More historic houses demolished

Three more historic 19th century homes have been torn down.

Saint John Non-Profit Housing held ownership of the uptown homes and says they were demolished to make way for a housing development. The three home’s torn down on Friday date back to the 1860’s. They were close to the Jelly Bean houses which were torn down in April to make way for the same development.

UNB tuitions to rise

Graduate students at UNB are condemning planned tuition increases for the fall.

Full-time undergrads will pay $130 more in fees…an increase of 2%. International students will be hit by a 5% hike or $425. UNB’s Graduate Student Association says the fee hike will just add to the burden on broke university students.