Shelley Steeves

Mar 26, 2024 | globalnews.ca | Shelley Steeves

A new kind of beer is being brewed in New Brunswick with the goal of helping Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the front lines. “I want to help out Ukrainian soldiers and the Ukrainian community here in Canada,” said Oleg Kvasha from the Ukrainian Club of Moncton, who has teamed up with Moncton’s O’Creek Brewing Company to brew up a batch of Ukrainian beer named after what he calls some of the bravest Ukrainian soldiers in history.

Mar 22, 2024 | globalnews.ca | Shelley Steeves

A farm dog from New Brunswick that rides horses is heading to the bright lights and big city this spring to compete at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. “He probably is going to be the only cowboy at Westminster,” says Sharlene Hudson of Stilesville who owns Gunner, a six-year-old Swedish Vallhund, with her partner and dog handler, Jenn Clark. The couple brought Gunner home from an Ontario breeder to be a farm dog.

Mar 20, 2024 | globalnews.ca | Shelley Steeves

A New Brunswick man has found the perfect ingredients for a top-selling cookbook on Amazon while also sharing his Acadian culture and recipes. “It’s overwhelming it is a little bit surprising,” said Brian Cormier, the author of the cookbook called Acadian Recipes and More. At the end of February, Cormier released the Acadian recipe book 45 years to the day of his grandmother’s passing, who appears on the front cover proudly cooking up her infamous poutine rapeé.

Mar 15, 2024 | globalnews.ca | Shelley Steeves

An Indigenous New Brunswick filmmaker is preparing to release Canada’s first full-length animated feature in the language of her ancestors, a project she hopes will help connect all Canadians. “It is all in the Wolastoqey language and the Wolastoqey language is an endangered language. There are less than 100 fluent speakers,” said Tara Audibert, who owns Moxy Fox Studio, an animation studio in Red Bank First Nation.

Mar 11, 2024 | globalnews.ca | Shelley Steeves

People around the globe will be able to watch live images of a total solar eclipse in central New Brunswick next month thanks to a project spearheaded by a retired physicist. “The last time central New Brunswick had a total solar eclipse was 932, more than 1,000 years ago,” explained David Hunter of Florenceville, who, along with a team of N.B. scientists, has built a solar eclipse balloon that will be launched during the eclipse on April 8.