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Good evening, these are your top stories for Monday, May 27, 2024.
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New Brunswick declares it's 'leading the pack' on housing, despite below average results; Construction of housing complexes is underway between the Mount Edward Road and the Charlottetown Mall\. \(Brian McInnis/CBC\)

New Brunswick declares it's 'leading the pack' on housing, despite below average results

May 27 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

The New Brunswick government says it is 'leading the pack' in Canada on housing, even though key pieces of evidence it is citing in support of that claim show it to be closer to the rear.

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Lack of housing options leaves Saint John family in leaky, mouldy apartment; Cory Hamilton stands in front of the apartment he rents at 119 Guilford St\., Saint John, on May 22, 2024\.

Lack of housing options leaves Saint John family in leaky, mouldy apartment

May 27 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

While politicians talk about 'accelerator funds' and modular housing and rezoning, low-income families struggling to afford the basics are left with few choices. With few options, Cory Hamilton and his family are living in a leaky, mould-covered apartment.

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The mystery of the lost painting and how a phone call from New Brunswick solved the case; Julia Veenstra has a new love for people from the East Coast after a whirlwind mystery involving her painting, and auction house, and the kindness of a stranger\.

The mystery of the lost painting and how a phone call from New Brunswick solved the case

May 27 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

A random phone call from an art-lover in New Brunswick was all it took to finally solve the mystery of a missing painting for Julia Veenstra.

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3 dead near Shediac after vehicle plunges down embankment; rcmp royal canadian mounted police cruiser cop car vehicle crime enforcement

3 dead near Shediac after vehicle plunges down embankment

May 25 , 2024 at 02:12:14 p.m. ADT • :

Three people died when their vehicle went down a 30-metre embankment near Shediac, N.B., on Friday.

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Powwow at Fredericton High School gives students a chance to dance — and learn; When Ann Paul saw a group of young women drumming, she went right over and told them how proud she was\. You don't often see only girls on the big drum, she said\. 'It was beautiful\. They were not taught to be afraid to do it\. That's what I loved about it\. They were not taught to be afraid,' she said\.

Powwow at Fredericton High School gives students a chance to dance — and learn

May 26 , 2024 at 08:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Members from the Indigenous communities joined students at the Fredericton High School powwow in May.

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PC MLA Andrea Anderson-Mason is latest Higgs caucus member to leave politics; Andrea Anderson-Mason is now the twelfth PC MLA elected in 2020 who has decided not to run again in this election\.  

May 24 , 2024 at 03:11:32 p.m. ADT • :

PC MLA Andrea Anderson-Mason is latest Higgs caucus member to leave politics

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McAdam man found not guilty of participating in vigilante-motivated assault; Dwain Gardner is going on trial this week on four charges, including that he pointed a firearm at and assaulted Blake Scott in McAdam on June 4, 2022\.  

May 24 , 2024 at 12:55:49 p.m. ADT • :

McAdam man found not guilty of participating in vigilante-motivated assault

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Southeast N.B.'s booming population leads Canada; A man walks along a trail in Riverview with the Moncton skyline in the background on May 23, 2024\.  

May 24 , 2024 at 04:47:57 p.m. ADT • :

Southeast N.B.'s booming population leads Canada

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Chiefs call for action after teacher questions Fredericton school's powwow; Fredericton High School hosted a powwow on May 21\.  

May 24 , 2024 at 03:21:24 p.m. ADT • :

Chiefs call for action after teacher questions Fredericton school's powwow

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Moncton residents call for AIM to leave over noise, smells; JoAnn McCarthy, a Lewisville resident for 30 years, says the noise and vibrations have only bothered her over the past year\.  

May 24 , 2024 at 03:51:29 p.m. ADT • :

Moncton residents call for AIM to leave over noise, smells

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