New Brunswick News

New Brunswick premier wants to gut sex education: former education minister

FREDERICTON — A former New Brunswick education minister says he believes Premier Blaine Higgs recently ordered a review of the province's policy on sexual orientation in schools because he has a plan to gut sex education.

May 10, 2023 3:37 PM Read more >

New Brunswick reviewing policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government is facing intense scrutiny and some harsh criticism for its decision to review the province's two-year-old policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.

May 9, 2023 3:53 PM Read more >

For Acadian singer, deaths of New Brunswick fishermen evoke past tragedies

LAMÈQUE, N.B. — The deaths of two New Brunswick fishermen on the first day of the lobster season are evoking powerful memories of past tragedies on the water for a singer who lives on the Acadian peninsula.

May 8, 2023 4:12 PM Read more >

Acadian communities mourn after two N.B. lobster fishers die on first day of season

LAMÈQUE, N.B. — Residents of the Acadian peninsula in New Brunswick are mourning the loss of two lobster boat crew who died on the first day of the season. The RCMP have said the two men were from Lamèque, N.B.

May 7, 2023 1:57 PM Read more >

Two men die after falling from fishing boat in New Brunswick, RCMP say

LAMÈQUE, N.B. — Two New Brunswick men have died after falling from a fishing boat. RCMP identified them as a 58-year-old man and a 33-year-old man both of Lamèque, a community off the northeastern tip of the Acadian Peninsula.

May 6, 2023 4:33 PM Read more >

Charmaine Crooks elected Canada Soccer president at annual meeting in Saint John

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Charmaine Crooks has been elected president of Canada Soccer. The former Olympian beat out former Canada Soccer vice-president Rob Newman for the top elected job at the governing body's annual meeting.

May 6, 2023 11:09 AM Read more >

New Brunswick mountain to have racist slur removed, suggestions for new name invited

FREDERICTON — After a delay called unacceptable by the province's racism commissioner, the New Brunswick government has announced its first steps to rid the provincial map of places named with a slur against Indigenous women.

May 2, 2023 3:14 PM Read more >

Under pressure from crypto miners, NB Power places pause on electricity requests

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's electric utility imposed a moratorium on providing new service to cryptocurrency mining operations last year, saying it was concerned about its ability to meet the increasing demands from the power-hungry sector.

May 1, 2023 3:05 PM Read more >

Federal carbon tax enters into effect July 1 in New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — The federal carbon tax on fuel is coming into effect in New Brunswick starting July 1.

May 1, 2023 2:37 PM Read more >

NB Power cuts ties with private instructor for driving truck into federal picketers

OROMOCTO, N.B. — New Brunswick's Crown energy corporation has cut ties with a private instructor after a video surfaced showing a heavy NB Power truck driving into a group of federal public service picketers and pushing one down the street.

Apr 30, 2023 12:32 PM Read more >