New Brunswick News

QMJHL roundup: Orr lifts Titan to 3-2 win over Olympiques

BATHURST, N.B. — Robert Orr scored the eventual winner with 7:02 left in the third period as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan edged the Gatineau Olympiques 3-2 on Sunday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.

Feb 18, 2024 5:42 PM Read more >

RCMP say missing New Brunswick ice sailor has been found dead

SHEDIAC, N.B. — RCMP in New Brunswick say they have found the body of a 64-year-old man from Grand-Digue who was last seen ice sailing.

Feb 18, 2024 11:26 AM Read more >

Head of N.B. elections gives inside look at agency during political drama of 2023

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's chief electoral officer offered an inside look Thursday at the province's elections office as it scrambled to get ready for a snap election that Premier Blaine Higgs hinted would come last year but never did.

Feb 15, 2024 4:42 PM Read more >

New Brunswick RCMP searching for missing 64-year-old ice sailor on Shediac Bay

GRANDE-DIGUE, N.B. — RCMP in New Brunswick continued the search Thursday for a 64-year-old man who was last seen the prior day ice sailing on Shediac Bay.

Feb 15, 2024 11:29 AM Read more >

N.B. economic update: Surplus rises by over $200M on more tax revenue, transfers

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's budget surplus has risen by more than $200 million after the government collected more money than anticipated in income and sales tax and federal transfers.

Feb 15, 2024 10:39 AM Read more >

QMJHL: Houde has goal, two assists in Eagles win

CAPE BRETON, N.B. — Olivier Houde scored a goal and 2 assists as Cape Breton Eagles topped Moncton Wildcats. Charles-Antoine Lavallée, Lucas Romeo, Luke Patterson and Brayden Schmitt all scored once for Cape Breton.

Feb 14, 2024 8:37 PM Read more >

UNB men's hockey team wins 30 consecutive games for perfect regular season

FREDERICTON — Canadian university hockey has a new standard of regular season perfection after the University of New Brunswick Reds men’s team won its 30th consecutive game over the weekend.

Feb 12, 2024 12:51 PM Read more >

N.B. government in compensation talk with lawyers for two wrongfully convicted men

FREDERICTON — More than a month after two New Brunswick men were declared innocent of a 1983 murder, their lawyers say negotiations for compensation are underway with the provincial government.

Feb 10, 2024 5:00 AM Read more >

15-year-old charged in fatal shooting of another teen in New Brunswick

MONCTON, N.B. — Police in New Brunswick say a 15-year-old has been charged with manslaughter following the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old.

Feb 6, 2024 2:08 PM Read more >

As planet warms, ferocious snowfalls like the one that hit Nova Scotia could increase

FREDERICTON — Forecasters say a warming global climate could actually cause some parts of Canada to see colder conditions, including heavy snowfalls like the one that hit parts of the Maritimes this week.

Feb 6, 2024 1:57 PM Read more >