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Protesters rally for moratorium on AI data centres in province
Zoe Ritchie knows firsthand the footprint that technology can leave on the environment. The 29-year-old Fredericton electronics engineering technologist is heavily involved with the e-waste industry as part of her job, overseeing, as she describes,...
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CARNEY GOVERNMENT TABLES SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR KIDS
The federal government has tabled legislation that will restrict young Canadians’ access to social media platforms. It comes as Ottawa faced mounting pressure to address social media harms, with countries around the world moving to ban social media...
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CITY REMEMBERS FALLEN MOUNTIES
The Codiac Regional RCMP Pipes and Drums performed Thursday during a memorial service for Constables Doug Larche, Dave Ross and Fabrice Gevaudan, marking 12 years since the Mounties were killed while responding to reports of an armed man in north-end...
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TRUE COST OF GAS PLANT PROJECT IS $2.8 BILLION
New Brunswick’s auditor general has revealed the true price of NB Power’s controversial gas plant project in Tantramar – it’s expected to cost people paying their electricity bills more than $2.8 billion, nearly triple what the public utility has...
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Can an N.B. tragedy spark real change?
“It’s a hard one to hear, but I think it tells us a lot about who gets protected in this province and who gets left behind.” So began Kelly Lamrock, the New Brunswick Advocate, in Fredericton last week. The tragic tale of “Bobby” (not his real name)...
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BOARD GREEN-LIGHTS NB POWER GAS PLANT
The provincial regulator has approved NB Power’s application for a new natural gas plant in Tantramar that should provide enough electricity to supply most of southeast New Brunswick, at least over the short term. It means eight turbines could be...
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‘We’ve lost an icon’: Family, friends pay final tributes to Robert Irving
There were tears, but also laughter, on Tuesday as hundreds gathered in Sussex for the funeral of industrialist Robert Irving at the Saunders Irving Chapel. Irving died on May 19 at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer. The co-CEO of J.D. Irving,...
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LIBS’ PLAN WON’T HELP WITH POWER RATES: OPPOSITION
The Holt Liberal government has released a plan on troubled NB Power, with a push to make skyrocketing electricity rates more affordable. But don’t count on a cap or price freeze, as both the premier and the province’s energy minister promised not to...
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Solar users say NB Power is raining on their parade
People who like green energy are seeing red over a plan to charge solar panel users much more for electricity. NB Power has put in an application with the provincial regulator that would change the rules for people with solar systems. Existing...
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Gas price regulations don’t work: PC critic
Should New Brunswick scrap its fuel price regulations? With the cost for regular gasoline inching close to $2 a litre, Don Monahan thinks so. The Progressive Conservative opposition finance critic says the regulations, 20 years old now, have done...
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ROBERT IRVING DIES AT 71
Prominent businessman and Moncton Wildcats owner Robert Irving died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, his family has announced. He was 71. Irving was co-CEO of J.D. Irving, Limited, leading the company’s Moncton-based operations which included...
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EUB DECISION PUSHES GAS UP NEARLY FOUR CENTS A LITRE
The Holt government’s attempt to stop the cost of federal clean fuel regulations from being passed on to New Brunswickers at the pumps has officially failed. And the new maximum gas price calculation the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board began...
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PROVINCE SENT 13 STAFF TO A BLUE JAYS GAME
Thirteen tourism department staff members attended a Toronto Blue Jays game earlier this year for a promotional event, but the minister responsible won’t say how much it cost taxpayers or why so many people were needed, and she won’t talk to the media...
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SHAWN CROSSMAN IS MONCTON’S NEW MAYOR
Shawn Crossman, 54, was elected mayor of Moncton Monday in a tight contest over former mayor and member of Parliament Brian Murphy. According to Elections New Brunswick, there were 51,557 eligible voters in Moncton and 17,664 ballots cast, for a voter...
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Wildcats look for fan support in finals
Fans of the Moncton Wildcats have playoff fever as the team opens the QMJHL finals at the Avenir Centre this weekend. The Wildcats advanced to the finals after Tuesday’s 6-2 win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. The best-of-seven series begins as...
