New Brunswick Latest News

• WestJet says some passengers’ personal info stolen during June security breach

  Westjet said Monday that some passengers personal information was accessed during a June 13 cyberattack that temporarily affected access to some of its servers and software.

  Crime

  Sep 29
• New Brunswick ends fiscal year with $104.4-million deficit as health care costs rise

  New Brunswick’s finance minister says the province finished the 2024-25 fiscal year with a $104.4-million deficit, instead of the $40.9-million surplus they had budgeted for. 

  Politics

  Sep 29
• N.B. home ‘like a war zone’ after bank robbery suspect breaks in, fatally shot by police

  A Moncton, N.B., man is reeling after an alleged bank robber broke into his home and set it on fire before being fatally shot by police.

  Crime

  Sep 29
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• NB RCMP shoot, kill man while responding to call

  A New Brunswick RCMP officer shot and killed a man during an investigation and standoff following a robbery in Moncton. 

  Sep 28
• Teen from N.B. invited to perform at Carnegie Hall

  Daniel Milliea has loved music for as long as he can remember, surrounded by song since even before he was born. Now he's invited to perform at Carnegie Hall.

  Entertainment

  Sep 28
• Saint John councillor wants police commission abolished

  Coun. Gerry Lowe says if the police force was run by the city, council would be aware of the details of workplace harassment allegations against the police chief.

  Canada

  Sep 26
• N.S. minister unable to provide a timeline for Chignecto Isthmus upgrades

  Nova Scotia's public works minister says he can't offer a timeline when work will be complete to upgrade the low-lying strip of land that links the province to New Brunswick.

  Canada

  Sep 26
• Cities making backup plans as postal strike hits Newfoundland and Labrador elections

  Canada Post workers have gone on strike in the midst of municipal and provincial elections, leaving officials racing to find contingency plans for mail-in ballots.

  Canada

  Sep 26
• Police force members in New Brunswick file harassment complaints against police chief

  Saint John's police force has said it won’t comment on the complaints because it does not want to interfere with a judicial process.

  Canada

  Sep 25
• Break-ins at Saint John construction sites could drive out development: industry

  A rash of break-ins and thefts at Saint John, N.B., construction site has the industry on high alert. Builders say repeated crimes could drive development out of the uptown core.

  Canada

  Sep 24
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• Man charged with 2nd-degree murder in Fredericton woman’s death

  In a release, Fredericton police said Aaron Jesse Rice, 45, has been charged with one count of second-degree murder and remains in custody.

  Crime

  Sep 24
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• N.B. health networks respond to report on seclusion rooms at psych hospital

  Vitalité Health Network is responding to a troubling report that included stories of the psychiatric patients being kept in seclusion rooms and in restraints.

  Health

  Sep 24
• Unheard. Unserved. A woman’s battle for a PCOS diagnosis, and how no one was listening

  Brooke Sears fought to get her diagnosis after doctors said she needed to lose weight. Her story is part of a Global News series on health care and how it's failing many women.

  Features

  Sep 24
• Seclusion rooms, restraints used with little documentation in N.B. psych hospital

  The 66-page report is based on a nearly two-year investigation by Marie-France Pelletier, who is an independent officer of the legislature.

  Canada

  Sep 23
• Blackened trees and silence at site of New Brunswick’s largest summer wildfire

  A lone black crow atop a charred spruce tree was one of the only signs of animal life visible last week along what used to be a lush green forest in northern New Brunswick.

  Fire

  Sep 23
• Fall forecast: Canadians to see above-normal temperatures in a wet autumn

  Canadians can expect a warmer than normal fall season in the coming months, but meteorologists say that will turn cold near the end of November, with more rainfall than the summer.

  Weather

  Sep 22
• Fredericton police warn spike in drug overdoses is ‘significant’ and ‘not normal’

  There have been 33 overdose-related calls in September, and 13 of them were within a 24-hour period last week.

  Canada

  Sep 22
• It’s slim pickings at some apple orchards this year. This is the reason

  Severe droughts in parts of Canada mean this year's apple and pumpkin picking season may be cut short due to low crop yields, leading many to have to diversify to stay afloat.

  Consumer

  Sep 22
• Confederation Bridge sees 10,000 people for annual Terry Fox Run

  Approximately 10,000 people came out to the Conferedation Bridge on Sunday for the 45th annual Terry Fox Run.

  Canada

  Sep 22
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• New Brunswick recalls 22 Lion electric school buses after fire in Montreal

  New Brunswick says it has recalled 22 Lion electric school buses for inspection after one of the company's buses caught fire last week in Montreal.

  Canada

  Sep 18
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• J.D. Irving Co-CEO recovering from cancer surgery, says company spokesman

  Spokesman Marc Doucette says Robert Irving had successful surgery for cancer on July 29, and is now undergoing treatment.

  Canada

  Sep 17
• N.B. club owner says noise by-laws hampering business, while cruise ships can blare

  A Saint John, N.B. business owner wants the city's bylaws updated to help keep the local entertainment scene alive. 

  Canada

  Sep 17
• Moosehead Breweries saying goodbye to bottled beer, switching to cans only

  The iconic Maritime beer company says by the end of 2025, it will no longer being producing its beer in bottles, instead opting for cans and kegs only.

  Consumer

  Sep 17
• 20-year-old man from Quebec killed in motorcycle crash in New Brunswick

  They say officers responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash on Highway 15 in Moncton, N.B., just after midnight on Saturday.

  Canada

  Sep 14
• ‘A spooky season’: Drought and heat reducing pumpkin yield in Canadian farms

  Drought and extreme heat are cutting into the size and supply of pumpkins that are usually carved into jack-o’-lanterns for Halloween or frozen and canned for food.

  Environment

  Sep 13