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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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Matt Andersen gives food banks a boost
New Brunswick singer/songwriter Matt Andersen boosted spirits and the food bank donation boxes Wednesday with a free concert at the CF Champlain shopping mall. Andersen performed a noonhour solo show to a large crowd in the mall’s food court,...
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