New Brunswick News

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says federal policy is to blame for the cost of living crisis and any provincial measures to address the situation would only be "Band-Aids" on a much bigger problem.

FREDERICTON — After getting his campaign bus ready, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said Tuesday he was hopeful he wouldn't need to call an early election and could instead make progress on his government's agenda.

MOORES MILLS, N.B. — A 26-year-old New Brunswick man who was the subject of an emergency alert last week has been arrested and charged with assault with a weapon and resisting arrest.

BATHURST, N.B. — Robert Orr scored a power-play goal and one while short-handed as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan defeated the visiting Drummondville Voltigeurs 5-2 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

FREDERICTON — The chief medical officer of health who helped guide New Brunswick through the pandemic is leaving her job. Dr.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick opposition leaders are criticizing Premier Blaine Higgs after he left the province guessing for weeks about whether he would plunge them into an early election campaign.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Residents of Saint John, N.B., and nearby areas are being advised against eating homegrown garden vegetables following last month's massive scrapyard fire. A fire that erupted Sept.

SHIPPAGAN, N.B. — RCMP in northeastern New Brunswick have charged a 16-year-old boy with manslaughter. Police allege the teen struck an 11-year-old boy in the face with a kick scooter almost a year ago in Shippagan, N.B.

MOORES MILLS, N.B. — RCMP in New Brunswick are searching for an armed man in a community in the province's southwest. Police issued an Alert Ready message at about 9:40 a.m.

FREDERICTON — Even as the technology to produce so-called "ghost guns" becomes less expensive and more widespread, the RCMP is not keeping records on how often the weapons are used in crimes across the country.