MAYOR LOOKS TO POACH RESIDENTS OF TORONTO, VANCOUVER

The mayor of Saint John, N.B., is getting a flood of responses after issuing a social media plea for people tired of long commutes to move east. Don Darling posted his message last week after Statistics Canada released data showing New Brunswick commute times are much shorter than in most big cities. “Hey Toronto and Vancouver, move to Saint John NB, we have jobs, you can buy a house for well under 200k and our commutes are measured in minutes,” he said in a post, which garnered more than 100,000 views on Reddit.