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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
NDP Leader Dominic Cardy is distancing his New Brunswick party from any shift to the left embraced Leap Manifeso that was supported by the federal party at the weekend convention in Edmonton.
New Brunswick’s first responders struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder will soon have easier access to workers’ compensation benefits once a new bill clears the legislature.
New Brunswick’s unemployment rate for its youngest workers is now the highest in Canada, but the underlying conditions could be even more troubling for the age group.
The continued influx of Syrian refugees is prompting Moncton to seek a pause on new arrivals until officials have time to arrange permanent housing for about 90 people who are still living in a hotel.
The New Brunswick government is moving forward with an increase in the
harmonized sales tax and cuts to the civil service as it attempts to steer a
course back to balanced budgets.
When David Alward looks out of the Canadian consulate in downtown Boston, the former New Brunswick premier sees many opportunities for Canadian companies to gain a valuable foothold in the New England market.
New Brunswick’s privacy commissioner is cautioning police forces across the
province to be careful with the implementation of body-worn cameras and to avoid
intruding on citizens’ privacy rights.