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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A 10 per cent tariff that U.S. President Donald Trump slapped on timber imports this fall has prompted at least one mill in Maine to suspend shipments …
Read More »Former N.S. fire chief who hit snowmobiler with fire truck charged with drunk driving in N.B.
The former chief of the Collingwood Corner, N.S., fire department who was removed from his post after the death of a snowmobiler in February is now facing charges for impaired driving and obstructing a peace officer in New Brunswick. RCMP say Jerrold Cotton, 51, crashed his vehicle on May 4 on Highway 2 near …
Read More »Woman calls for improved gynecological care in N.B. after 11-year wait for diagnosis
When Rosanna Gallant, 32, was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome in April, she sighed with relief. Polycystic ovary syndrome, known widely by its acronym PCOS, is “the most common endocrine disorder among women of reproductive age,” according to a 2016 study by the National Institutes of Health. It causes infertility, irregular …
Read More »‘She wanted them in the world’: N.B. community maintains book shed after owner’s death
A small shed sits on a property close to the ferry in Pettes Cove, N.B., on Grand Manan. The shed is white with green trim and a black roof. It looks like any other backyard shed. But it is packed with hundreds of books — a legacy of the late …
Read More »N.B. opioid deaths involving fentanyl at all-time high, says Public Health
Laura MacNeill says a regular client of Avenue B Harm Reduction died from a fentanyl overdose last week. Those tragedies have become increasingly common, the executive director said, noting Avenue B staff have witnessed people overdose while sitting in the Saint John office. “We see these folks, we look at their face, we know their story,” MacNeill …
Read More »Deer collision leads to insurance nightmare for N.B. woman
As Samantha Anderson headed home to Sunny Corner after Christmas supper in Miramichi last December, a deer jumped in front of her car on a blind hill. All she could do was brace for impact and tell her daughter to do the same. “We’ve never been in a car accident, so it was petrifying for …
Read More »N.B. premier’s internal trade moves don’t touch industry protection
Premier Susan Holt’s bold talk about “eliminating” and “tearing down” interprovincial trade barriers still has a long way to go before it catches up with economic reality. Holt’s latest shuttle diplomacy on internal trade took her to Newfoundland and Labrador, where she signed another memorandum of understanding with another counterpart. …
Read More »N.B. man says he complained about fuel leak 7 weeks before Tim Hortons shut down in Woodstock
A Nackawic, N.B., man says he suspected a fuel leak at a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Woodstock and complained to a manager months before it was shut down. Jody Bourgoin, who works in Woodstock, said he tried to warn staff about diesel in the restaurant’s water back in October, more than two months before …
Read More »Holt Liberals project $549-million deficit in their first N.B. budget
The Holt Liberal government is projecting large budget deficits as far as the eye can see. In his first provincial budget, Finance Minister René Legacy is projecting a fiscal shortfall of $549 million in the 2025-26 fiscal year. That deficit could go as high as $599 million if the province …
Read More »Serial rapist Sofyan Boalag sues after being stabbed in N.B. prison, left unable to walk
A man who terrorized women in St. John’s in 2012 is now suing the federal government, saying he’ll never walk again after being stabbed at a prison in Renous, N.B. Sofyan Boalag’s statement of claim says he was incarcerated at the Atlantic Institution on Feb. 3, 2023, when prison staff …
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