Crews getting wildfire in Miramichi area under control as dry conditions persist | 4 dead in crash on bridge between Moncton and Riverview | Fredericton launches dashboard to track public safety gambits, but most improvements aren't under its purview
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Thursday, August 07, 2025.
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Crews getting wildfire in Miramichi area under control as dry conditions persist; All of New Brunswick is under a burn ban because of dry conditions\.

Crews getting wildfire in Miramichi area under control as dry conditions persist

August 7 , 2025 at 05:47:08 p.m. ADT • :

A wildfire reported Wednesday near Miramichi was close to being under control Thursday afternoon, according to New Brunswick Wildfire Management.
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4 dead in crash on bridge between Moncton and Riverview; A collision between a tow truck and a car on the Brenda Robertson Bridge, which spans the Petitcodiac River between Moncton and Riverview, killed four people Wednesday night\.

4 dead in crash on bridge between Moncton and Riverview

August 7 , 2025 at 04:11:35 p.m. ADT • :

Police ask anyone with dashcam footage to contact Codiac RCMP as investigation into fatal accident continues.
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Fredericton launches dashboard to track public safety gambits, but most improvements aren't under its purview; Fredericton CAO Steve Hart and Coun\. Eric Megarity are part of a committee working to make it easier for citizens to track progress on public safety, even for actions outside city government's authority\.

Fredericton launches dashboard to track public safety gambits, but most improvements aren't under its purview

August 7 , 2025 at 04:50:28 p.m. ADT • :

A Fredericton council committee is starting to publicly track a laundry list of initiatives aimed at increasing public safety, but most action items, like better housing supply and health-care access, aren't within the city's jurisdiction.
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$10-per-day child care won't be for all families, Holt confirms; Parent Michelle Fife says she assumed everyone would pay \$10 a day for daycare\.

$10-per-day child care won't be for all families, Holt confirms

August 7 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

New Brunswick parents expecting to see their child-care costs drop to $10 a day next April could be in for a surprise.
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2 campers found dead in tent in northwestern N.B.; Chief Christian Gallien of the Kedgwick Fire Department says the communities of Kedgwick and Saint-Quentin are in shock after two local people died in a tent during a weekend camping trip\.

2 campers found dead in tent in northwestern N.B.

August 5 , 2025 at 03:38:56 p.m. ADT • :

A man and a woman in their 20s were found dead in a tent along the Restigouche River in northwestern New Brunswick on Monday, most likely poisoned by a space heater, authorities said.
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3 youths accused of fatal attack on man in Fredericton Tannery area head to jury trial; Three youths are accused of manslaughter in the death of 41-year-old André Bourgeois in Fredericton last September and have chosen a jury trial\.  

August 6 , 2025 at 12:45:28 p.m. ADT • :

3 youths accused of fatal attack on man in Fredericton Tannery area head to jury trial

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N.S. man found guilty of murder in death of fellow convicted killer at N.B. prison; Christian Enang Clyke shown during a pre-trial appearance in Miramichi provincial court in February 2024\.  

August 5 , 2025 at 02:57:18 p.m. ADT • :

N.S. man found guilty of murder in death of fellow convicted killer at N.B. prison

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Consumer gasoline charges that N.B. Liberals promised to eliminate climb to new highs; Gasoline prices in New Brunswick can now include up to 9\.19 cents in a 'cost of carbon adjuster' to pay for federal environmental costs experienced by refineries\. The amount has doubled in the past year\.  

August 5 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Consumer gasoline charges that N.B. Liberals promised to eliminate climb to new highs

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Low-income renters press governments for ways to cool apartments in heat waves; Sandra Walsh sits next to an open window in her kitchen as a fan circulates air through her rental apartment in New Glasgow, N\.S\., on Friday, Aug\. 1, 2025\.  

August 6 , 2025 at 04:39:41 p.m. ADT • :

Low-income renters press governments for ways to cool apartments in heat waves

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Shark tales: What locals saw, or didn't see, during Passamaquoddy Bay White Shark Week; When Joshua Clinch saw a fin emerge from the water while he was fishing, he thought it might be a basking shark\. He soon realized it was a white shark\.  

August 1 , 2025 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

Shark tales: What locals saw, or didn't see, during Passamaquoddy Bay White Shark Week

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