Sam Farley

Journalist

Sam Farley is a Fredericton-based reporter at CBC New Brunswick. Originally from Boston, he is a journalism graduate of the University of King's College in Halifax. He can be reached at [email protected]

Latest from Sam Farley

Dramatic change to Centennial Building facade rejected by Fredericton committee

A proposal to completely transform the face of a prominent downtown Fredericton building was rejected Wednesday night by the planning advisory committee.

N.B. Liquor restricts bars, restaurants to buying kegs from 13 breweries during outage

Restaurants and bars with tap beer and cider can only buy from 13 select producers while problems continue at N.B. Liquor.

Irving Oil announces company won't be sold, ending nearly 2 years of speculation

Irving Oil has announced that the company will not in fact be up for sale, a possibility the company has raised nearly two years ago.

Fredericton tries scholarships to entice new family doctors

Fredericton city council is hoping a little money will persuade two new family doctors to practise in the city.

Manufacturers, exporters in N.B. prepare for worst with Trump tariffs

Canadian manufacturers are left worrying as the inauguration of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump looms in less than two weeks.

Judge fully dismisses U.S. lawsuit against N.B.'s Cooke Inc.

The lawsuit alleged the seafood company knowingly defrauded the U.S. government by creating shell companies to operate a fishery in Virginia

Nature Trust aims to preserve record number of N.B. locations this year

The Nature Trust of New Brunswick, which finds land across the province to turn into nature preserves, is planning its most ambitious campaign to date.

Poetry group helps incarcerated women express themselves through writing

For the past two years, Kayla Geitzler has offered a six-week poetry course twice a year to women at New Brunswick Women's Correctional Centre in Miramichi.

Melting snow dampens winter enthusiasm as temperature records set in N.B.

Just as the province’s winter activities usually get started, the outlook is bleak for snowmobiling in particular.

Fired and current N.B. Power bosses the highest-paid provincial employees in 2023

Keith Cronkhite, the CEO of N.B. Power who was fired in July 2022, was the province's top-paid public servant in 2023. He earned between $575,000 and $599,999 that year. The information was released as part of a list of all government employees making over $80,000 in the previous year.