New Brunswick News

$4.6 million estimated price tag if Université de Moncton changes name

MONCTON, N.B. — It could cost New Brunswick's Université de Moncton as much as $4.6 million to shed its connection to a colonial British officer who participated in the brutal deportation of French-speaking Acadians from Eastern Canada.

Dec 1, 2023 1:19 PM Read more >

N.B. report includes 12 recommendations to improve English-language school system

FREDERICTON — A new report aimed at improving New Brunswick’s English-language school system recommends tackling chronic student absenteeism and rethinking the practice of promoting failing students to the next grade so they can remain with their pee

Nov 30, 2023 1:23 PM Read more >

Union protests New Brunswick plan to transform public-sector pension plans

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government introduced legislation Wednesday to transfer five of its defined-benefit public sector pension plans to shared-risk plans, saying the move will ensure the sustainability of plans that have become unaffordabl

Nov 29, 2023 2:41 PM Read more >

New Brunswick boosting spending on roads, schools and health-care facilities

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government today tabled a $1.2-billion capital budget that sets aside nearly $200 million more than the plan tabled last year.

Nov 28, 2023 12:31 PM Read more >

QMJHL roundup: Thomas Auger scores twice, Wildcats edge Huskies 6-5

MONCTON, N.B. — Thomas Auger scored twice as the Moncton Wildcats edged the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 6-5 on Friday night in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Nov 24, 2023 10:17 PM Read more >

Moncton Mountie killer Justin Bourque charged with assaulting another inmate: RCMP

RENOUS, N.B. — The man who fatally shot three New Brunswick Mounties in 2014 has been charged with assaulting a fellow inmate in prison.

Nov 24, 2023 9:18 AM Read more >

N.B. professor fired for allegedly making 'sexually oriented statements' to students

MONCTON, N.B. — A small, faith-based university in New Brunswick has fired one of its professors after an independent investigation found he allegedly made inappropriate or sexually oriented statements to students in 2020 and 2021.

Nov 23, 2023 3:02 PM Read more >

Wolf rallies Yale past Gardner-Webb 71-70 in OT at Atlantic Slam

MONCTON, New Brunswick (AP) — Danny Wolf made a go-ahead layup with 25 seconds left in overtime and finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds to rally Yale to a 71-70 victory over Gardner-Webb at the Atlantic Slam on Sunday night.

Nov 19, 2023 5:16 PM Read more >

Colgate wins 57-55 against Weber State at Atlantic Slam tournament

MONCTON, New Brunswick (AP) — Ryan Moffatt had 15 points in Colgate's 57-55 win over Weber State on Sunday in the final game of the Atlantic Slam tournament in Moncton, New Brunswick. Moffatt added eight rebounds for the Raiders (3-2).

Nov 19, 2023 2:05 PM Read more >

Tiny beetle to the rescue of N.S. hemlocks attacked by woolly invasive insect

FREDERICTON — On comfortable beds of wood shavings inside multiple boxes, 3,600 Laricobius nigrinus beetles made overnight journeys last month from the forests of British Columbia all the way to southwestern Nova Scotia.

Nov 19, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >