Today's top headlines from CBC New Brunswick

Good evening, these are your top stories for Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
Get up-to-date news any time on our website.

Former PC cabinet minister in N.B. wins case over firing by Liberals

July 22 , 2025 at 02:15:03 p.m. ADT • :

Former PC MLA Margaret-Ann Blaney won more than $700,000 and an apology after her 2014 firing by a Liberal government was deemed discriminatory and based on her political activity.

Moncton scrapyard neighbours 'over the moon' about licence not being renewed

July 22 , 2025 at 05:29:05 p.m. ADT • :

Residents living near the Toombs Street scrapyard say the province's decision not to renew one of the company's licences is validating after years of pushing to have the site relocated. But some remain skeptical that it will bring real change.

Dozens more firefighters, new stations needed, says review of Moncton Fire Department

July 22 , 2025 at 07:44:52 a.m. ADT • :

A review of Moncton's fire department calls for hiring dozens more firefighters, opening a sixth fire station and relocating three stations. In total, the review calls for an estimated $200 million in spending over 15 years.

How climate change in the last Ice Age helped create the Bay of Fundy tides

July 20 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Climate change feels like a contemporary issue, but the Bay of Fundy tides have roots in changes that happened at the end of the last Ice Age nearly 12,000 years ago, says a New Brunswick geoscientist.

Heart attack patient waits 13 hours in Moncton Hospital ER

July 21 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Jonah Imeson, 35, whose father had a heart attack at 49, went to the Moncton Hospital ER with chest pain, high blood pressure and nausea about 3 p.m. on June 4 and was not seen by a doctor until 4 a.m. the next day, when it was confirmed he'd had a heart attack.