New Brunswick

ST. JOHN, New Brunswick -- For many US visitors, the seaside province of New Brunswick is an overlooked pass-through on the way to somewhere else, an unpretentious place of farms, forests, and rivers wedged between the more-hyped destinations of Nova Scotia and Quebec, a perennial bridesmaid in the panoply of Canada's tourism options. There's no walled Old World outpost like Quebec City here, no Cabot Trail that lures vacationers to Cape Breton's spectacular ocean vistas, no cafe sophistication like Montreal.

Joseph Wright, the Lynn man accused of murdering his mother and grandmother, was brought back from Maine on Wednesday night by Massachusetts State Police detectives. As the 23-year-old Wright was escorted into the State Police barracks in Danvers for booking, he bent down his head in an apparent attempt to hide his face with his bushy hair. "No, I don't want pictures," Wright said in a quiet voice. Wright will appear in Lynn District Court on Thursday to face two counts of first degree murder for allegedly killing his mother, Donna Breau, 54, and his grandmother, Melba Trahant, 83,...

How to get there Bouctouche, New Brunswick, is a nine-hour drive from Boston, via Moncton. Take Interstate 95 north to the border crossing at Houlton, Maine, then east to Moncton on Canadian Route 2, then north on Route 15 to Route 11. Air Canada flies to Moncton from Montreal, and cars can be rented at the airport. The CAT provides high-speed catamaran ferry service from Portland and Bar Harbor, Maine, to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. (www.catferry.com) Note that New Brunswick is in the Atlantic Time Zone, one hour ahead of Boston.

Editor's note: This article first appeared in The Boston Globe (then called the Daily Boston Globe) on Jan. 20, 1958. Willie O'Ree, who became the first Negro player in the history of the National Hockey League as a member of the Bruins lineup in the weekend games against Montreal, had just about the same reaction as any other rookie. "I'm just happy to get a chance up here, that's about all I can say," was Willie's reaction to writers and other well-wishers in the Boston room.

Joseph Wright, the Lynn man accused of murdering his mother and grandmother, was brought back from Maine on Wednesday night by Massachusetts State Police detectives. As the 23-year-old Wright was escorted into the State Police barracks in Danvers for booking, he bent down his head in an apparent attempt to hide his face with his bushy hair. "No, I don't want pictures," Wright said in a quiet voice. Wright will appear in Lynn District Court on Thursday to face two counts of first degree murder for allegedly killing his mother, Donna Breau, 54, and his grandmother, Melba Trahant, 83,...

A new professional basketball league in Canada plans to open in November with seven teams and a 36-game schedule. The National Basketball League of Canada announced Thursday that Moncton, New Brunswick, will become the seventh franchise for the 2011-12 season. The city joins teams in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Quebec City; Saint John, New Brunswick; and London and Oshawa in Ontario. Another team will be in Prince Edward Island, although the city is not set. The league plans a two-day draft Aug. 20-21 in Toronto.

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick -- Harrison McCain, a New Brunswick farm boy who became the king of the frozen french fry, died Thursday at the Lahey Clinic in Boston after a long illness. He was 76. Mr. McCain made his home in Florenceville, New Brunswick, a sleepy farming community that he and his younger brother, Wallace, transformed into the command center for one of the world's largest frozen food companies. Mr. McCain and his brother started McCain Foods Ltd. in 1956; today, it employs 13,000 people in dozens of processing plants on four continents, with annual...

Fire tore through downtown Fort Kent early Sunday, destroying fives buildings and forcing 10 people out of their homes, authorities said. No one was injured. The fire broke out in one of three buildings that made up a furniture store, then spread to the other two, along with two adjacent buildings not associated with the store, said Steve McCausland, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. The other two buildings housed a medical supply store and unoccupied retail space as well as apartments.

TORONTO — Wallace McCain, a billionaire philanthropist who helped turn a small Canadian french fry plant into the global McCain Foods empire and later went on to control meat processor Maple Leaf Foods, has died. He was 81. Mr. McCain, cofounder of McCain Foods and chairman of Maple Leaf Foods, died Friday night in Toronto after a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer. The death was announced by the board of directors of Maple Leaf Foods on Saturday. This year, Forbes Magazine listed Mr. McCain as No. 512 on its annual list of the world’s billionaires, estimating his...

How to get there St. Andrews is 20 miles past the border crossing between Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, New Brunswick , and about 350 miles northeast of Boston, a 6 1/2-hour drive. (North on Interstate 95 to Bangor, Maine, then onto Route 9 heading east toward Calais.) There are non stop flights each day between Boston and both Bangor and Fredericton, New Brunswick . Where to stay Kingsbrae Arms 219 King St. 506-529-1897; kingsbrae.com A turn-of-the century hilltop manor that has been lavishly restored.

