Chipman-area murder trial delayed over additional evidence | Campobello Island residents given tariff exemption for cross border shopping | Doctor says political mayhem in the U.S. pushed her to come home to New Brunswick
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Chipman-area murder trial delayed over additional evidence; Erica Blyth and Joshua McIsaac are accused of first-degree murder in the homicide of Brandon Donelan\.

Chipman-area murder trial delayed over additional evidence

April 9 , 2025 at 03:10:10 p.m. ADT • :

The trial for two people accused of murdering a man near Chipman has been delayed over the need to sort out the admissibility of new evidence in the case.

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Campobello Island residents given tariff exemption for cross border shopping; Campobello Island resident Zoltan Szoges said he's relieved islanders will be exempt from Canada's retaliatory tariffs, saying it created a lot of anxiety while crossing the border\.

Campobello Island residents given tariff exemption for cross border shopping

April 9 , 2025 at 01:41:41 p.m. ADT • :

After more than a month of paying 25 per cent tariffs on American goods, residents of Campobello Island can return to their cross-border shopping with ease, the federal government has decided.

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Doctor says political mayhem in the U.S. pushed her to come home to New Brunswick; Dr\. Sophia Halassy is now working as an obstetrician-gynecologist at Moncton's Georges Dumont hospital, after more than a decade of U\.S\. medical school, residency and employment\.

Doctor says political mayhem in the U.S. pushed her to come home to New Brunswick

April 9 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Dr. Sophia Halassy is settling into her new job as an obstetrician-gynecologist at a Moncton-area hospital, helping to tackle a years-long waiting list of desperate patients. Her return home from the United States was years in the making.

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N.B. Power risked 'fatigue-related errors' at nuclear plant, regulator says; Regulators found that N\.B\. Power employees at the Point Lepreau nuclear generation station were working hours outside of regulatory bounds meant to keep them from getting fatigued\.

N.B. Power risked 'fatigue-related errors' at nuclear plant, regulator says

April 9 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Federal regulators say N.B. Power violated rules designed to ensure overnight shift workers at the Point Lepreau nuclear power plant get enough sleep to reduce the risk of safety mistakes.

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Police say 25-year-old man has died after fall from Riverview cell tower; Codiac RCMP say a man fell from a cell tower at this site at 720 Coverdale Rd\. in Riverview\.

Police say 25-year-old man has died after fall from Riverview cell tower

April 8 , 2025 at 04:41:12 p.m. ADT • :

Codiac Regional RCMP said police responded to a call from 720 Coverdale Rd. at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

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Judge denies Ontario contractor's bid to return to work on 3 bridges; Julmac was removed from three major bridge projects, including the Centennial Bridge in Miramichi\.  

April 8 , 2025 at 05:31:10 p.m. ADT • :

Judge denies Ontario contractor's bid to return to work on 3 bridges

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New Brunswick woman, 47, dies in crash near Halifax; An RCMP cruiser car\.  

April 6 , 2025 at 10:45:47 a.m. ADT • :

New Brunswick woman, 47, dies in crash near Halifax

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Voting patterns are changing — slowly — in New Brunswick. Here's why; New Brunswickers and people across Canada will head to the polls to elect Canada's next Prime Minister on April 28\.  

April 7 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Voting patterns are changing — slowly — in New Brunswick. Here's why

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Moncton won't explain $2.1M jump in new police station cost; The new Codiac Regional RCMP station is now expected to cost \$59\.2 million but Moncton city staff won't say what led to the \$2\.1 million increase\.  

April 8 , 2025 at 12:17:24 p.m. ADT • :

Moncton won't explain $2.1M jump in new police station cost

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Man charged with 1st-degree murder of 2 Saint John boys now fit to stand trial; Saint John police found two boys — aged 10 and 17 — dead inside an apartment in the city's north end on the morning of Jan\. 29\.  

April 7 , 2025 at 05:49:54 p.m. ADT • :

Man charged with 1st-degree murder of 2 Saint John boys now fit to stand trial

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