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Region losing younger workers again as pandemic trend reverses: study
Atlantic Canada is again losing younger workers and attracting a larger in-flow of older working and retirement-aged Canadians. A new study suggests a return to the region’s historical norms. That was after the Atlantic provinces briefly enjoyed a...
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What would permanent change to daylight time look like?
Maintaining daylight time year-round in New Brunswick would mean that the sun would never set anywhere in the province before 5:25 p.m. at any time of the year. The move not to return to standard time would ultimately eliminate the roughly 70 days...
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Create municipal police force, say 3 Moncton mayoral candidates
The four candidates running for mayor of Moncton agree public safety is a top priority in the May 11 municipal election, with three of them in favour of swapping the RCMP for a new municipal force. The issue of policing and public safety has been...
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FEDERAL DEFICIT $11B LOWER BUT STILL $67B IN THE RED
The federal deficit is now $11 billion lower in fiscal 2025-26 than the Carney government originally predicted in its first budget. A newly released spring economic update attempts to tout the country’s resilience amid a turbulent world economy. It...
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Everything you need to know about CanadaU.S.-Mexico free trade
It’s already a daily roller-coaster of political rhetoric. That’s as nearly $3.6 billion in goods and services that Canada and the United States exchange every day hang in the balance. In the span of a few days, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick...
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Cape Enrage to remain closed for 2026, board says
An Albert County attraction says it will not be opening its doors this tourism season because of provincial funding cuts. The board of directors of the Cape Enrage Interpretive Centre said in a post on its official social media page on Wednesday that...
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Maritime Bus seeks OK to raise prices, axe key trip
Coach Atlantic, the family-owned business that runs intercity bus service across the Maritimes, wants to reduce the number of trips in the Moncton-Halifax corridor from three to two a day. The firm that runs the service under the banner Maritime Bus...
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Inflation climbs in New Brunswick as gas prices make record jump
Inflation has climbed to 2.9 per cent in New Brunswick as gas prices soar. The price at the pumps was behinSdathuirgdhaey r costs in every province in March as the conflict in the Middle East blocked oil supplies from flowing, according to new...
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Oulton College opens new campus for nursing, paramedic students
Oulton College officially opened its new Elmwood Health Campus in Moncton Wednesday, where nurses and paramedics will prepare for careers in health care. The new campus on Elmwood Drive is in a former nightclub building that underwent a $3 million...
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The man who brought the Stones to Moncton dead at 82
The concert promoter who brought several shows to Moncton, including an outdoor performance by the Rolling Stones that drew a crowd of 80,00 people, has died. Donald Tarlton died Monday in Montreal, his family said. He was 82 years old. “He was a...
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Liberals accused of shortchanging visitors on provincial park rebate
When it comes to provincial park fees, the Liberal government is being accused of giving with one hand and taking away with the other. Upon winning power in October 2024, the Holt Liberals fulfilled a campaign promise to lower the cost of daily entry...
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RAID ON INDIGENOUS POT SHOP LEADS TO BOISTEROUS PROTEST
A peaceful protest full of pot smoke and waving placards was held Wednesday outside Public Safety’s regional centre in Moncton in response to a raid last week on an Indigenous cannabis shop. Although the afternoon demonstration was at times festive,...
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City funds program to help downtown businesses affected by crime
Downtown Moncton Centre-ville Inc. and the City of Moncton have launched a two-year program that will provide $250,000 to help businesses that have been affected by vandalism or other criminal activity. The Downtown Resilience Program - a two-year...
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Response to N.B. road tolls has ‘been all negative’: Amherst mayor
A proposed toll booth at the New Brunswick–Nova Scotia boundary could hurt businesses, workers and tourism on both sides of the border, the mayor of Amherst said. “I haven’t heard a positive comment yet. It’s been all negative,” said Rob Small, who is...
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From N.B. to the moon and back
Call it New Brunswick’s small part in a big journey. As NASA sends four astronauts on a 10-day expedition around the moon, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen is bringing on board seeds from Canadian trees. And those seeds have been carefully chosen...
