News/Canada/New Brunswick
Rare eagle native to eastern Russia spotted in New Brunswick
The New Brunswick sighting of an eagle native to eastern Russia is generating excitement across North America’s bird-watching community. Forest Condo, a fisheries ranger with...
Must love food: N.B. couple’s ‘room for rent’ ad stands out for a deliciously quirky reason
In a sea of ads for rooms for rent, Shauna Bowens’ and Nathan Thomas’s ad is a deliciously quirky standout. The couple recently...
Syrian woman builds better life through unlikely friendship with Saint John retiree and his wife
If all of your friends look like you, talk like you and are the same age as you, you can have a good life. But...
Man charged in connection with N.B. shooting, 3 others in custody
The RCMP have arrested both suspects involved in a shooting near Tobique Narrows, N.B., after nearly two days of searching for the man believed to have fired shots....
N.B. doctor accused in COVID-19 outbreak plans to sue province, RCMP
The doctor who was accused of breaking COVID-19 rules and being the source of an outbreak in northern New Brunswick last year plans to...
Premier rejects calls to apologize to N.B. doctor after COVID-19-related charge withdrawn
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is rejecting calls to apologize to a family doctor who had been blamed for a COVID-19 outbreak in Campbellton last year...
Rain barrels a hot commodity as summer approaches
Last year’s hot, dry summer, an increased interest in home gardening, and a rising awareness of the effects of climate change have people...
Lawns gone wild: Why you might just have to learn to love dandelions
Let’s start by stating the abundantly obvious: It’s dandelion season. Peak dandelion season. That means your lawn is either a sea of beautiful golden...
Desperate to see his dying mom, a bus driver put out a plea. The response bowled him over
Aaron Wylie learned two things over the course of two searingly emotional days this week. On Tuesday afternoon, he learned that his mother...
QMJHL only junior hockey league still going ahead with playoffs
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League is now the only major junior league in the country that is still trying to complete its...
Meet Goosey Lucy, the bird that fell in love with a Hampton, N.B., man
Love comes around when you least expect it — at least that’s what happened to George Pattison. The Hampton man hosted an unexpected visitor at...
Shortage of N.B. health-care providers forces student to pay out of pocket to see gynecologist
Mhàiri Agnew has suffered from recurring abdominal pain for more than half of her life. When she first complained as a child, her longtime...
Crew member missing after fishing boat capsizes off Cape Breton coast
One crew member of the capsized FV Tyhawk fishing vessel is missing after an unsuccessful overnight search off the coast of Cape Breton, according to a...
Health officer warned RCMP of challenge identifying patient zero in Campbellton COVID outbreak
The medical officer of health in the Campbellton region warned RCMP it would be difficult to identify Dr. Jean-Robert Ngola as patient zero in the...
New Brunswick monitoring more than 40 cases of unknown neurological disease
Public Health is closely monitoring a cluster of more than 40 New Brunswick patients with symptoms similar to those of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a...
Mom vows to fight for daughter who died by suicide in hospital psychiatric unit
Hillary Hooper was so desperate to find help for her depression, she took her boyfriend’s gun in the middle of the night, drove...
