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PC campaign manager joins Premier's Office, will earn taxpayer salary

April 11 , 2024 at 02:58:08 p.m. ADT • :

The campaign consultant hired by the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick for this year's election has landed a second position — a taxpayer-funded job in the office of Premier Blaine Higgs.

Former Horizon CEO Dr. John Dornan to seek Liberal nod for Portland-Simonds

April 11 , 2024 at 05:04:50 p.m. ADT • :

Dr. John Dornan, the former head of Horizon Health Network, has announced he will seek the Liberal nomination in his home riding of Portland-Simonds.

N.B. drops small community from Trans-Canada Highway signs, outrage ensues

April 11 , 2024 at 02:35:49 p.m. ADT • :

The name Saint-Basile, a former village that is now part of Edmundston, was removed from highway signs by transportation officials.

Business owner who lost N.B. Liquor agency contract makes his case

April 10 , 2024 at 03:35:43 p.m. ADT • :

A judge has reserved his decision in a legal challenge by a Hartland business owner over what he calls a case of political influence over a lucrative N.B. Liquor contract.

WATCH | Meet Spirit, a robot being trained to walk on the moon

April 11 , 2024 at 02:01:18 p.m. ADT • :

Scientists are putting a 'robot dog' named Spirit through its paces in the rugged terrain of Oregon's Mount Hood, in preparation for future space missions in which people and robots work together. The research is part of the LASSIE Project, which stands for Legged Autonomous Surface Science In Analog Environments.