New Brunswick News

PONT-LANDRY, N.B. — A single-vehicle crash earlier today in northeastern New Brunswick has claimed the lives of a young man and woman. The RCMP say a 27-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, both from Tracadie, N.B., were killed around 3:20 a.m.

FREDERICTON — Milk prices in New Brunswick are set to increase by four cents per litre starting Wednesday.

FREDERICTON — The Green Party is calling on the federal government to fund health care in Atlantic Canada in keeping with the needs of residents, not based on the share of the region's population.

FREDERICTON — Health-care providers in New Brunswick are launching a new abortion services network ahead of Saturday's 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Morgentaler decision.

FREDERICTON — Teachers and parents gathered in Fredericton to make their voices heard opposing the New Brunswick government's plan to reform the French immersion program in schools by the fall.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Attilio Biasca scored five goals and added an assist as the visiting Halifax Mooseheads outgunned the Saint John Sea Dogs 10-7 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

FREDERICTON — The impending closure of two New Brunswick special care homes announced this week by the province is sparking fears that vulnerable residents will be moved away and face a lonely winter far from their families.

FREDERICTON — The recent death of a weeks-old endangered North Atlantic right whale is a blow to the fragile species, say researchers. The calf was found dead Jan. 7 under a pier in Beaufort, N.C.

MONCTON, N.B. — Pier-Olivier Roy's late power-play goal proved to be the difference as the Québec Remparts defeated the Moncton Wildcats 4-2 on Wednesday. Nicolas Savoie, James Malatesta and Daniel Agostino also scored for Québec (31-6-1-1).

POINTE-SAPIN-CENTRE, N.B. — Police say human remains found near Skinners Pond in Prince Edward Island have been identified as those of a 15-year-old boy who fell from a boat last summer. The RCMP say that on Aug.