New Brunswick News

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's premier is offering his sympathies to workers and their families after a fire destroyed the Covered Bridge Potato Chips factory in Hartland, N.B.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Back-to-back goals by Justin Poirier broke up a close game as the visiting Baie-Comeau Drakkar defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 5-2 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Friday night.

FREDERICTON — A former minister in New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government announced Friday he won't be running in the coming provincial election.

FREDERICTON — Innocence Canada says a "satisfactory" conditional settlement has been reached between the New Brunswick government and two men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1983 murder.

FREDERICTON — Innocence Canada says a "satisfactory" conditional settlement has been reached between the New Brunswick government and two men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1983 murder.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he's surprised by the backlash he's received for his promise to give workers a one-time payment of $300.

FREDERICTON — The president of Irving Oil is stepping down as the company undergoes a strategic review that includes the possible sale of the business.

FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick town councillor says the release of an investigation into her efforts to bring a giant bird sculpture to the community is a “victory” — even though it led to sanctions against her last fall. Tantramar Coun.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A non-profit group working with homeless people in Saint John, N.B., says residents of an encampment where a tent was set on fire this week are fearful, but they have returned to the site.

BATHURST, N.B. — Miles Mueller scored the shootout winner to lift the Moncton Wildcats to a 3-2 win over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.