NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.—Rich Butterfoss attended Shen Yun Performing Arts at the State Theatre New Jersey on April 1. Mr. Butterfoss, who produced documentaries for the entertainment company Lionsgate, was impressed with Shen Yun. “Everything’s perfect. Absolutely perfect. The timing was unbelievable. The timing’s really important,” he said. With his film experience, Mr. Butterfoss appreciated the…
Shen Yun Is ‘So Professional and Incredibly Precise,’ Says Musician
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.—Nick Martin, who is an orchestral musician and a public school educator, attended the second of Shen Yun’s four consecutive performances at State Theatre New Jersey on March 31. At the conclusion of the evening, Mr. Martin said enthusiastically that he “really appreciated the originality and beauty of the connection” between Shen Yun’s…
New Brunswick Audience Sees Importance in Shen Yun’s Revival of Chinese Culture
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.—History serves as a lesson for everyone who is willing to learn from it. Shen Yun Performing Arts is reviving the 5,000 years of Chinese culture that was destroyed by the Chinese Communist Party, but some audience members feel that America is facing the same fate. “Just as Chinese culture is becoming a…
New Brunswick Residents Urge Province to Allow PHAC Probe Into Mysterious Brain Disease
A group of New Brunswick residents called on the provincial government to allow the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to investigate the cause of a mysterious neurological disease that has affected over 100 patients. In a joint statement released on March 28, patients suffering from “atypical neurological decline” and their families, alongside Leader of the…
Thought of Attending Parole Hearing ‘Heartbreaking’: Slain NB RCMP Officer’s Wife
The wife of one of the New Brunswick RCMP officers murdered in 2014 says she is angry and discouraged after an Appeal Court reduced convicted killer Justin Bourque’s parole eligibility. Nadine Larche’s husband, Const. Douglas Larche, was killed in the line of duty in Moncton, N.B., on June 4, 2014, along with two of his…
Court Reduces Sentence for Moncton Mountie Killer Justin Bourque
A New Brunswick man who fatally shot three Mounties in Moncton in 2014 will now be able to apply for parole far sooner than the record-setting 75 years imposed by a judge after the triple slaying. The New Brunswick Court of Appeal on Thursday reduced Justin Bourque’s parole ineligibility period to 25 years. It based…
Special Weather Statements Issued for New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador
The majority of New Brunswick and parts of southern Newfoundland and Labrador are covered by a special weather statement, as a significant winter storm bears down on Atlantic Canada. Environment Canada says the region will see snow, freezing rain and then rain starting Thursday and lasting until early Saturday morning. Some areas of New Brunswick…
Moncton, Halifax Top List of Fastest-Growing Urban Regions, Statistics Canada Says
Statistics Canada says that Halifax and Moncton, N.B., were the fastest-growing urban regions in Canada last year. The agency said today that the Moncton metropolitan area grew by 5.3 percent between July 1, 2021, and July 1, 2022, while Nova Scotia’s capital grew by 4.4 percent. The report says their growth rates are more than…
Canadians Fined at Least $15M for Breaking COVID Quarantine Rules in 2022, Data Shows
Canadians who were caught violating federal COVID-19 quarantine rules racked up at least $15 million in fines this year, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, but it’s not clear how much of that will actually be paid. The agency provided data to the House of Commons in the fall in response to a…
-
Recent Posts
-
Archives
- May 2025
- April 2025
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- September 2013
- July 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- December 1
-
Meta
Shen Yun Gives ‘Faith for Renewal’ Says VP
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.—For their fourth time seeing Shen Yun Performing Arts since the company’s inception in 2006, Lisa Kerr, vice president of sales in health care, and her husband George Kerr, were again left inspired by the performance at the State Theatre New Jersey on April 1. “I absolutely love it … it’s just beautiful…