Chipman double-homicide case delayed again as defence waits for disclosure of evidence | Students, staff at Tobique Valley school sent home while bats removed | UNB scientist checks in from first all-Canadian Antarctic mission
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Chipman double-homicide case delayed again as defence waits for disclosure of evidence; Mark Elley is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Robert Waugh and Victoria King\.

Chipman double-homicide case delayed again as defence waits for disclosure of evidence

March 17 , 2025 at 03:43:56 p.m. ADT • :

A Chipman man charged with two counts of first-degree murder has had his case delayed for a third time because of a substantial amount of evidence that has yet to be shared with the defence.

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Students, staff at Tobique Valley school sent home while bats removed; Tobique Valley Middle High School in Plaster Rock, seen here in a photo from Apple Maps, had 13 uninvited guests on Monday\. A parent recounted messages from her kid about bats flying around the building\.

Students, staff at Tobique Valley school sent home while bats removed

March 17 , 2025 at 02:51:07 p.m. ADT • :

Crystal O'Neil of Plaster Rock, who has two children in the school, said her daughter texted her that bats were flying around.

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UNB scientist checks in from first all-Canadian Antarctic mission; Kevin Wilcox, a research scientist with the University of New Brunswick's Ocean Mapping Group, has spent the last two weeks collecting data in Antarctica\. He's pictured at the Rothera Research Station\.

UNB scientist checks in from first all-Canadian Antarctic mission

March 14 , 2025 at 07:15:25 p.m. ADT • :

A group of 15 researchers have been gathering data for the last two weeks as part of the first all-Canadian Antarctic mission. 

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East Coast Music Association says boycott may hurt award show, citing 'family feud' with members; Natalie MacMaster performs during the 2023 East Coast Music Awards in Halifax\.

East Coast Music Association says boycott may hurt award show, citing 'family feud' with members

March 17 , 2025 at 10:16:20 a.m. ADT • :

The board will meet this week to consider ways to address the music organization's disgruntled members.

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Proposed education calendar changes spark debate about 4-day school week; A teacher teaching a lesson in class at the elementary school\.

Proposed education calendar changes spark debate about 4-day school week

March 14 , 2025 at 05:57:58 p.m. ADT • :

A now-scuttled proposal to introduce a four-day school week in New Brunswick's anglophone schools has sparked debate about the potential benefits and challenges for parents and students.

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Holt adopts Higgs COVID playbook, minus the hard decisions; New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt held a briefing Thursday where she addressed some concerns she has heard regarding uncertain economic times\.  

March 17 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Holt adopts Higgs COVID playbook, minus the hard decisions

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A St. Patrick's Day Irish language lesson; Gearóid Ó Treasaigh from Galway, Ireland, is in New Brunswick teaching Irish studies at St\. Thomas University through the Ireland-Canada University Foundation\.  

March 17 , 2025 at 12:45:53 p.m. ADT • :

A St. Patrick's Day Irish language lesson

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'I forgive no one,' grief-stricken father of murder victim tells sentencing hearing; Daryl Bishop spoke with reporters after his son's killer was convicted of first-degree murder by a jury in Saint John on Thursday morning\.  

March 14 , 2025 at 05:05:03 p.m. ADT • :

'I forgive no one,' grief-stricken father of murder victim tells sentencing hearing

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Introverts unite (silently): A Fredericton book club finds community in the quiet; People register their books as they walk into the silent book club\. The line stretches out the doors of the Fredericton Public Library\.  

March 16 , 2025 at 06:00:55 a.m. ADT • :

Introverts unite (silently): A Fredericton book club finds community in the quiet

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Tariff fears and high stakes for Atlantic Canada at the Boston seafood expo; Over 50 countries from around the world are represented at Seafood Expo North America in Boston\.  

March 17 , 2025 at 05:30:00 a.m. ADT • :

Tariff fears and high stakes for Atlantic Canada at the Boston seafood expo

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