Dairy-free cheese, please: Primates at Moncton zoo get pizza made by visitors | Monarch butterfly sculptures on Fredericton bridge send environmental message | Celebrating menstruation through a strawberry ceremony
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Dairy-free cheese, please: Primates at Moncton zoo get pizza made by visitors; A lar gibbon takes a first lick at its pizza\.

Dairy-free cheese, please: Primates at Moncton zoo get pizza made by visitors

July 13 , 2025 at 03:02:57 p.m. ADT • :

It appears monkeys and apes at Moncton's Magnetic Hill Zoo prefer their pizzas with dairy-free cheese. Members of the public got to make pizza for the primates on Saturday as part of a program to raise awareness about endangered primates and their habitats.

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Monarch butterfly sculptures on Fredericton bridge send environmental message; Gary Crosby's public art installation, 'A Splash of Colour,' will greet pedestrians on the Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge in Fredericton all summer\.

Monarch butterfly sculptures on Fredericton bridge send environmental message

July 13 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

A public art installation by veteran and artist Gary Crosby aims to bring smiles and raise awareness about the endangered species.

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Celebrating menstruation through a strawberry ceremony; Young girls from Indigenous communities entering their moon time, or the age of menstruation, sometimes take part in a strawberry ceremony, a celebration that involves feasting on strawberries before going on a berry fast for one year\.

Celebrating menstruation through a strawberry ceremony

July 13 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

A strawberry ceremony marks the beginning of a year-long berry fast for young women starting their periods.

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2 N.B. students only Canadians to compete in 2025 human rights, law competition in Switzerland; St\. Thomas University students Jazmyne Lebel, left, and Sydney Gallibois leave on Saturday to compete against 23 other teams at the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition in Geneva\.

2 N.B. students only Canadians to compete in 2025 human rights, law competition in Switzerland

July 12 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Two St. Thomas University students will represent Canada as one of 24 teams chosen to compete at an international human rights competition in Switzerland.

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He's lived in the U.S. since he was 3. At 46, he was denied re-entry at the border; Christopher Landry, top right, makes the trip up from New Hampshire to New Brunswick, near Shediac, to visit his extended family including his grandparents\.

He's lived in the U.S. since he was 3. At 46, he was denied re-entry at the border

July 11 , 2025 at 04:59:13 p.m. ADT • :

When Christopher Landry was making his annual trip to New Brunswick from New Hampshire, he didn't think he would run into any problems. But on his way home crossing the border to the U.S. in Houlton, Maine, he found out he wasn't allowed back.

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A love letter to Saint John: Toronto actress finds comfort in filming location; Romy Weltman, pictured at Irving Nature Park in Saint John, says she would love to see more of the East Coast if she were to come back to film again\.  

July 12 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

A love letter to Saint John: Toronto actress finds comfort in filming location

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Evicted motel tenants 'teetering on the edge of homelessness' after plans fall through; Lorna Veniot had lived at the Airport Inn for more than 6 years\. She was moved to a nearby hotel after being evicted, and never expected to be back at the motel again\.  

July 10 , 2025 at 06:19:52 p.m. ADT • :

Evicted motel tenants 'teetering on the edge of homelessness' after plans fall through

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Vehicle thefts in N.B. pave way for double-digit insurance rate hikes; Nicole Wilby's vehicle is back in her Fredericton driveway after being stolen and discarded late last month\.  

July 10 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Vehicle thefts in N.B. pave way for double-digit insurance rate hikes

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Lepreau nuclear plant outage to cost at least $140M; N\.B\. Power CEO Lori Clark says the utility plans to take Point Lepreau offline for 140 days, starting on July 14\.  

July 11 , 2025 at 05:24:33 p.m. ADT • :

Lepreau nuclear plant outage to cost at least $140M

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Historic Miramichi homestead closed after province cuts funding; The MacDonald Farm Provincial Heritage Place will not open this summer after a low funding offer from the province to the Highland Society of New Brunswick at Miramichi, says group president Dawn Lamkey MacDonald\.  

July 11 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Historic Miramichi homestead closed after province cuts funding

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