New Brunswick News

FREDERICTON — Nearly seven million Canadians struggled with hunger last year, with some going without food for days amid rising inflation, says a Statistics Canada study.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is now projecting a $35.3-million surplus for the current fiscal year, a drop of $5 million from what it budgeted in March.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Luke Patterson scored a goal and added two assists as the Cape Breton Eagles downed Saint John Sea Dogs 6-1 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action Monday.

Fredericton police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a patient last year in the emergency room of a local hospital.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.