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Property assessment freeze in 2026 may force 'difficult decisions,' minister admits

May 7 , 2025 at 05:01:43 p.m. ADT • :

The New Brunswick government says it's hopeful municipalities will be able to absorb a broad property assessment freeze in 2026 without raising tax rates on property owners, but if municipal budget figures from this year are a guide that may be a tall order.

New Brunswick has no mystery neurological disease, scientific study concludes

May 7 , 2025 at 12:00:00 p.m. ADT • :

A new scientific study has found no evidence of a mystery brain disease in New Brunswick, says a report published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, known as JAMA.

Creeping north: Why ticks and Lyme disease are on the rise in N.B.

May 7 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

A lab in Fredericton is testing ticks for a bacteria that causes Lyme disease.

Search for 2 missing N.S. children to continue overnight, RCMP say

May 5 , 2025 at 12:07:10 p.m. ADT • :

A councillor in the region of rural Nova Scotia where two children have gone missing says the last four days have been 'incredibly tough' on the entire community, as searchers continued to scour wooded areas where the children were last seen.

The man who unseated Poilievre: N.B.-raised Bruce Fanjoy had support from Maritimers

May 6 , 2025 at 11:59:41 a.m. ADT • :

When federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre lost his long-held seat in the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton, the man who beat him is a Liberal who grew up in New Brunswick and earned two university degrees in Halifax.