New Brunswick News

FREDERICTON — Experts on government transparency are hoping a review of New Brunswick's right-to-information law — ranked as one of the worst in Canada — makes it easier for the public to access documents and records.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is allowing a class-action lawsuit against New Brunswick’s largest health authority and an obstetrics nurse to proceed.

FREDERICTON — The number of confirmed measles cases in New Brunswick's south-central region has more than doubled over the past 24 hours. Public health officials say there are 13 confirmed cases of the contagious infection in Sussex, N.B.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's premier is blaming a lack of long-term care space for serious overcrowding at four regional hospitals, as her government tries to fast-track patients out of those facilities and into nursing homes.

FREDERICTON — Public health officials in New Brunswick said Wednesday the number of confirmed measles cases in the province's south-central region has risen to five.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials say there are three confirmed and five probable cases of measles in the south-central region of the province. Dr. Kimberley Barker, regional medical officer of health for Sussex, N.B.

SAINT JOHN — Border officials say they recently seized the largest shipment of suspected cannabis in the country since 2015. Canada Border Services Agency says officers at the port in Saint John, N.B.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials say a measles case in the south central region is the province's first confirmed infection of the year. A news release says the case in Sussex, N.B.

FREDERICTON — Fredericton police say they've hired an Ontario lawyer to investigate how an error by the force led to a stay of proceedings in two deaths. Director of Ontario's police watchdog between 2008 and 2013, Ian D.

FREDERICTON — The owner of a New Brunswick vodka distillery says he anticipates competition to get tougher as the provincial government pursues new rules to remove trade barriers with the rest of Canada.