New Brunswick's education action plan short on clear targets | COVID-19 kills New Brunswicker aged 45-64, 2 youth among those hospitalized by flu | Fredericton bridge repair will push final work on Regent Street to 2025
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Tuesday, April 16, 2024.
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New Brunswick's education action plan short on clear targets; Tiffany Bastin, assistant deputy minister for education services in the anglophone sector, acknowledged a lack of resources can make intervention difficult\.

New Brunswick's education action plan short on clear targets

April 16 , 2024 at 02:28:26 p.m. ADT • :

The Higgs government has released an 'action plan' for improving the province's anglophone school system, but specific actions and measurable targets are still to come.

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COVID-19 kills New Brunswicker aged 45-64, 2 youth among those hospitalized by flu; The Dr\. Georges-L\.-Dumont University Hospital Centre's emergency department in Moncton is one of the places where Vitalité is using private agency nurses\.

COVID-19 kills New Brunswicker aged 45-64, 2 youth among those hospitalized by flu

April 16 , 2024 at 01:06:19 p.m. ADT • :

A New Brunswicker aged 45 to 64 has died from COVID-19, while the flu sent eight people to the hospital, including two youth aged five to 19, updated data from the province Tuesday shows.

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Fredericton bridge repair will push final work on Regent Street to 2025; Repairs are needed on the bridge to fix damage caused this winter\.

Fredericton bridge repair will push final work on Regent Street to 2025

April 16 , 2024 at 05:39:00 p.m. ADT • :

Construction on the Princess Margaret Bridge by the province this summer will mean more work on Regent Street in downtown Fredericton next year.

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Body discovered in field west of Fredericton, say RCMP; A collision between a tractor-trailer and a bus in Kerrobert, Sask\., that sent two people to hospital with injuries is being investigated by the RCMP\.

Body discovered in field west of Fredericton, say RCMP

April 15 , 2024 at 04:41:49 p.m. ADT • :

RCMP are investigating after a body was discovered in Riceville, about 80 kilometres west of Fredericton, on Sunday afternoon.

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Freeland tables her fourth federal budget — this time with a tight focus on housing; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland will deliver her fourth federal budget Tuesday\.

Freeland tables her fourth federal budget — this time with a tight focus on housing

April 16 , 2024 at 05:00:39 a.m. ADT • :

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will table her fourth federal budget today, laying out the government's plan to spend billions of dollars on housing to improve supply — a plan the Liberals also hope will boost their prospects with a crucial group of voters.

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Few details about escape, recapture of inmate from Dorchester prison; The federal government revealed Friday Dorchester Penitentiary will receive a bilingual "state-of-the-art" health centre, two years after the initial announcement of a new health care facility in New Brunswick\.  

April 15 , 2024 at 08:27:18 p.m. ADT • :

Few details about escape, recapture of inmate from Dorchester prison

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1 dead, 5 injured, after crash outside Miramichi; Three ATVs fired shots at a police officer after he tried to pull them over in Centreville, New Brunswick early Friday morning\.  

April 14 , 2024 at 12:03:14 p.m. ADT • :

1 dead, 5 injured, after crash outside Miramichi

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She was found dead after a tent encampment fire. Her smile is what her family will remember; Rae Tyler's family believes survival skills she learned as a teenager in cadets helped her make it through three difficult years in a tent\.  

April 15 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

She was found dead after a tent encampment fire. Her smile is what her family will remember

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Pointe-Sapin man charged with 1st-degree murder after shooting; A road sign points to Pointe-Safin  

April 16 , 2024 at 01:28:40 p.m. ADT • :

Pointe-Sapin man charged with 1st-degree murder after shooting

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Freeland's new federal budget hikes taxes on the rich to cover billions in new spending; Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland answers questions about the new federal budget in Ottawa on April 16, 2024\.  

April 16 , 2024 at 05:02:16 p.m. ADT • :

Freeland's new federal budget hikes taxes on the rich to cover billions in new spending

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