am ecstatic to be continuing my journey in one of the world’s most beautiful places: Cape Breton! I begin with the @capebretonpost next week and couldn’t be more excited to cover everything CB. Let’s go!
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I joined two patrols on the Restigouche River to learn how Listuguj First Nation is working to protect the salmon population. My story for @CBCNB: cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

Meet the Listuguj Rangers, protecting Mi'kmaw fishing rights on the Restigouche | CBC News

As the Wednesday morning sun rises over the Restigouche River, the wharf at Listuguj First Nation is lined with fishing boats heading out one-by-one into choppy waters.

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Daniel Paul was a historian, activist and author of the book We Were Not the Savages. For three decades, he also advocated for renaming landmarks named after Edward Cornwallis. cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot…

Daniel Paul, Mi'kmaw elder and author, dead at 84 | CBC News

Daniel Paul was a historian, activist and author of the book We Were Not the Savages. For three decades, he also advocated for renaming landmarks named after Edward Cornwallis.

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Very honoured to have been trusted by Quinn and his mother to tell his story. And what a brave one it is! – at Halifax, Nova Scotia
Global Halifax
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"It was not the reaction that I was preparing myself for for the past couple of months. So, it was an amazing feeling.” trib.al/x5U3bLl

A N.S. valedictorian comes out during graduation speech. A standing ovation followed | Globalnews.ca

An emotional graduation speech by a Nova Scotia man doubled as his coming out as trans to his auto mechanic classmates. The moment was met by huge fanfare.

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Latest for @CBCNB for #IndigenousPeoplesDay about a new exhibition, Keskahahticik (Lost Ones), in #Fredericton that confronts the crisis of MMIWG2S+. Read here 👇🏼cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

Fredericton exhibit confronts crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls | CBC News

Keskahahticik, or Lost Ones, is a powerful testament to the pain of losing a loved one who has died or gone missing through violence. The exhibit features three elements: a statue, a painting and a...

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Analysis from me this morning: Higgs ran for the PC leadership as an outsider, and that may now be his undoing. cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs, a visitor to his own party, may soon be shown the door | CBC News

Blaine Higgs has always been something of an awkward visitor in the Progressive Conservative Party. He's like that person who shows up at a house party as a virtual stranger or a new acquaintance...

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A #SaintJohn house, once described as “grand,” now a “blight” on the neighbourhood. How a vacant home tells the story of the city’s struggle to hold absentee owners accountable. My latest for @CBCNB cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…

Once-beautiful Saint John home now called a 'blight' on the neighbourhood | CBC News

Neighbours have complained about the rundown state of 80 Main St. in Saint John's old north end, owned by someone in Toronto and neglected for years.

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