Fire tore through downtown Fort Kent early Sunday, destroying fives buildings and forcing 10 people out of their homes, authorities said. No one was injured. The fire broke out in one of three buildings that made up a furniture store, then spread to the other two, along with two adjacent buildings not associated with the store, said Steve McCausland, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. The other two buildings housed a medical supply store and unoccupied retail space as well as apartments.

A new professional basketball league in Canada plans to open in November with seven teams and a 36-game schedule. The National Basketball League of Canada announced Thursday that Moncton, New Brunswick, will become the seventh franchise for the 2011-12 season. The city joins teams in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Quebec City; Saint John, New Brunswick; and London and Oshawa in Ontario. Another team will be in Prince Edward Island, although the city is not set. The league plans a two-day draft Aug. 20-21 in Toronto.

TORONTO — Wallace McCain, a billionaire philanthropist who helped turn a small Canadian french fry plant into the global McCain Foods empire and later went on to control meat processor Maple Leaf Foods, has died. He was 81. Mr. McCain, cofounder of McCain Foods and chairman of Maple Leaf Foods, died Friday night in Toronto after a 14-month battle with pancreatic cancer. The death was announced by the board of directors of Maple Leaf Foods on Saturday. This year, Forbes Magazine listed Mr. McCain as No. 512 on its annual list of the world’s billionaires,...

BAR HARBOR, Maine - New England's governors and premiers from eastern Canada have huddled in this coastal resort town to discuss energy, economic development, and transportation issues that face both regions. Talks are expected to begin during today's all-day agenda for the group's 32d annual conference. Yesterday's agenda called for golf, registration, and a late-afternoon reception. "It's about networking so they can get down to a personal level before they get down to business," said Joy Leach, a spokeswoman for Governor John Baldacci of Maine, who is co-chairing the...

LAKEBURN, New Brunswick - "Knitting is in again," author Margaret Atwood said in a recent radio interview. In Atlantic Canada, I'm not sure it ever went out of style. The weather here is like New England's, plenty of rainy days and even longer winters. That means lots of time for needlework. It's what people here have done for centuries. The shops sell knit gloves and socks, crocheted shawls, hooked wall hangings, woven placemats, and more. Just a few miles east of Moncton, London-Wul Fibre Arts brings together the old and new aspects of handwork as a new...

CAPE ENRAGE, New Brunswick -- The sound of waves lapping the shore offered mild comfort as I dangled from a rope off a cliff. I glanced over my shoulder to Chignecto Bay, an arm of the Bay of Fundy, where a small group of kayakers paddled along the coast of southern New Brunswick. About 140 feet below my shaking knees, I could see a sprawling rocky beach where visitors searched for shells and fossils of ancient sea creatures. Above me, standing on a sturdy wooden platform, was the one person who would make sure that I didn't fall: Kaelen McCarthy, 21, a student at New Brunswick...

BAR HARBOR, Maine - New England's governors and premiers from eastern Canada have huddled in this coastal resort town to discuss energy, economic development, and transportation issues that face both regions. Talks are expected to begin during today's all-day agenda for the group's 32d annual conference. Yesterday's agenda called for golf, registration, and a late-afternoon reception. "It's about networking so they can get down to a personal level before they get down to business," said Joy Leach, a spokeswoman for Governor John Baldacci of Maine, who is co-chairing the event with Shawn...

Editor's note: This article first appeared in The Boston Globe (then called the Daily Boston Globe) on Jan. 20, 1958. Willie O'Ree, who became the first Negro player in the history of the National Hockey League as a member of the Bruins lineup in the weekend games against Montreal, had just about the same reaction as any other rookie. "I'm just happy to get a chance up here, that's about all I can say," was Willie's reaction to writers and other well-wishers in the Boston room.

DEER ISLAND, New Brunswick -- "It's not what you usually think of as a ferry," says Velma Lord about the shape of the two vessels her family operates in summer to Campobello Island and Eastport, Maine. Bay of Fundy and Island Hopper are tugs with long, hydraulically operated steel arms linked to barges. Passengers and bicycles, cars, and even buses board on ramps lowered to the beach. Once the vessel is back in deeper water, the arm reverses the tug's direction. These are the East Coast Ferries , a little-known, hassle-free shortcut and a relaxing way to cross Passamaquoddy Bay . From Deer...

ST. JOHN, New Brunswick -- For many US visitors, the seaside province of New Brunswick is an overlooked pass-through on the way to somewhere else, an unpretentious place of farms, forests, and rivers wedged between the more-hyped destinations of Nova Scotia and Quebec, a perennial bridesmaid in the panoply of Canada's tourism options. There's no walled Old World outpost like Quebec City here, no Cabot Trail that lures vacationers to Cape Breton's spectacular ocean vistas, no cafe sophistication like Montreal.