Dozens of seniors left in lurch when motel where they live is forced to close | We want land returned, Wolastoqey say as they fight to keep forestry parcels in claim | Patient advocate calls for retraction of mystery brain disease report from U.S. medical journal
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Thursday, June 19, 2025.
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Dozens of seniors left in lurch when motel where they live is forced to close; Mae Wyile has lived at the Airport Inn for 17 years and says the closure of the building is devastating for everyone\.

Dozens of seniors left in lurch when motel where they live is forced to close

June 19 , 2025 at 05:06:06 p.m. ADT • :

Residents of the Airport Inn, many of them seniors, are stuck for an affordable place to live after the Fredericton-area motel failed to comply with inspection orders and was forced to close.
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We want land returned, Wolastoqey say as they fight to keep forestry parcels in claim; Renée Pelletier, lawyer representing the Wolastoqey Nation in a title claim lawsuit says the case will likley go to Canada's highest court\.

We want land returned, Wolastoqey say as they fight to keep forestry parcels in claim

June 19 , 2025 at 02:03:16 p.m. ADT • :

Lawyers for Wolastoqey Nation say just because the Crown gave away land, doesn't extinguish their claim to it, including the hundreds of thousands of hectares they want returned from New Brunswick forestry companies.
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Patient advocate calls for retraction of mystery brain disease report from U.S. medical journal; Advocate Katherine Lanteigne says the study in JAMA Neurology 'runs roughshod' over the privacy rights of patients who should be able to trust the medical establishment\.

Patient advocate calls for retraction of mystery brain disease report from U.S. medical journal

June 19 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

An advocate for New Brunswick patients suffering from unusual neurological symptoms is calling for the retraction of a recent scientific report that found no evidence of a mystery brain disease in the province.
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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\.

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

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

Police confirmed Monday that a child was struck by a starting gate as it was being towed around a track during a weekend harness racing event in Woodstock, but they're still investigating how it happened.
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School worker who lost job wonders who'll pick up pieces on behalf of kids in need; After getting a layoff notice for next year, community school co-ordinator Michelle Roy Brock is wrapping up her work for good on projects that support children who need food, books and backpacks\.

School worker who lost job wonders who'll pick up pieces on behalf of kids in need

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

Some community schools co-ordinators are wrapping up their contracts for good next week, as part of widespread cuts to the New Brunswick education system this spring in response to a $43 million shortfall for certain programs.
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No decision about us, without us, say forestry companies; The Wolastoqey Nation says its title claim is grounded in their ancestors' use, occupation, protection and stewardship of the territory over thousands of years\.  

June 18 , 2025 at 07:10:32 p.m. ADT • :

No decision about us, without us, say forestry companies

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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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Porky Pop-ins: Runaway piglet too wily for Cocagne owners; Owner Tiffani Demmons says Porky Pop-ins is constantly laughing at her and has an evil oink\.  

June 18 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Porky Pop-ins: Runaway piglet too wily for Cocagne owners

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Entangled right whale has P.E.I. fishermen's group on alert as lobster season nears its end; An aerial survey team spotted North Atlantic right whale #5132 entangled in fishing gear off the coast of North Carolina on Dec\. 16, 2024\. This photo was taken by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute staff during a survey conducted with funding from the U\.S\. Army Corps of Engineers\.  

June 18 , 2025 at 11:02:02 a.m. ADT • :

Entangled right whale has P.E.I. fishermen's group on alert as lobster season nears its end

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Saint Andrews property owners speak out against wharf refurbishment plan; The Market Wharf, a landmark of Saint Andrews, reaches out to the Passamaquoddy Bay\.  

June 18 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Saint Andrews property owners speak out against wharf refurbishment plan

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