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As crime increases across Canada, New Brunswick sole province where rates drop

As crime increases across Canada, New Brunswick sole province where rates drop

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick was the only province in Canada to record fewer police-reported crimes in 2022 compared with the prior year, data from Statistics Canada show.
New Brunswick Education Department received no complaints about pronouns kept secret

New Brunswick Education Department received no complaints about pronouns kept secret

FREDERICTON — A freedom of information request filed by a University of New Brunswick professor has revealed that no parents complained to the province that they had been left in the dark about their children’s preferred pronouns.
Party says dissenting N.B. Tories failed first step to oust Premier Blaine Higgs

Party says dissenting N.B. Tories failed first step to oust Premier Blaine Higgs

FREDERICTON — The president of New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative party says a push for a leadership review of Premier Blaine Higgs has not overcome the first hurdle.
N.B. municipality of Grand Lake wins bid to house new provincial jail

N.B. municipality of Grand Lake wins bid to house new provincial jail

FREDERICTON — Competition was stiff, but the New Brunswick municipality of Grand Lake has been chosen as the site of a new provincial jail.
Aging infrastructure struggling to keep up with storms, wildfires, changing climate

Aging infrastructure struggling to keep up with storms, wildfires, changing climate

FREDERICTON — The torrential rain that washed out roads, bridges and a key rail link in Nova Scotia on the weekend is is being described as another sign that engineers cannot rely on past weather patterns to design infrastructure able to withstand ri
Climate change: Correlation between wildfires, flooding in Nova Scotia

Climate change: Correlation between wildfires, flooding in Nova Scotia

FREDERICTON — The fingerprints of climate change are all over the supercharged weather witnessed this year in Nova Scotia -- and the rest of the country -- from raging wildfires to devastating flooding.
New Brunswick RCMP end search for armed man in Minto, one person in custody

New Brunswick RCMP end search for armed man in Minto, one person in custody

FREDERICTON — RCMP in New Brunswick say their police operation in the Minto area is over after searching for a man who allegedly shot a firearm.
N.B. and N.S. premiers to apply for federal funding to protect crucial isthmus

N.B. and N.S. premiers to apply for federal funding to protect crucial isthmus

MONCTON, N.B. — The premiers of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia say they will apply for federal funding to help protect a vital land corridor linking the two provinces.
Ottawa gives $212M funding boost for housing asylum seekers

Ottawa gives $212M funding boost for housing asylum seekers

MONCTON, N.B. — The federal government is announcing $212 million more in funding for interim housing for people claiming asylum in Canada, including about $97 million for Toronto.
Endangered North Atlantic right whale spotted entangled in Gulf of St. Lawrence

Endangered North Atlantic right whale spotted entangled in Gulf of St. Lawrence

FREDERICTON — Fisheries and Oceans Canada says a North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing gear has been seen in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off New Brunswick.
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