New Brunswick News

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Two men recently acquitted of a 1983 murder for which they served lengthy prison terms say they appreciate the prime minister taking an interest in their case.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — William Shields scored twice as Charlottetown Islanders topped Saint John Sea Dogs 6-3; Anthony Flanagan, Giovanni Morneau, Simon Hughes and Alexis Michaud all scored once for Charlottetown.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the federal government's 22nd agreement aimed at speeding up construction of new housing during a visit Wednesday to southern New Brunswick.

MONCTON, N.B. — Mathieu Cataford scored at 3:55 of overtime to complete the comeback as the visiting Halifax Mooseheads edged the Moncton Wildcats 4-3 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday.

IRISHTOWN, N.B. — An 18-year-old woman from Moncton, N.B. has died after a head-on collision that left seven others injured.

BATHURST, N.B. — Noah Warren scored 18 seconds into overtime as the Victoriaville Tigres edged the Acadie-Bathurst Titan 8-7 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Saint John police Chief Robert Bruce has launched a review of his force's conduct in the wrongful murder convictions of two New Brunswick men.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Walter Gillespie opens his fridge and shows his meagre supplies — a loaf of bread, eggs, peanut butter and juice. There are also a few cans of beans stacked in a cupboard in the 80-year-old's Saint John, N.B., apartment.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — It has been one week since a judge in New Brunswick cleared Walter Gillespie of a murder charge that hung over him for half his 80 years. But as he looked around his dark, cramped apartment in Saint John, N.B.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick police are investigating after a body was found in a shed that caught fire in Woodstock, N.B., about 75 kilometres west of Fredericton.