Premier Brian Gallant is calling his government’s decision to offer free post-secondary tuition for low-income students an “historic moment” for New Brunswick.
Post-Secondary Education Minister Francine Landry is leaving open the
possibility of extending the offer of free tuition to more students from higher
income families in future years.
New Brunswick is hoping to use the Canadian Open Data Summit in Saint John today to put other provinces on notice that it intends to become a digital leader.
Voters are going to the polls on Monday and tight races are shaping up in
municipalities across the province, including some of New Brunswick’s largest
cities.
New Brunswickers will soon see who will be in charge of their local councils and
health and education boards as counting has started in the municipal elections.
A Sussex company’s ability to crack into the U.S. market and win major contracts for its variety of nut and almond butters is helping to fuel the province to its best economic year since 2010.
Blaine Higgs, the plain-spoken former finance minister, won the Progressive Conservative leadership in New Brunswick on Saturday, defeating six other candidates in a three-ballot race