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NO RELIEF FOR NEW BRUNSWICKERS FEELING PAIN AT THE PUMP: MINISTER
Tax relief won’t be offered to consumers suffering at the gas pumps because the provincial government itself is badly strapped, says the finance minister. Since the United States and Israel launched a war in Iran on Feb. 28, world fuel prices have...
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Rising Tide unveils 16-unit building for Crossroads for Women
Rising Tide Community Initiatives unveiled a new 16-unit apartment building in Moncton Monday that will serve clients of Crossroads for Women. The two-storey building cost approximately $2.7 million and was funded by the City of Moncton and the...
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PROVINCE TO REPLACE SIX NURSING HOMES
The province will replace six aging nursing homes and create 240 new long-term care beds as part of its newly unveiled plan for the sector. At an event at Fredericton’s YMCA on Thursday morning, Seniors Minister Lynne Chantal-Boudreau, Health Minister...
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Questions raised over financial health of eVisitNB replacement
An international firm that the Liberal government recently signed a contract with to replace eVisitNB, the popular virtual health care platform, suffered a credit rating downgrade late last year because of financial problems. S&P Global, one of the...
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Olympic medalist Courtney Sarault welcomed home as a hero
Olympic medalist Courtney Sarault was hailed as a hero and inspiration for people of all ages Saturday as she returned to her home town of Moncton. Sarault, 25, was officially welcomed by Moncton Deputy Mayor Paulette Theriault, New Brunswick Lt.-...
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Farmers, opposition decry Liberals’ veterinarian cuts
A farmers’ union and the two opposition parties are slamming the Liberals’ budget decision to stop providing government veterinarian services that were primarily used by farmers and owners of large animals, like horses. And they’ve been joined in that...
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Federal Green leader presents petition opposing Tantramar gas plant
The leader of the federal Green party has brought forward a petition to Ottawa opposing a natural gas power plant being planned for the Tantramar area. Green party Leader Elizabeth May stood in the House of Commons March 10 to present a petition on...
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LIBERALS PLAN TO OVERSPEND BY $5 BILLION OVER MANDATE
The provincial government plans to rack up budget deficits totalling more than $5 billion over its four-year mandate, but insists the spending is needed to fix the health system and help ease the affordability crisis. Already facing a 2025/2026 fiscal...
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$270M deal starts ‘new chapter’ for N.B. health system, says Holt
The government and the group representing New Brunswick’s doctors officially signed a new contract on Thursday, hailing the $270-million four-year deal as the “start of a new chapter” for the province’s struggling health system. Details of the...
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Maple syrup camp carries century of tradition
The Trites family is carrying on a tradition of making sweet syrup and candy from the maple trees that have been here for hundreds of years. “People ask me if I’ve been working here all my life, and I say 'not yet.'" jokes Darrell Trites, whose...
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ALLAN LEGERE DEAD
Allan Legere, the notorious serial killer who became known as the “Monster of the Miramichi” in the late 1980s, has died. Legere’s death was confirmed Monday by Correctional Service Canada in a news release stating the 78-year-old had “died while in...
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Iranian group in N.B. hopes war will bring regime change
Immigrants from Iran in New Brunswick are hopeful the U.S. war launched last weekend will lead to the fall of Iran’s government and bring stability to their home country, says the president of the the Persian Association of New Brunswick. “My city is...
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SURGICAL CENTRE TO PROVINCE: WE CAN HELP, JUST TALK TO US
A private Moncton surgical centre says it has the capacity to take on some publicly funded operations and perform them more efficiently, reducing wait times for patients and costs for government. Trouble is, neither the Holt government nor Horizon...
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GUILTY: JURY CONVICTS MAN OF SLAYING SENIORS IN THEIR HOME
When Janson Bryan Baker testified during his murder trial he repeatedly told the jury he wasn’t a killer and didn’t murder an elderly couple. The jury didn’t believe him. After five days of deliberating, the jury came back at 7:30 p.m. on Monday and...
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Deliberations continue in double murder trial
Deliberations in a Moncton murder trial will continue into the weekend, after the jury was unable to reach a verdict by Friday night. Janson Bryan Baker, 29, has been on trial since the beginning of January in the Court of King’s Bench on two charges...
