Category: New Brunswick

Tens of Thousands of Canadians Still in the Dark After Fierce Storm

Utility crews in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick are still working to restore electricity to thousands of people who have been in the dark for days after last week’s fierce winter storms knocked out their power. As of Tuesday afternoon, power is still out for more than 32,000 Hydro-Québec customers and more than 16,000 Hydro…


In Crowded NB Hospital, 88-Year-Old Awaiting Nursing Home Placed in Supply Room

The daughter of an 88-year-old woman who spent part of Thursday in a supply room at an overcrowded New Brunswick hospital says she’s alarmed by the shortages of space and staff in the province’s health facilities. Karen Totten photographed her mother Irene MacNeill of Barnesville, N.B., lying in a supply room at the Saint John Regional…


New Brunswick Minister Says Province Cutting Ties With Accredited Schools in China, Citing Concerns With Beijing Regime

With Beijing’s Confucius Institutes removed from New Brunswick’s public schools, the province is now cutting ties with its accredited schools in China that do not teach Canadian values, says Dominic Cardy, the province’s education minister. “I have a serious problem with supporting schools operated by or influenced by the government in Beijing for all the…


RCMP Say Missing NS Man Believed Swept to Sea by Fiona

Police in Nova Scotia say a man missing since Friday is believed to have been swept out to sea during post-tropical storm Fiona. Halifax district RCMP said today 81-year-old Larry Smith of Lower Prospect, N.S., was last seen Friday evening. A search led by the RCMP began in the coastal community southwest of Halifax after…


Fiona Fallout: Losses Being Tallied as Hundreds of Soldiers Arrive for Cleanup Duty

Phyllis Carr’s voice broke with emotion as she surveyed damage to the historic town of Stanley Bridge, a small community on the north shore of Prince Edward Island. “It’s very sad for those of us who lived here all of our lives and our parents lived here,” she said, taking in a scene that has…


Eyewitness Speaks Out on Patient Who Died in Waiting Room of Fredericton ER

A man who witnessed the death of a patient in the waiting room of a Fredericton hospital’s emergency department this week says his province’s health-care system is “broken.” John Staples, a residential support worker who witnessed the incident on July 11 around midnight, said on social media that the experience was a “stark and somber…


New Brunswick Town Captivated by Mysterious Figure Offering Clues to Hidden Cash

A community in eastern New Brunswick has been captivated by a mysterious game that has residents following clues and searching for hidden $50 and $100 bills. “The hunt is so fun,” Miramichi resident Savannah Harris said in an interview Sunday. “I bring my little brother with me. It’s high energy. You’re looking everywhere.” Six prizes…


Court Rules New Brunswick Lieutenant-Governor Must Be Bilingual

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated constitutional language protections when he appointed a unilingual anglophone lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, but striking down the nomination would cause a constitutional crisis, a court ruled Thursday. While the 2019 appointment of Brenda Murphy as lieutenant-governor of the officially bilingual province violated the rights of the province’s minority francophones, New…


New Brunswick Rapidly Growing as Population Tops 800,000 for the First Time: StatsCan

New figures from Statistics Canada show New Brunswick is experiencing a population boom. The federal agency said Friday the province’s population recently topped 800,000 for the first time, having gained more than 40,000 people in the past five years alone. Premier Blaine Higgs issued a statement saying the province is experiencing higher immigration levels and…


New Brunswick Ends COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Most Public Service Servants

New Brunswick says its COVID-19 vaccine mandate will no longer be a condition of employment for its civil servants come March 28. The announcement Friday, however, does not include employees working at health facilities, Ambulance New Brunswick, corrections, and those who provide health care services to patients residing in homes, including personal residences, special care…