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Watershed groups on the lookout for little brown bug-eating birds
A New Brunswick non-profit that promotes biodiversity and sustainable ecology is asking people to be on the lookout for bank swallows.
St. Stephen considers direct financial incentive to lure doctors
St. Stephen is the latest municipality in New Brunswick to take doctor recruitment into its own hands, with proposed payments for family physicians, international medical graduates, specialists and nurse practitioners.
Once a high-profile emitter, Port of Belledune wants to be a green energy hub
The Port of Belledune is trying to reinvent itself as a green energy hub, with plans to use biomass, wind, solar, hydrogen — and maybe even small modular nuclear reactors — to replace fossil fuels.
Big jump in power bills may be explained when N.B. Power boss appears before MLAs
N.B. Power customers who saw large increases on their last bills might get an explanation when the leader of the Crown corporation appears before MLAs at the end of this month.
Fredericton hires retired police officers for community policing unit
Six retired police officers have returned to work in a new unit of the Fredericton Police Force, including Stephen Horsman, former New Brunswick justice and public safety minister.
Saint Andrews may restore a Campobello mudflat to get the town's wharf rebuilt
Saint Andrews council is thinking about spending up to $300,000 on a fish habitat restoration project quite a distance beyond town limits in order to win approval for long-awaited wharf upgrades.
Housing crisis in New Brunswick could get worse, with more people at risk, advocates warn
The New Brunswick Non-Profit Housing Association is issuing a call to action to all New Brunswickers for help solving the province's housing crisis.
Edmundston closes dog parks after outbreak of unknown illness
The decision to close the parks was based on the advice of local veterinarians, the city said in a post on social media.
Property assessments rise again but there may be 'touch of relief,' expert says
A New Brunswick data analyst says property assessments are up again, but not by as much as they jumped in recent years.
60% of trash collected curbside in Fredericton isn't actually trash, audit suggests
An audit in Fredericton suggests more than 60 per cent of the material being put in garbage bags for curbside collection could be diverted from the landfill through things like recycling, donating or composting.