What's making New Brunswickers sick? Premier Susan Holt intends to find out | N.B. to seek exemption on federal immigration targets, minister says | Holt presses N.B.'s economic priorities in premiers' call with prime minister
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What's making New Brunswickers sick? Premier Susan Holt intends to find out; Premier Susan Holt says there 'may be multiple things that are at play' when it comes to what's causing neurological symptoms in hundreds of New Brunswickers\.

What's making New Brunswickers sick? Premier Susan Holt intends to find out

May 8 , 2025 at 04:53:07 p.m. ADT • :

Premier Susan Holt says it's critical the province push ahead with its investigation into what's making some New Brunswickers sick, despite a new scientific study that found no evidence of a mystery brain disease.

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N.B. to seek exemption on federal immigration targets, minister says; Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Jean-Claude D'Amours says the federal approach to immigration won't work in New Brunswick\.

N.B. to seek exemption on federal immigration targets, minister says

May 8 , 2025 at 05:20:43 p.m. ADT • :

New Brunswick minister says Ottawa's "one-size-fits-all formula" to reduce immigration won't work for the province, as it looks to attract more francophone Africans.

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Holt presses N.B.'s economic priorities in premiers' call with prime minister; New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says the province's economy is poised for growth in partnership with Ottawa\.

Holt presses N.B.'s economic priorities in premiers' call with prime minister

May 8 , 2025 at 06:28:06 p.m. ADT • :

New Brunswick is ready to grow its economy to serve national and international markets, Premier Susan Holt told Prime Minister Mark Carney during a conference call with premiers on Wednesday.

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RCMP scaling back search for missing N.S. children; Staff Sgt\. Curtis MacKinnon said Wednesday the search for Lily Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, is being scaled back\.

RCMP scaling back search for missing N.S. children

May 7 , 2025 at 07:50:18 a.m. ADT • :

Six days after two children were reported missing from a rural home in Nova Scotia's Pictou County, RCMP say they are scaling back the search and have not ruled out that the case is suspicious.

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Saint John 'shelter in place' warning ends, no risk to the public; Police say there is no longer a threat to the public after a shooting on Mabee Road on the far eastern edge of Saint John on Wednesday evening\. Earlier in the evening, residents of a neighbourhood 10 kilometres away had been told to shelter in place\.

Saint John 'shelter in place' warning ends, no risk to the public

May 7 , 2025 at 10:06:43 p.m. ADT • :

There is no risk to the public after a shelter in place warning for part of Saint John was ended at 11:35 p.m. Wednesday about three hours after it started.

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Property assessment freeze in 2026 may force 'difficult decisions,' minister admits ; Local Government Minister Aaron Kennedy, who's also the minister responsible for Service New Brunswick, says the province hopes municipalities will not raise property tax rates in 2026 in response to a sweeping freeze on property assessment increases\.  

May 7 , 2025 at 05:01:43 p.m. ADT • :

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

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Ontario set to begin construction of Canada's 1st mini nuclear power plant; Ontario set to spend \$20B to build Canada's 1st mini nuclear power plant  

May 8 , 2025 at 10:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Ontario set to begin construction of Canada's 1st mini nuclear power plant

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Creeping north: Why ticks and Lyme disease are on the rise in N.B.; As ticks become more prevalent in New Brunswick, so does Lyme disease\. One lab in Fredericton is offering a hand in testing ticks that have bitten people\.  

May 7 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

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

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Man charged with murder of 2 Saint John boys to face trial next summer; Saint John police found two boys dead inside an apartment in the city's north end on the morning of Jan\. 29\.  

May 5 , 2025 at 03:02:22 p.m. ADT • :

Man charged with murder of 2 Saint John boys to face trial next summer

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N.B. couple take emotional tour of battle sites, 80 years after end of Second World War; Dawn and Albert Bowie bave been retracing the footsteps of relatives who fought during two world wars\.  

May 5 , 2025 at 05:26:05 p.m. ADT • :

N.B. couple take emotional tour of battle sites, 80 years after end of Second World War

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