New Brunswick News

FREDERICTON — As protesters squared off Wednesday outside the legislature over the province's school gender identity policy, Premier Blaine Higgs met with participants on just one side of the divide — those who support his government's restrictions.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s health authority is facing four workplace safety charges for potentially exposing some employees at a Fredericton hospital to asbestos.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A joint task force investigation into last week's major fire at a scrapyard in Saint John, N.B., will consider whether the recycling plant should continue operating at the city's port, says Premier Blaine Higgs.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The New Brunswick government has ordered a metal recycling plant at the port in Saint John to stop operating until an investigation into a major fire last week is completed.

FREDERICTON — A group of experts is sounding the alarm about a proposal from the New Brunswick government that could result in forced treatment for drug users.

ST. STEPHEN, N.B. — Post-tropical storm Lee may have thrown a wrench into Sarah and Dave Roy's wedding plans, but the newlyweds feel the upheaval it caused on their big day is nothing but a positive sign for their future life together.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he is not going anywhere, despite dissent earlier this year from within his Progressive Conservative party.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The mayor of Saint John, N.B., says a fire at a metal recycling plant has been contained and the citywide shelter-in-place advisory is now lifted.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A notice asking residents in some parts of Saint John, N.B., to stay indoors Thursday was expanded to include the entire city as a fire at a metal recycling yard along the harbour sent plumes of hazardous smoke into the air.

FREDERICTON — The latest changes made by the Education Department to New Brunswick's policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools have made it more discriminatory, says the province's child and youth advocate.