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New Brunswick budget forecasts $599-million deficit as Trump tariff threat looms
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government tabled a $14.3-billion budget Tuesday that has been driven deep into deficit by a promised increase in health-care funding and a contingency fund to deal with U.S. tariff threats.
Mar 18, 2025 3:04 PM
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Highlights from New Brunswick's 2025-26 budget
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Finance Minister René Legacy has tabled the province's budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which includes measures to help workers and businesses affected by U.S. tariff threats.
Mar 18, 2025 3:04 PM
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N.B. premier meets with governor of Massachusetts amid ongoing U.S. trade war
BOSTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says her meeting with the governor of Massachusetts about strengthening the relationship between the province and the state amid the ongoing trade was “productive.
Mar 16, 2025 1:08 PM
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Tariff war: New Brunswick premier says cutting power to Maine still an option
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says it's unlikely the province will cut off the electricity NB Power supplies to northern Maine as the trade war with the United States drags on, but she says that could change.
Mar 13, 2025 1:35 PM
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Tariff war forcing N.B. to cut trade barriers, go into deficit in next week's budget
FREDERICTON — Nearly seven years after the New Brunswick government went to the Supreme Court to prevent the free movement of alcohol across the country, Premier Susan Holt says the tariff war with the United States is forcing the province to rethink
Mar 12, 2025 5:34 PM
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N.B. Pride group invites LGBTQ+ Americans dealing with the 'scary' reality of Trump
When Saint John, N.B., holds its annual Pride celebration in August, it's expecting a new group of participants — Americans seeking a safe haven from the “scary” reality of living under President Donald Trump’s administration.
Mar 12, 2025 11:29 AM
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Kennedy, Carrier score third-period goals to earn Mooseheads 5-3 win over Sea Dogs
ST. JOHN, N.B. — Quinn Kennedy and Shawn Carrier scored third-period goals to earn the Halifax Mooseheads a 5-3 win over the Saint John Sea Dogs in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action Friday night.
Mar 7, 2025 9:58 PM
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'Tunnel vision' of N.B. police blamed for wrongful murder convictions of two men
ST. JOHN, N.B. — "Tunnel vision" was the main shortfall of an investigation in the 1980s that led to the wrongful conviction of two men who spent years in prison for a murder they didn't commit, police in New Brunswick said Friday.
Mar 7, 2025 4:47 PM
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New Brunswick MP Jake Stewart says he's not running in the next election
OTTAWA — Conservative MP Jake Stewart says he won't run in the next election. In a post on social media, Stewart says the last 18 years in politics have taken a toll on his family and his health.
Mar 6, 2025 9:41 AM
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'An attack on our country:' Atlantic Canadian premiers take aim at Trump's tariffs
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Atlantic Canadian premiers woke up Tuesday in a trade war with the United States. U.S. President Donald Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian products, making good on months of threats.
Mar 4, 2025 2:23 PM
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