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Dennis Oland murder retrial cost New Brunswick taxpayers $930K

Dennis Oland, 51, was found not guilty last Friday of killing his father more than eight years ago. (Roger Cosman/CBC) Dennis Oland’s murder...

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Rescuers partially free 1 of 3 entangled right whales in Gulf of St. Lawrence

The Campobello Whale Rescue Team was able to partially disentangle a North Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Thursday....

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Death of sick inmate at Saint John jail ‘a pretty significant failure,’ ombud says

Jeffrey Ryan’s obituary says he was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. (Submitted byh Ryan family) Correctional officers inside the...

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Tornado warning lifted for southwestern New Brunswick

Meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm over the region that could possibly produce a tornado. (Angela Bosse/CBC) Environment Canada lifted its tornado warning for...

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Cartoonist let go from N.B. newspapers days after Trump image goes viral

Michael de Adder says he was never explicitly told why his contract with BNI was ending. (Mairin Prentiss/CBC) Cartoonist Michael de Adder has...

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Watch these friends from N.B. react to winning trip to see Raptors in Game 2

Dylan Dickson, left, and Josh Lewis are in Toronto to see the Raptors play the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. They...

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Saint John measles outbreak grows to 12 confirmed cases, spreads to 2nd high school

Chief medical officer of health Dr. Jennifer Russell said all those who may have been in contact with the infected person at Hampton...

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Number of measles cases in N.B. rises to 5

New Brunswick health authorities said staff and students at Kennebecasis Valley High School can return to school tomorrow if they have received a...

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Whooping cough outbreak declared in Fredericton

A whooping cough outbreak has been declared in Fredericton, where 10 children from “several” schools and two adults have been diagnosed since January, the regional...

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An Indigenous artist takes a vacation alone — and CBSA holds him, X-rays him for drugs

​Timothy Adam Hogan grasped the X-ray machine at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton while a customs officer stood by his side, expecting to...

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‘I want to clear my name’: Dennis Oland testifies at his murder retrial

“I did not kill my father,” Dennis Oland testified Wednesday at his second-degree murder retrial in the 2011 slaying of multimillionaire Richard Oland. The accused said...

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Department failed to protect 5 neglected children, investigation finds

New Brunswick’s child protection system failed to protect five siblings from “damaging chronic neglect,” despite countless warnings about their safety. The children were...

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Family of murdered woman left in dark by province

Cathy Bawn’s last day seemed ordinary. Misty Folkins has a copy of a surveillance tape that shows her mother’s final shift at an east...

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What does $48K in renos get you? For one woman, a home stripped bare

All Leanna Leger has to show for $48,000 in renovations is a house stripped bare. Boards are visible through her torn-out ceiling, wires...

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Another blast from American Iron & Metal rocks part of Saint John

People living on the lower west side of Saint John were shaken by another blast from the American Iron and Metal scrap yard this...