New Brunswick News

N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs's early election waffling cost taxpayers money: opposition

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's elections agency says it doesn't know exactly how much it spent while Premier Blaine Higgs pondered whether to call voters to the polls a year early, but opposition parties claim he cost taxpayers money.

Nov 7, 2023 2:16 PM Read more >

QMJHL roundup: Mianscum helps Phoenix sink Sea Dogs 7-3

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Israel Mianscum scored two goals and added two assists as the visiting Sherbrooke Phoenix defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-3 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Sunday.

Nov 5, 2023 4:51 PM Read more >

QMJHL roundup: Arsenault nets hat trick as Titan topple Sea Dogs 5-4

BATHURST, N.B. — Donovan Arsenault scored three goals, Joseph Henneberry had a goal and two assists, and the Acadie-Bathurst Titan edged the Saint John Sea Dogs 5-4 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

Nov 4, 2023 6:23 PM Read more >

New Brunswick premier ends weeks of speculation, says he won't call election in 2023

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs confirmed Friday he won't call an election in 2023, ending weeks of speculation that the governing Progressive Conservatives would go to the polls almost a year early.

Nov 3, 2023 10:01 AM Read more >

'Political preferences' played role in N.B. COVID decisions, says top medical officer

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's outgoing chief medical health officer said Thursday that "political preferences" helped inform the decisions that were made at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr.

Nov 2, 2023 5:02 PM Read more >

Spooky harvest: Droughts, heavy rain create challenge for Canada's pumpkin season

FREDERICTON — Extreme weather caused by climate change — droughts followed by heavy rains — wreaked havoc with the pumpkin harvest across Canada this year. Nova Scotia pumpkin farmer Danny Dill said the spring planting season was extremely dry.

Oct 30, 2023 2:37 PM Read more >

QMJHL roundup: Gaudet nets hat trick as Remparts tip Sea Dogs 6-1

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Kassim Gaudet scored three goals, including the final one on a penalty shot, as the visiting Quebec Remparts rolled over the Saint John Sea Dogs 6-1 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Sunday at TD Station.

Oct 29, 2023 4:48 PM Read more >

QMJHL roundup: Mooseheads tip Titan 5-4 on late power-play goal

BATHURST, N.B. — Jordan Dumais's power-play goal at 6:58 of the third period lifted the Halifax Mooseheads to a 5-4 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League victory over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan on Saturday.

Oct 28, 2023 8:16 PM Read more >

New Brunswick's Tory government survives non-confidence vote in the legislature

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government survived a non-confidence vote in the legislature on Friday, but Premier Blaine Higgs continued to hint that the province should be ready for an election at any time.

Oct 27, 2023 11:39 AM Read more >

Judge accepts $17-million class-action deal for N.B. psychiatric hospital abuse

MONCTON, N.B. — A $17-million class-action settlement has been approved after plaintiffs alleged decades of mistreatment of psychiatric patients at the Restigouche Hospital Centre in northern New Brunswick.

Oct 26, 2023 1:07 PM Read more >