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Back to school on Tuesday for laid off N.B. school library workers

August 28 , 2025 at 07:11:11 p.m. ADT • :

Dozens of library workers who were laid off last spring, will be heading back to their old jobs on Tuesday, following a months long fight with the provincial government over their jobs.

Saint John to get 20 new public housing units with help of modular construction

August 28 , 2025 at 06:45:36 p.m. ADT • :

Saint John is getting 20 new one-bedroom public housing units in the north end for working-age people, as the provincial government continues to struggle to address the housing crisis across New Brunswick.

Warm water threatens record-low Miramichi salmon population

August 28 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

August has been a hot and dry month that hasn't favoured Atlantic salmon. Water temperatures in the Miramichi River reached 30 C, a deadly extreme for salmon.

N.B. college suspends licence of doctor accused of sexual assault in N.S

August 27 , 2025 at 06:33:19 p.m. ADT • :

Dr. Sanjeev Sirpal, charged with assaulting a patient last January at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre near Amherst, had his licence suspended last Friday by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick.

Saint John woman's sentencing for murder hears 3 emotional victim impact statements

August 26 , 2025 at 07:39:30 a.m. ADT • :

The Saint John Court of King's Bench heard emotional victim impact statements Monday during the sentencing hearing of Jinelle Thompson, 46, who previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Allan Lee, 52, last summer.