New Brunswick News

N.B. Liberals officially launch election bid before official start of fall campaign

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick Liberals got a jump on the province's coming fall election by officially launching their party's campaign on Sunday, saying they're focused on addressing affordability and improving the ailing health-care system.

Sep 8, 2024 6:52 PM Read more >

Emergency alert: RCMP in northeastern New Brunswick arrest 'armed and dangerous' man

ESGENOOPETITJ FIRST NATION — The RCMP in northeastern New Brunswick say a suspect wanted for a fatal shooting was arrested Friday, a day after the Mounties issued an emergency alert saying residents should lock their doors because the man was armed a

Sep 6, 2024 3:08 PM Read more >

Federal Liberal joins call for investigation into mysterious N.B. brain illness

FREDERICTON — A Liberal member of Parliament has called for a federal investigation into a cluster of mysterious neurological illnesses in New Brunswick linked to 39 deaths.

Sep 6, 2024 1:41 PM Read more >

One person dead, another injured as N.B. RCMP issue alert about armed man at large

BURNT CHURCH, N.B. — RCMP in New Brunswick have confirmed one person is dead and another person is injured as an alert is still active for an armed man around Esgenoopetitj First Nation, also known as Burnt Church. Around 1:47 p.m.

Sep 5, 2024 5:49 PM Read more >

Food for thought: N.B. Liberals promise free, low-cost food in schools if elected

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Liberals are promising to provide free or low-cost food at schools if they're elected this fall.

Sep 5, 2024 10:01 AM Read more >

Calls for Canada Post to stop 'hate mail' against gender care in New Brunswick

FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK — Nicki Lyons-MacFarlane said it was a “punch in the gut” to find a postcard in their mailbox Friday from an anti-abortion group claiming "gender ideology" was being taught in schools and that it was leading to "surgical mu

Sep 2, 2024 2:14 PM Read more >

Son of man who died in N.B. ER says premier using death to score 'political points'

FREDERICTON — The son of a 78-year-old man who died in a Fredericton emergency department after waiting to be seen for nearly seven hours says New Brunswick's premier is using his father's death to score political goals ahead of an election.

Aug 31, 2024 2:00 AM Read more >

High cost of travel nurses helps drive deficit forecast in New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government revealed Thursday that it expects to spend more than it collects in revenue in the 2024-25 fiscal year as it scrambles to cover health-care expenses, including the high cost of travel nurses.

Aug 29, 2024 12:49 PM Read more >

Team of First Nations firefighters from New Brunswick in Alberta to battle blazes

FREDERICTON — A team of firefighters from three First Nations in New Brunswick is helping Alberta battle wildfires.

Aug 26, 2024 12:02 PM Read more >

Close encounters: People gather in New Brunswick conference to share Bigfoot stories

MONCTON, N.B. — Ann Marie Reinhart was enjoying a peaceful day's fishing near southern New Brunswick's Kingston Peninsula when a sound between a howl and a scream tore through the air.

Aug 25, 2024 2:00 AM Read more >