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Tracadie woman faces impaired driving charge after head-on collision with police cruiser

Police say an RCMP officer was briefly trapped inside a badly damaged cruiser after being hit head-on by an SUV going the wrong way on a Route 11 off-ramp in Tracadie, N.B., Wednesday night.
North Lake Provincial Park opens on Canada Day

The first new provincial park in 24 years is now open. North Lake Provincial Park is located 114 kms west of Fredericton, close to the Canada-U.S. border.
What’s happening on Canada Day?

From firework celebrations to pow-wows, people in New Brunswick are choosing to mark Canada Day their own way.
Q&A: Snowbirds pilot reflects on 2 years since Kamloops crash

Snowbirds Capt. Richard MacDougall has spent the last two years recovering from a devastating crash that took the life of his passenger, Capt. Jenn Casey, during demonstration flight in Kamloops, B.C.
What’s open, what’s closed on Canada Day in New Brunswick

With the arrival of the national holiday many businesses are closed for the day throughout the province.
Thousands celebrate Sea Dogs’ Memorial Cup win with a parade in uptown Saint John

Thousands of people lined the streets of uptown Saint John on Thursday to celebrate the Saint John Sea Dogs’ Memorial Cup win on home ice.
WorkSafeNB investigating serious injury at AIM recycling plant in Saint John

A 60-year-old man sustained life-threatening injuries after an accident at the American Iron and Metal recycling plant in Saint John on Thursday.
Email offers details of Moncton Hospital probe of alleged improper use of oxytocin by nurse

Moncton Hospital executives watched “hours” of security footage, including a live feed, while trying to get to the bottom of a spike in emergency cesarean sections before firing a nurse, a 2019 email sent by a physician states.
Mystery solved: Fredericton man who saved stranded eels is local cab driver

A Fredericton cab driver became a bit of an online sensation after photos posted to social media show him trying to rescue dozens of eels from a hot sidewalk.
Mi’kmaq chief says Higgs falling short on shale gas consultations with Indigenous groups
Premier Blaine Higgs says he’s talking to First Nations about a possible revival of shale gas development in New Brunswick, but one Mi’kmaq chief suggests the province is already falling short on its duty to consult Indigenous people.
Inmates are rolling up contraband nicotine patches and smoking them

Prisoners are smoking contraband nicotine patches like cigarettes.
St. Martins mom guilty of defrauding province over care for adult son

A St. Martins mother has been found guilty of defrauding the province in connection with financial assistance she received to help care for her disabled adult son.
Family of Steven Lutes says inquest into his 2017 death has opened old wounds

Simon Jones said he had known from WorkSafeNB investigators that his brother-in-law had been wearing his safety harness, but was not anchored in, when he fell from the fourth floor of the Hilton Garden Inn while it was under construction on Jan. 30, 2017.
Trip ends in tears, begging for water after family’s flight to Fredericton cancelled

Cancelled flights, lost luggage, busy helplines, and sold-out hotels kept family in Montreal limbo for hours until husband Gururaj Mahajan decided to just drive over and get them.
Third Moncton pandemic protester acquitted

A judge has acquitted a Riverview man accused of violating New Brunswick’s pandemic restrictions last year at a protest against those measures.
Plastic penguins and adaptive mice, toys and tools help those with disabilities

A Neil Squire program, Makers Making Change, is creating accessible toys for people with disabilities. For the past three months they’ve been switching regular toys into ones that include more accessible switches, and are set to make a over 100 accessible toys.
Family worries promise to commemorate late N.B. senator forgotten

The family of late senator and New Brunswick cabinet minister Brenda Robertson says they are worried a promise to commemorate her in a prominent and public way may be forgotten.
Backlog of N.B. medicare card applications causing processing delays

More than 2,500 New Brunswickers are waiting for a medicare card which is causing longer-than-usual wait times for some newcomers.
What makes an hours-long airport delay worse? The only restaurant is closed

If the only restaurant at the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport hadn’t eventually opened, Mike Wazny and his girlfriend, who were en route to Winnipeg after a trip out east, would have been waiting at least nine hours without any food.
Air Canada cuts a number of Moncton and Bathurst flights

The Moncton and Bathurst airports will soon see a lot less Air Canada flights to and from Montreal next month.
N.B. records 3 COVID-19 deaths, new cases increase after 2-month decline

COVID-19 claimed three more lives in New Brunswick in the past week, hospitalizations because of the virus continue to decrease, while the number of new lab-confirmed cases is on the rise after a two-month decline, according to Tuesday’s COVIDWatch report, which includes data on the types of variants in the province for the first time.
Fredericton worker who died from fall wore unanchored harness, inquest hears

Steven Lutes was wearing a body harness the day he fell to his death at the Hilton Garden Inn construction site in Fredericton five years ago, but it hadn’t been secured to an anchor point.
Higher-risk workplaces should have on-site safety supervisors, inquest jury concludes

Steven Lutes was wearing a body harness the day he fell to his death at the Hilton Garden Inn construction site in Fredericton five years ago, but it hadn’t been secured to an anchor point.
Doctor recruiter position vacant as N.B. health department changes direction

The department of health’s dedicated physician recruiter position is vacant, and the province is changing its tune about leading recruitment.
Moncton construction accident injures 5 at Shannex site

At least five people are injured after a structure collapsed during construction on a Moncton nursing home on Monday.
Moncton’s Dumont hospital loses another specialist with geriatrician departure

Yet another doctor is leaving the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton.
Funding estimate for Fredericton arts centre jumps by $13M

The funding estimate for the new Fredericton performing arts centre went up to $58.3 million, with Fredericton city council announcing a new funding plan in place.
Project aims to make Fredericton feel more like home for immigrants

A team of researchers is asking immigrants to Fredericton to share their stories and concerns to create positive change in the city.
Upcoming Saint John international sculpture symposium will be its final one

Eight artists from Europe and Canada will be given giant chunks of granite to turn into works of public art — all created in front of the public on Saint John’s waterfront beginning in August.
Despite shortages, interested doctors not hearing from the province, physician says

A new doctor to New Brunswick says the province is still not responding quickly enough to physicians who want to work here, despite a rising number of people on the primary-care waiting list.
N.B. worksite where supervisor fell to his death short-handed, inquest hears

A construction worker who described himself as a right-hand man to the late Steven Lutes, says his supervisor’s death could have easily been prevented if Lutes had had a spotter.
Tracadie paid nearly $50K to consultants close to the P.C. government

Two consultants with close ties to the governing Progressive Conservative party were paid $50,000 by the regional municipality of Tracadie to lobby the provincial government, according to documents obtained by Radio-Canada.
Meeshe’s Journey: how a middle school running club helped her cross the finish line

A middle school running club helps a young student overcome challenges to complete a 5K.