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Child poverty persists despite big promises
A new report upbraids Canadian government officials for failing to end child poverty nearly four decades after promising to do so, pointing to New Brunswick’s own sad case. The latest Child and Family Poverty Report, by the Human Development Council,...
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N.B. JOURNALIST NARROWLY MISSES CARTEL BEDLAM IN MEXICO
I never saw it coming. I had spent 10 days in sunny Puerto Vallarta, the Mexican resort city on the Pacific coast, enjoying what hundreds of thousands of Canadians do every winter, splashing in the surf and eating too many tacos. On the return trip...
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SARAULT’S BID FOR FIFTH MEDAL FALLS SHORT
Netherlands’ Xandra Velzeboer skates away as Canada’s Courtney Sarault crashes behind her in the short track speed skating women’s 1500m semi-final at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan on Friday. Sarault,...
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AND BRONZE MAKES FOUR FOR SARAULT
Courtney Sarault, Danae Blais, Kim Boutin and Florence Brunelle of Team Canada celebrate after winning bronze in final A of the Short Track Speed Skating Women’s 3000m Relay at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Milano Ice Skating Arena on...
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Courtney Sarault has an alter ego. Now they both have three medals at the 2026 Olympics
Canadian speedskater Courtney Sarault has an alter ego. His name is Bruce. He only appears when the 25-year-old steps onto the ice. Her eyebrows furrow and her jaw tightens. Her eyes become daggers. “There’s no other feeling,” she said. “It’s...
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N.B. speedskater wins bronze in short track
Canadian short-track speedskater Courtney Sarault snatched a bronze medal, but her teammate William Dandjinou missed the podium by a hair after hard-fought battles in the women’s 500-metre and men’s 1,000-metre individual races on Thursday. In the...
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Battery alternative would cost 75% more than gas plant: utility
NB Power executives say it would take 1,000 megawatts of batteries to replace a proposed natural gas plant planned for Tantramar, and cost 75 per cent more. At a New Brunswick Energy and Utilities board hearing on Tuesday, public intervenor Alain...
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N.B. skater’s move to avoid crash key in Canada's silver medal run
Moncton’s Courtney Sarault captured her first Olympic medal Tuesday, helping Canada reach the podium in the short track speedskating mixed team relay. It was Canada’s first silver medal at the Milan-Cortina Olympics led by Sarault and teammates...
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NB POWER PITCHES IDEA OF MEDICAL MONEY MAKER
NB Power has found a sweetener as it prepares to drop tens of millions getting the Point Lepreau nuclear station up to scratch. The public utility wants to start making and selling medical isotopes at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station that...
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Strategy to lower worst rate of road deaths won’t be ready till 2028
A top official says New Brunswick will have a formalized road safety strategy ready by 2028 – a full five years after statistics showed the province had one of the worst rates of collisions and highways deaths in the country. Kelly Cain, deputy...
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City moves forward with Vision Lands development plan
Moncton city council voted Monday to move forward with a secondary plan for the Vision Lands, which provides a road map for developers in the future. The plan sets out guidelines for development of vacant properties in the northeast side of the city,...
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Carney touts strategy to double size of Canada’s electricity grid
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will soon reveal a national electricity strategy designed to more than double the size of Canada’s electricity grid. The announcement headlined a closing press conference after a day of meetings with the country’s...
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A DECADE AGO, GREENLAND’S GREATEST WORRY WASN’T TRUMP – IT WAS SALMON
I never imagined when skimming over the calm, cold waters near Nuuk in a beaten-up orange motorboat that more than a decade later, the capital of Greenland would be in the middle of a geopolitical storm. Most people in September 2015 who heard I was...
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Codiac Transpo embarks on growth plan for city bus service
Codiac Transpo is embarking on an eight-year plan to expand bus service in Moncton and encourage more people to use it daily. “The transit system is providing good value to the people of Moncton. We’re seeing a growth in ridership, which presents an...
