Andrew Bates

Oh hi! I'm a journalist in Saint John, N.B. who writes, edits, podcasts, watches a lot of soccer and wrestling and is very online. Find me here: team-bates.com thatssomls.com tj.news (hard paywall) instagram.com/teambatesy cohost.org/teambates

NEW: Saint John police board chair won't say whether or not the board has faith in the current chief amid harassment allegations. However, she says, “The unfortunate thing is that you only can have this one side of it because it’s what’s been made public.” tj.news/saint-john-sou…

@pamiejaige Happy birthday!!! Thank you for all the great music!

for some reason google says i'm 32 years old. unfortunately for you and me both i am not 32 years old yet. however as of today, april 16th, i am now one year closer to my dream (being 32)

The Saint John police board dismissed most of the complaints as "frivolous, vexatious or not in good faith." An investigator reportedly determined four allegations of comments made by the chief were founded, which he denied: tj.news/saint-john-sou…

Samantha McInnis, hired as Bruce's XO, alleged in briefings he said he'd "walk right past the AED" if an officer had a heart attack, miming one shooting himself, and used the r-slur. She said after she spoke up, he stopped looking at or speaking to her tj.news/saint-john-sou…

Saint John police Chief Robert Bruce was accused by eight officers of creating a toxic workplace at the force, with unsealed documents alleging he targeted officers for harassment, blocked promotions and launched punitive investigations, tanking morale: tj.news/saint-john-sou…

Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite LIVE, April 8th at 6/7c Matt and Jay Will Address The Rivoli LIVE The former AEW World Tag Team Champions will set the record straight LIVE in Edmonton, THIS WEDNESDAY!

NB Power said their forecast of a "critical energy shortfall" of 400 MW by 2028 doesn't include the impact of a proposed AI data centre in Saint John which would draw 190 MW from the grid: tj.news/new-brunswick/…

I saw it with @teambates for Valentine's Day. It is such a great time, please see it if you can

Saw What We Dreamed of Then, made in Saint John, and it was really, really, good. A personal story about an unraveling and a sensitive portrayal of homelessness. Elements of Nomadland and The Last Five Years, NB looked great on screen but I think it would work for any audience

@AirCanada Update: This was resolved, thanks to the support team for the fix!

Despite my Flex fare, they cannot "rebook" me in my existing seat because they want to jack the price up as the last seat on the flight @AirCanada

Today's @AirCanada nightmare: was told over the phone I could forfeit the first leg of my Vancouver to Kelowna to Fredericton Flex ticket tomorrow and board in Kelowna. Now stranded in the Okanagan and being told I cannot do that and must pay $500 or more to book another flight

"Langis" isn't as unintentionally funny as Dixie Carter leaving messages from Vince Russo in a reply to Spike execs but it's still pretty funny

The City of Saint John has agreed to pay $16.5 million as part of a proposed settlement for a class-action lawsuit from victims of sex offender Kenneth Estabrooks from 1953 to 1975, when he was a city police officer: tj.news/saint-john-sou…

I'm very proud of the team for an amazing year with MLS Cup and CCC appearances, it's disappointing but it really has been lovely #vwfc

Que sera, sera Whatever will be will be It's not fuckin' wem-ber-ley But it felt like it, for a minute. Until the next time. #vwfc

Doing the coldest march to the match (and by match I mean the Cask & Kettle pub in Saint John, NB) #vwfc

Really really great #ROHFinalBattle, loved the iron man match, Mone/Velvet and the endgame of the survival match but holy shit what a Final Battle main event between Athena and Persephone, just a killer match

We've got a new @ThatsSoMLS podcast up previewing MLS Cup, and how both Vancouver and Miami make sense as each other's final bosses on the path to glory: thatssomls.com #vwfc #mlscup

If anyone in Saint John wants to watch the Caps in the MLS Cup final, I'm getting something together at Cask and Kettle: facebook.com/share/1DH9ZZiw… #vwfc