Is Higgs's criticism of lawsuit naming nurses a legitimate gripe? Lawyer explains | Fredericton fire chief makes pitch for new station in fast-growing corner of city | 6-year-old Woodstock boy with health condition finally to get a seat on school bus
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Tuesday, August 27, 2024.
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Is Higgs's criticism of lawsuit naming nurses a legitimate gripe? Lawyer explains; Premier Blaine Higgs, leader of the Progressive Conservatives, announced in Moncton Thursday that his government would reduce the provincial portion of the harmonized sales tax to eight per cent\.

Is Higgs's criticism of lawsuit naming nurses a legitimate gripe? Lawyer explains

August 27 , 2024 at 03:42:13 p.m. ADT • :

It's easier to drop names from a lawsuit than add them down the road when it might be too late, according to Dalhousie law professor Jonathan Shapiro.
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Fredericton fire chief makes pitch for new station in fast-growing corner of city; Fredericton Fire Chief Dwayne Killingbeck says a new fire station is needed in the southwestern corner of the city to accommodate for an increase in development seen there in recent years\.

Fredericton fire chief makes pitch for new station in fast-growing corner of city

August 27 , 2024 at 05:39:54 p.m. ADT • :

Fredericton Fire Chief Dwayne Killingbeck is appealing to city council to move forward with plans to build a new fire station in the southwestern corner of the city, which has seen rapid growth recently in new apartment buildings and townhouses.
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6-year-old Woodstock boy with health condition finally to get a seat on school bus; Sawyer, a 6-year-old from Woodstock with type-1 diabetes, was denied school bus rides last year because he lives too close to school\. After a CBC News story, the school district says an accommodation is being finalized for this year, says his mother, Jennie Groff\.

6-year-old Woodstock boy with health condition finally to get a seat on school bus

August 27 , 2024 at 02:01:51 p.m. ADT • :

A young child in Woodstock will be given access to school bus transportation after being denied last year.
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Anti-abortion group sends flyers in support of N.B.'s parental rights policies; Roxy Rempel says she was shocked to receive the flyer in her Fredericton mailbox\.

Anti-abortion group sends flyers in support of N.B.'s parental rights policies

August 26 , 2024 at 02:58:47 p.m. ADT • :

Canada Post says flyer accusing schools of "pushing transgenderism" doesn't meet its definition of "non-mailable matter," despite community complaints.
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Proposed N.B. Power rate increase hits wall of opposition during final arguments; N\.B\. Power's Chief Financial Officer Darren Murphy \(left\) told the utility's rate hearing the company should be allowed to keep unbudgeted revenues that have turned up at its rate hearing rather than reduce its rate increases\.

Proposed N.B. Power rate increase hits wall of opposition during final arguments

August 26 , 2024 at 07:26:24 p.m. ADT • :

Multiple parties participating in N.B. Power's summer-long rate hearing joined forces during final arguments Monday to urge the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board to reject the Crown corporation's full request for an average 9.25 per cent increase in electricity prices in each of two straight years.
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Man, 21, dead after single-vehicle collision in eastern N.B.; Police and first responders are on the scene of a motor vehicle crash on the Trans-Canada Highway, east of Salmonier Line\.  

August 25 , 2024 at 06:40:55 p.m. ADT • :

Man, 21, dead after single-vehicle collision in eastern N.B.

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Landlord, N.B. Power point at each other as another multi-day power outage frustrates tenants; More than half of the 20 units in this new apartment building are designated for women and children facing domestic violence and youth at risk of homelessness\.  

August 26 , 2024 at 05:38:16 p.m. ADT • :

Landlord, N.B. Power point at each other as another multi-day power outage frustrates tenants

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Fourth person sentenced in Saint John stabbing death; Saint John police have issued a warrant for the arrest of Evan Louis Tobias, 28, on a charge of first-degree murder\.  

August 26 , 2024 at 02:59:19 p.m. ADT • :

Fourth person sentenced in Saint John stabbing death

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Political parties answer education survey as election looms; New Brunswick Teachers' Association president Peter Lagacy says there aren't enough supply teachers in the system to backfill vacant teacher roles\.  

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

Political parties answer education survey as election looms

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2 polls paint different pictures of voter plans ahead of election; Two polls paint different pictures of how New Brunswickers are planning to vote as the election draws near\.  

August 23 , 2024 at 03:49:11 p.m. ADT • :

2 polls paint different pictures of voter plans ahead of election

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