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Glyphosate, heavy metals not a factor in brain patients’ symptoms, report says
A provincial investigation into the so-called “mystery disease” has determined neither herbicides nor heavy metals have contributed to the symptoms of more than 200 patients. On Friday, chief medical officer Dr. Yves Léger presented the long-awaited...
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Codiac RCMP restructures investigation units following review
The Codiac Regional RCMP has announced a new structure for its investigative services following an external review. As of Jan. 5, Codiac RCMP reorganized its investigative services into four specialized units: General Investigations Section,...
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FIRST NATIONS MAN DEAD BY POLICE SHOOTING IN TOBIQUE
A New Brunswick First Nation is mourning after a Wolastoqey man was shot dead by police Sunday night. Tobique First Nation (Neqotkuk) Chief Ross Perley identified the deceased as Bronson Paul, “a son, father, brother, partner, nephew, and so much...
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Sackville fire department probe will lead to action: mayor
Ron MacLean considers himself a travelling storyteller who keeps finding new ways to show how the game is a reflection of Canadian culture. “At its core, hockey is a game and about people playing the game. But it’s also about the companionship and...
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Will N.B. ever be self-sufficient?
The same problems still exist, says the architect of an idea proposed two decades ago for a self-sufficient New Brunswick. The deadline - Self- Sufficiency 2026 - that former Premier Shawn Graham put on an aspirational plan for sweeping change is now...
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Hundreds of N.B. children waiting for dental surgery, says specialist
Hundreds of New Brunswick children are sometimes waiting up to two years for dental surgeries, says the province’s only certified pediatric dental specialist. Dr. Tom Raddall, based in Moncton, told Brunswick News in an interview he has about 300...
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Stanley C
The iconic Stanley Cup will be on display at the Avenir Centre Saturday in advance of the city hosting the 26th Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada celebrations. The cup visited several schools and will be on display at the Avenir Centre Saturday from 1...
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Advocate celebrates as NB Power stops cutting people’s electricity
For the first time in years, NB Power has stopped cutting the electricity of households that are far behind in their bill payments. New data that the public utility provided to Brunswick News on Wednesday shows that it did not disconnect a single...
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Grading the Holt Liberals’ first year on health file
It’s the single biggest challenge the Holt government is facing: how to execute its promise of transformational change in the health system. So how did they do in their first year in office, and what’s coming next? It depends on who’s asked. Speak to...
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City will continue to tackle homelessness in 2026
As the number of homeless people in Moncton continues to rise, the city says it will collaborate with the province on a transitional housing project intended to get them off the streets and into homes where they can turn their lives around. “The city...
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Moncton deals with challenges of growth: deputy mayor
“These aren’t just Moncton problems. The same problems are everywhere,” Theriault said. “We’re catching up to the other regions of the country, and the next council will need to continue to work the problem.” She said the city has invested millions of...
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Nature Conservancy launches green gift program for Christmas
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is giving New Brunswickers a way to put the gift of nature under the tree. The organization has kicked off the 30th year of its adoption program, giving Canadians the opportunity to purchase a green gift by...
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N.B.'s population boom slowing down, data suggests
New Brunswick’s population growth boom slowed in the third quarter of this year, according to Statistics Canada, continuing a trend that’s been persisting throughout 2025. Newly released data estimates from the federal agency show that in July, August...
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‘Gnome on the roam’: From prank war to local celebrity
When Fred Sears woke up last week and saw his Christmas lawn gnome ornament was missing, he never thought it would lead to the community of Riverview following his gnome’s adventures. Sears, who lives on Patricia Drive, said he was letting his dog out...
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PROVINCE HAS FAILED TO FIND NEW GAS PLANT SITE: HOLT
Premier Susan Holt says the province has tried, but failed, to find an alternative location for a planned gas-fired generating station now being opposed by the local municipality. Still, she defended the project in a scrum with reporters Friday,...
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#BeccaToldMeTo blood drive aims to fill holiday donation slump
Nearly eight years after losing her daughter, Anne Schofield said she’s still amazed by the impact the Riverview teen made in her community and beyond. Schofield can still remember the moment her daughter Rebecca began to cry in the hospital while...
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