New Brunswick news

An outline of what schools will look like in the fall was released in June, but as time goes on some parents are struggling with unanswered questions and concerns for the education of their older children. 

Via Rail is temporarily laying off approximately 1,000 unionized workers, citing the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the travel industry.

Via Rail is temporarily laying off approximately 1,000 unionized workers, citing the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the travel industry.

New Brunswick marijuana retailer Cannabis NB reported its second profitable quarter in a row Wednesday as sales climbed during the pandemic.

The province has edged over the two-week mark since the last time it saw a new case of COVID-19.

Irving Oil is laying off 250 people in Canada, the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

The doctor accused of being patient zero in the Campbellton COVID-19 outbreak has been notified he won't face criminal charges, according to his lawyer.

Several Saint John area families are seeking answers for why they have yet to be reimbursed by an insurer provider after a student trip to Europe was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sarah Sweet-Fortin said on her second day in Beresford she was harassed by an unknown neighbour who aggressively yelled at her to go back to her home city. She was planning on staying two weeks but left after only nine days.

Sarah Sweet-Fortin said on her second day in Beresford she was harassed by an unknown neighbour who aggressively yelled at her to go back to her home city. She was planning on staying two weeks but left after only nine days.

A newly-published paper in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences speculates on why more great white sharks are being seen in Atlantic Canada in the summer months, especially off Nova Scotia.

An overwhelming demand for building materials this spring and summer caught everyone completely off guard. Contractors and do-it-yourselfers are scrounging to find things like plywood and pressure treated lumber.

With the opening of a new road between the eastern end of the Fundy Trail Parkway and Sussex, drivers can now enter the scenic drive from either end.

After working to cut its debt almost in half the past few years, the Greater Moncton Romeo LeBlanc International Airport lost 98 per cent of its passenger traffic in April and May this year, CEO Bernard LeBlanc said Tuesday. 

When Bobbi Jo Green booked a flight back in May for her, her husband, and her children to see two ailing family members, she was counting on the airline's physical distancing rules to still be in place.

It's been two weeks since Public Health has seen a new case of COVID-19 in the province.

Soup kitchens in the province are seeing an increase in the number of people served over the past few months, likely due to financial strain caused by COVID-19. 

Premier Stephen McNeil announced the requirement for a form Monday in response to what he said were concerns the government was hearing about insufficient screening of people travelling to Nova Scotia from outside the Atlantic provinces.

RCMP say no charges will be laid in connection with a former Moncton Hospital nurse who allegedly administered the labour-inducing drug oxytocin to mothers without their consent. 

After the launch of the Atlantic bubble on Friday, MLAs from both sides of the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick border agree the system needs work. 

A Crown prosecutor withdrew a manslaughter charge against Donald Kyle, who originally was charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of his partner’s teenage son last fall. 

The City of Saint John will push the provincial and federal governments to make racial discrimination a punishable offence.

Sharon Kennedy feels justice isn't being served for her daughter Candice Kennedy-Faguy after the original charges of first degree murder and committing an indignity to a body where dropped against Claude Blanchard, instead he pleaded guilty manslaughter.

Public Safety Minister Carl Urquhart says he's looking for ways to improve the Atlantic bubble border screening process, but if traffic gets backed up at checkpoints again this weekend, he has instructed staff to wave vehicles through again until the lineups become manageable.

The Department of Public Safety will launch in the coming days a "technology-enabled solution" to the Atlantic bubble traffic problems that saw vehicles from Nova Scotia waved through a border checkpoint Friday without any of the planned COVID-19 screening or collection of traveller details, says a spokesperson.

The haskap berry — which looks like a long blueberry — is packed with antioxidants and grows on more than 50 acres of fields in the Haut-Madawaska region. It was first planted in the area five years ago by a local cooperative of farmers and foresters.

As provinces balance the need to reopen their economies, while keeping COVID-19 at bay, medical experts are urging governments to make masks mandatory in public places, including all indoor spaces outside the home, in crowds, and on public transit.

Love knows no bounds for this couple who has been apart for more than five months because of a global pandemic.

Kevin Cormier's controversial appointment as the executive director of the provincial public library service ended Monday with his resignation.

It's been almost two weeks since New Brunswick Public Health recorded any new cases of COVID-19 in the province.

Workers at 45 of 51 non-profit nursing homes in New Brunswick have voted to accept a tentative agreement, ending a protracted contract dispute that saw them on the verge of striking last year.

After months of not knowing which summer activities would be feasible during a pandemic, some sports are finally getting underway. 

A woman who went out on a motorcycle ride and didn't come home overnight was found dead Sunday.

The decision to put the officer who shot and killed Chantel Moore back to work, even on desk duty, was surprising to St.Thomas University criminal justice professor.

There are no new cases of COVID-19 Monday, after five cases were announced on the weekend, P.E.I.'s chief public health officer said in a news briefing.

There are no new cases of COVID-19 Monday, after five cases were announced on the weekend, P.E.I.'s chief public health officer said in a news briefing.

CN Investing $20 Million in New Brunswick NYSE:CNI  GlobeNewswire

July is National UV Safety Month  Patch.com

For recent immigrants, social isolation is a challenge tied to the obstacles of arriving in a new country with few connections and often limited language skills.

Researchers studying the quantity of microplastics in the ocean in Atlantic Canada say some of the major sources of the puny pieces of plastic come from fishing gear and single-use plastics.

Cyclists and businesses say they’re enjoying Moncton’s new one-way configuration, but hoped the change would have meant more patio space than what’s been added so far.

With the Atlantic bubble officially opened, border communities in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are reaping the benefits.

New Brunswick Joins Canadian MoU Respecting Oversight Of Exchanges - Corporate/Commercial Law - Canada  Mondaq News Alerts

Radioactive waste: a big problem for New Brunswick's proposed new nuclear reactors  The Hill Times

Severe thunderstorm watch issued for northern New Brunswick Sunday  Globalnews.ca

Recycling thieves in Fredericton clean out Scouts Canada donation bin  Global News

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of northern and central N.B. Sunday afternoon.

Long lineups and delays at the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia border in Aulac are forming again Sunday as travellers return to their home provinces on Day 3 of the Atlantic bubble. 

On the third day of eased travel restrictions under the Atlantic bubble, long lineups at the main highway crossing between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have some calling for provincial governments to eliminate the wait.

A resident of Pine Glen, N.B., has been displaced from his home after the vehicle he was working on caught fire and the flames spread to the house.