Accidental death of child prompts safety review of Woodstock raceway | Neqotkuk First Nation, European company to build solar farm in Saint John | New lawyer and trial dates for N.B. man accused of financial crimes
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Accidental death of child prompts safety review of Woodstock raceway; Police say the child died after being struck by a starting gate during a race but haven't said how the accident happened\.

Accidental death of child prompts safety review of Woodstock raceway

June 17 , 2025 at 04:35:58 p.m. ADT • :

The Town of Woodstock will conduct a safety review of a raceway where a three-year-old child was fatally struck by a mobile starting gate during a harness race.

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Neqotkuk First Nation, European company to build solar farm in Saint John; Ross Perley, chief of Neqotkuk \(Tobique\) First Nation, says the 10-megawatt solar farm will generate revenue to help meet the social service needs of his community\.

Neqotkuk First Nation, European company to build solar farm in Saint John

June 17 , 2025 at 04:24:48 p.m. ADT • :

The farm will be located on the city's east side and will generate enough clean electricity to power 1,200 homes and reduce carbon emissions by more than 10,000 tonnes a year.

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New lawyer and trial dates for N.B. man accused of financial crimes; Daniel Bard leaves the Moncton courthouse on Tuesday after his retrial was scheduled to start in mid-September\.

New lawyer and trial dates for N.B. man accused of financial crimes

June 17 , 2025 at 12:37:02 p.m. ADT • :

A New Brunswick man will stand trial on 19 alleged financial crimes for the second time later this year. 

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Holt and New England governors at odds over tourism, talent recruitment at Boston meeting; Massachusetts Gov\. Maura Healey, left, and New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt exit a meeting of northeastern U\.S\. Governors and Canadian Premiers in Boston, where they discussed how they could work together to maintain economic relations\.

Holt and New England governors at odds over tourism, talent recruitment at Boston meeting

June 16 , 2025 at 05:21:58 p.m. ADT • :

Despite amicable talk of cross-border connections, New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt did not deviate Monday as her American colleagues spoke of how a drop in Canadian tourism numbers is hurting their economies.

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Moncton doing away with hundreds of parking meters, moving to digital system; More than 460 parking meters in Moncton, N\.B\., will be removed as the city switches to a payment system that's almost entirely digital\.

Moncton doing away with hundreds of parking meters, moving to digital system

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

Moncton is getting rid of more than 460 parking meters and gates on city-owned lots as it moves to an almost entirely digital system.

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'See us and accept us': Moncton becomes 1st Canadian city to raise neurodiversity flag; Caroline Jose and her son Louis Hébert Chatelain organized the hoisting of the first Neurodiversity Pride Day flag in Moncton on Monday\.  

June 16 , 2025 at 05:40:03 p.m. ADT • :

'See us and accept us': Moncton becomes 1st Canadian city to raise neurodiversity flag

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Via Rail train collides with van at Rogersville-area crossing; A Via Rail train bound for Montreal with 93 passengers hit a van at a crossing in the Rogersville area early Sunday evening\.  

June 16 , 2025 at 12:43:01 p.m. ADT • :

Via Rail train collides with van at Rogersville-area crossing

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Police still working on how child was fatally struck by starting gate at N.B. racetrack; The child was near the grandstand at Connell Park Raceway when fatally struck by a starting gate being towed along the track, said Deputy Chief Simon Watts of the Woodstock police\.  

June 16 , 2025 at 06:21:39 p.m. ADT • :

Police still working on how child was fatally struck by starting gate at N.B. racetrack

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Heat-pump scheme banned in Ontario snares Miramichi homeowner; Theresa Marcotte signed an agreement in 2020 to pay \$160 per month for two heat pumps and later found out the company had registered two claims on her property title\.  

June 14 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Heat-pump scheme banned in Ontario snares Miramichi homeowner

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Saint John council moves forward with proposed expansion of industrial park; Proponents and opponents were in council chambers Monday as a public hearing on the proposed expansion of the Spruce Lake Industrial Park in Saint John finished after four sessions\.  

June 17 , 2025 at 11:41:23 a.m. ADT • :

Saint John council moves forward with proposed expansion of industrial park

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