New Brunswick Votes 2024: Leaders on the Record | Higgs put on defensive during debate, accuses Liberal leader of making things up | Accused says he knocked out victim 2 days before murder, police say it never happened
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, September 25, 2024.
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New Brunswick Votes 2024: Leaders on the Record ; Susan Holt, leader of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick \(right\) Blaine Higgs, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick \(centre\) David Coon, leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick\.

New Brunswick Votes 2024: Leaders on the Record

September 25 , 2024 at 06:00:00 p.m. ADT • :

Blaine Higgs, Susan Holt and David Coon square off in a debate moderated by CBC New Brunswick host Clare MacKenzie and provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras.
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Higgs put on defensive during debate, accuses Liberal leader of making things up; From left: Green Party Leader David Coon, Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs, and Liberal Leader Susan Holt face one another in the New Brunswick Votes 2024: Leaders On The Record debate on Wednesday, Sept\. 25\.

Higgs put on defensive during debate, accuses Liberal leader of making things up

September 25 , 2024 at 12:04:29 p.m. ADT • :

Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs, taking the stage in an election debate Wednesday, defended his management of health-care problems in New Brunswick, while two other party leaders promised to do a better job.
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Accused says he knocked out victim 2 days before murder, police say it never happened; In a recorded police interview played for the jury on Wednesday, Charles Shatford identified himself and Justin Breau in this image taken from video surveillance at the Waterloo Street Tim Horton's on Aug\. 17, 2022, just a few hours before Breau's death\.

Accused says he knocked out victim 2 days before murder, police say it never happened

September 25 , 2024 at 08:01:49 p.m. ADT • :

In the weeks and months after Justin Breau was fatally stabbed in his Charles Street apartment, police zeroed in on Charles Shatford, whose brother Mark had been shot to death by Breau three years earlier.
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Unsure about the voting process in N.B? Here's what you need to know; Unsure about the voting process in N\.B\? Here's what you need to know

Unsure about the voting process in N.B? Here's what you need to know

September 25 , 2024 at 04:20:00 p.m. ADT • :

Who's eligible to vote? How do you find out what riding you're in? Can you vote if you're just studying in New Brunswick? We answer your questions ahead of the upcoming provincial election.
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Manslaughter charge laid against 31-year-old man arrested in Keswick Ridge; RCMP investigating suspicious death on Big Island Lake Cree Nation\.

Manslaughter charge laid against 31-year-old man arrested in Keswick Ridge

September 25 , 2024 at 04:16:20 p.m. ADT • :

The New Brunswick RCMP says it has charged a 31-year-old man with manslaughter in connection with a homicide in Lower Hainesville on July 21.
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15-year-old faces multiple charges in Moncton-area Alert Ready incident; Austin Dernier, who was also charged in relation to the recent fire, is set to appear in Moncton's provincial court on July 22\.  

September 25 , 2024 at 12:46:28 p.m. ADT • :

15-year-old faces multiple charges in Moncton-area Alert Ready incident

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NBCC says cuts to work permits for international students 'ludicrous'; New Brunswick Community College president and CEO Mary Butler said she doesn't believe the college will be able to meet the labour market needs of the provinces if post-graduation work permits are given based on national labour shortage requirements\.  

September 25 , 2024 at 04:03:32 p.m. ADT • :

NBCC says cuts to work permits for international students 'ludicrous'

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Another former PC minister backs Liberals; Election Notebook Lead/Headline Image  

September 24 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Another former PC minister backs Liberals

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Accused in Moncton-area human trafficking case facing 14 new charges; Alphonse Daigle, 70, is accused of killing André Després, 52, in a Pointe-Sapin residence in April of this year\.  

September 24 , 2024 at 06:33:35 p.m. ADT • :

Accused in Moncton-area human trafficking case facing 14 new charges

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In New Brunswick, 80 in 100 nurses leave job by age 35, report finds; A stock photo of a nurse holding books\.  

September 25 , 2024 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

In New Brunswick, 80 in 100 nurses leave job by age 35, report finds

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