New Brunswick News

MONCTON, N.B. — The federal government is announcing $212 million more in funding for interim housing for people claiming asylum in Canada, including about $97 million for Toronto.

FREDERICTON — Fisheries and Oceans Canada says a North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing gear has been seen in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off New Brunswick.

CAPE BRETON, N.B. — The Donkin underground coal mine in Cape Breton has been shut down again following reports of a rock fall on Saturday.

FREDERICTON — Police in New Brunswick are warning against vigilantism after a string of crimes on a remote island in the Bay of Fundy, but a local politician says residents are becoming increasingly desperate.

FLORENCEVILLE-BRISTOL, N.B. — The RCMP say one person has been arrested after shots were fired at an officer early this morning in western New Brunswick.

MONCTON, N.B. — Police in New Brunswick say they have arrested three people in the stabbing death of a woman in Moncton. An RCMP news release says officers responded to a disturbance on Belleview Street early this morning.

FREDERICTON — Tourism officials say the sporadic ferry service this year between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia is hurting local businesses.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government has amassed nearly $41 million in security deposits collected from residential tenants in a practice that is unique in Canada and that critics say needs to change.

FREDERICTON — A group of First Nations in New Brunswick is accusing the provincial government of failing to consult them about a plan to expand the amount of Crown land available for maple syrup production. The Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn in Eel Ground, N.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's child and youth advocate has called for written submissions from the public as he reviews the changes made to the province's policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.