Province will spend $6.5M to keep paramedic, EMT graduates in N.B. | Green MLAs want quicker action on glyphosate report | Soldiers from N.B. serving near Russia return home to increased defence spending
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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Province will spend $6.5M to keep paramedic, EMT graduates in N.B.; Health Minister John Dornan hopes his department's bursary program will help fill paramedic shortages in the province\.

Province will spend $6.5M to keep paramedic, EMT graduates in N.B.

June 11 , 2025 at 06:02:21 p.m. ADT • :

Health Minister John Dornan announced today that the province will fund a $6.5-million bursary program. The money will reimburse paramedic and emergency medical technician students. The province hopes it will help address staffing shortages.
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Green MLAs want quicker action on glyphosate report; Environment Minister Gilles Lepage says his mandate from Premier Susan Holt includes a committment to implement all recommendations from the committee's report\.

Green MLAs want quicker action on glyphosate report

June 11 , 2025 at 06:03:48 p.m. ADT • :

In a meeting of the legislature's committee on climate change and environmental stewardship Wednesday, MLAs raised concerns about a slow pace of change when it comes to tighter restrictions on herbicide spraying in New Brunswick.
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Soldiers from N.B. serving near Russia return home to increased defence spending; Two Canadian soldiers wearing camouflage and armed, walk away from helicopter during military training exercise in Latvia\.

Soldiers from N.B. serving near Russia return home to increased defence spending

June 11 , 2025 at 04:02:20 p.m. ADT • :

New Brunswick soldiers tasked with deterring Russian aggression on NATO's eastern flank are expected to benefit from new spending on recruitment, pay raises and accelerated investments in equipment and technology that were promised this week by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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If you're on the job hunt, watch out for this employment scam; If you're on the job hunt, watch out for this employment scam

If you're on the job hunt, watch out for this employment scam

June 11 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Job seekers are being warned about scammers posing as recruiters. They just want applicants' information and money, the Better Business Bureau says.

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Summer weather outlook suggests Atlantic Canadians will be looking for shade; Environment Canada projects that there's a 90 per cent chance that the areas shown with deep red shadings, including all four Atlantic provinces, will have above-normal temperatures in June, July and August\.

Summer weather outlook suggests Atlantic Canadians will be looking for shade

June 10 , 2025 at 06:00:45 p.m. ADT • :

Environment and Climate Change Canada's summer seasonal weather outlook was released on Tuesday, and Atlantic Canada is likely looking at some hot times. 
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Retirement incentives paid to N.B. Power employees who were already leaving, auditor says; Auditor General Paul Martin released three major audits Tuesday, including a review of an N\.B\. Power early retirement program\.  

June 10 , 2025 at 12:18:46 p.m. ADT • :

Retirement incentives paid to N.B. Power employees who were already leaving, auditor says

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Fredericton parents fighting $125 parking ticket at youth football practice; Jillian and Jody Shealy are fighting a \$125 fine for parking in a fire lane at their son's football practice, arguing there weren't sufficient signs to warn people\.  

June 11 , 2025 at 06:00:25 a.m. ADT • :

Fredericton parents fighting $125 parking ticket at youth football practice

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N.B. auditor general finds outdated eligibility puts people at risk of not getting legal aid; Financial eligibility for legal aid is determined based on an income grid, which defines income brackets by household size\. That grid has not been updated since 2017, Auditor General Paul Martin found\.  

June 10 , 2025 at 02:11:18 p.m. ADT • :

N.B. auditor general finds outdated eligibility puts people at risk of not getting legal aid

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Woodpeckers, eagles and geese, oh my! Enjoy these photos from around N.B.; The Wilson Marsh along the Petitcodiac River in Moncton is home to this Canada goose and its goslings\.  

June 8 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Woodpeckers, eagles and geese, oh my! Enjoy these photos from around N.B.

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Maintenance issues in public housing and old legal aid thresholds: What's in new auditor general report; Man in suit speaks into microphone  

June 10 , 2025 at 05:13:54 p.m. ADT • :

Maintenance issues in public housing and old legal aid thresholds: What's in new auditor general report

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