New Brunswick News

New Brunswick tables bill to cancel 'unfair' contract for private nursing services

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government has introduced a bill to terminate an "unfair" contract for private nursing services.

Mar 19, 2025 3:02 PM Read more >

N.B. government seeks more free movement of alcohol across Canada

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Liberal government wants to make it easier to move alcohol across provincial boundaries.

Mar 19, 2025 2:22 PM Read more >

New Brunswick budget forecasts $599-million deficit as Trump tariff threat looms

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government tabled a $14.3-billion budget Tuesday that has been driven deep into deficit by a promised increase in health-care funding and a contingency fund to deal with U.S. tariff threats.

Mar 18, 2025 2:04 PM Read more >

Highlights from New Brunswick's 2025-26 budget

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Finance Minister René Legacy has tabled the province's budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which includes measures to help workers and businesses affected by U.S. tariff threats.

Mar 18, 2025 2:04 PM Read more >

N.B. premier meets with governor of Massachusetts amid ongoing U.S. trade war

BOSTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says her meeting with the governor of Massachusetts about strengthening the relationship between the province and the state amid the ongoing trade was “productive.

Mar 16, 2025 12:08 PM Read more >

Tariff war: New Brunswick premier says cutting power to Maine still an option

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says it's unlikely the province will cut off the electricity NB Power supplies to northern Maine as the trade war with the United States drags on, but she says that could change.

Mar 13, 2025 12:35 PM Read more >

Tariff war forcing N.B. to cut trade barriers, go into deficit in next week's budget

FREDERICTON — Nearly seven years after the New Brunswick government went to the Supreme Court to prevent the free movement of alcohol across the country, Premier Susan Holt says the tariff war with the United States is forcing the province to rethink

Mar 12, 2025 4:34 PM Read more >

N.B. Pride group invites LGBTQ+ Americans dealing with the 'scary' reality of Trump

When Saint John, N.B., holds its annual Pride celebration in August, it's expecting a new group of participants — Americans seeking a safe haven from the “scary” reality of living under President Donald Trump’s administration.

Mar 12, 2025 10:29 AM Read more >

Kennedy, Carrier score third-period goals to earn Mooseheads 5-3 win over Sea Dogs

ST. JOHN, N.B. — Quinn Kennedy and Shawn Carrier scored third-period goals to earn the Halifax Mooseheads a 5-3 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action Friday night.

Mar 7, 2025 8:58 PM Read more >

'Tunnel vision' of N.B. police blamed for wrongful murder convictions of two men

ST. JOHN, N.B. — "Tunnel vision" was the main shortfall of an investigation in the 1980s that led to the wrongful conviction of two men who spent years in prison for a murder they didn't commit, police in New Brunswick said Friday.

Mar 7, 2025 3:47 PM Read more >