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CBC New Brunswick's Silas Brown.  

A discreet rehab centre to help New Brunswickers recover from addictions was approved for a location on Darlings Island. The centre is causing a lot of controversy among people who live there. They say they deserve input and answers. The CBC's Rachel Cave spoke to a resident and the people behind the rehab.

New Brunswickers woke up to some frigid temperatures today, and likely some of your cars didn't start. We'll get some cold weather tips from Saint John mechanic Danny Joyce.

​Big Brothers and Big Sisters is asking New Brunswickers for the gift of time this year. The non-profit provides children across the province with mentors, and has a growing wait list of children. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to John Foley, executive director for Fredericton and Oromocto.

While it no longer dominates the headlines, make no mistake, COVID-19 is still out there. There are still New Brunswickers catching the virus, and even dying of it.

Jeff LeBlanc is the president of the Canadian Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists.

Radon gas has been on the radar of health advocates for years as one of the leading causes of lung cancer. The province now wants to make it easier for New Brunswickers to test their homes for the radioactive gas. Jeff LeBlanc is President of the Canadian Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists.

It's been an incredible 72 hours for New Brunswickers with roots in Syria. We'll speak with the president of the Syrian Association of Fredericton about the fall of the regime that's ruled for decades.

Every year, New Brunswickers take part in the Christmas bird count. Don MacPhail has organized the data from 70 years of counting in the Saint John region. He speaks with host Rachel Cave about the data, some of the trends, and an upcoming workshop he's hosting this weekend.

The provincial election was just last month, but some New Brunswickers are heading back to the polls in December. A byelection is being held in 10 communities...but the Canada Post strike means that voter information cards may not arrive in time. We'll speak with chief electoral officer Kim Poffenroth.

The premier reflects on her first month in office and takes questions from New Brunswickers about their concerns.

An investigation into why some New Brunswickers are suffering from progressive neurological symptoms could begin early next year.

Premier Susan Holt says her government will look for answers to why some New Brunswickers are sick with unexplained neurological symptoms. She says they will move ahead with an open and transparent investigation in the new year. Holt speaks with the CBC's Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon.

Simone Liebovitch and Judy Burwell were both managers of the Morgentaler Abortion clinic in Fredericton before it closed in 2014. Martha Paynter is an assistant professor in the faculty of nursing at UNB. She's also a spokesperson with the New Brunswick Abortion Care network. 

By removing a single sentence from regulation 84-20, Premier Susan Holt has made it easier for New Brunswickers to access abortions outside of hospitals. Host Rachel Cave speaks with Martha Paynter, assistant professor in the faculty of nursing at UNB and spokesperson with the NB Abortion Care network, about what this means going forward.

By removing a single sentence from regulation 84-20, Premier Susan Holt has made it easier for New Brunswickers to access abortions outside of hospitals.​ Jeanne Armstrong spoke to  Martha Paynter, spokesperson with the New Brunswick Abortion Care network​.

One year in, and nearly 2 million dollars has been returned to New Brunswickers. We'll talk with the FCNB about the database created to return cash you likely forgot you were owed.

 A 110-year-old quilt is on display this week at the New Brunswick Military History Museum.The quilt was apparently raffled to raise money to support the war effort...and features the names of hundreds of New Brunswickers embroidered on it.

It's cold and flu season and many New Brunswickers are looking to get their shots, including the updated COVID vaccine. We'll check in with the pharmacists association to get an understanding of the roll out so far.

Janie Moyen is the national organizer with New Majority.

New Brunswickers will head to the polls today. Kim Poffenroth is New Brunswick's Chief Electoral Officer she speaks with host Rachel Cave about how things will run today and when the results are expected.

New Brunswickers will head to the polls today. Kim Poffenroth is New Brunswick's Chief Electoral Officer she speaks with host Rachel Cave about how things will run today and when the results are expected.

CBC has been asking New Brunswickers what matters most when they go to vote. Rachel Cave wasuptown Saint John last week. Here's what people had to say about what matters most to them when they cast their ballots.

New Brunswickers can start booking appointments for updated COVID-19 and flu vaccines. Host Rachel Cave speaks with Anne Marie Picone of the Pharmacists Association about the roll out with updated COVID-19 and flu vaccines, as we head into flu season.

New Brunswickers can start booking appointments for updated COVID-19 and flu vaccines.

A provincial election will be taking place in New Brunswick on Oct. 21, 2024 and, on this episode of the Little Blue House, we sit down with political expert and 25-year veteran REALTOR® Jason Stephen to talk about key housing issues.  Check out NBREA's comprehensive paper "Homes for New Brunswickers: a Bold Plan to Increase Housing Supply" here, or find our one-page concise issues briefing summarizing housing election issues here. 

Hadeel Ibrahim is a reporter with CBC New Brunswick.

New Brunswickers head to the polls in 31 days, and the campaign is already picking up speed. We'll gather our panel of politics watchers to set the stage.

The CBC's Robert Jones has been looking into the efforts to reform the property tax system.

Thousands of New Brunswickers are facing tax increases in 2025 and could be facing a few years of drawn-out hikes to their property tax bills. The CBC's Robert Jones explains why this is happening and how long it might continue.

Flyers from Campaign Life Coalition are drawing shock and anger from some New Brunswickers. They're calling them hate speech, and questioning why Canada Post is allowing them to be delivered. Meanwhile, the coalition argues Canada Post would violate its constitutional rights if it didn't deliver them. A law professor helps us delve into this. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Kerri Froc.

Cassandra Taylor of Moncton complained to Canada Post about the flyers. Kerri Froc is an associate professor in the faculty of law at the University of New Brunswick.

Flyers from Campaign Life Coalition are drawing shock and anger from some New Brunswickers. They're calling them hate speech and questioning why Canada Post is allowing them to be delivered. Meanwhile, the coalition argues Canada Post would violate its constitutional rights if it didn't deliver them. Kerri Froc is an associate professor in the faculty of law at the University of New Brunswick.

We'll speak with Fundy Baykeeper Matthew Abbott about a workshop aimed at helping New Brunswickers learn how to prepare for wildfires and how to reduce stress around extreme weather events. 

New Brunswickers have been spotting white, furry, venomous caterpillars across the province. We speak with forest ecologist Robert Johns to better understand what these are and if we should be concerned. 

Will Blaine Higgs and his Progressive Conservatives win a third consecutive election when New Brunswickers are called to the polls in October (or, perhaps, sooner), or will Susan Holt score a win for her Liberals in a national climate that is turning against her party's brand?On this week's episode of The Writ Podcast, I'm joined by Jacques Poitras, the CBC's provincial affairs reporter in Fredericton, to break down the upcoming campaign in New Brunswick, one of three provinces scheduled to hold elections in the coming months.THE NUMBERS: On this week's episode of The Numbers podcast, available for Patreon members here, we discuss the two byelections that have been set for Sept. 16 in LaSalle–Émard–Verdun and Elmwood–Transcona. The Liberals are defending the first and the NDP the second. Between Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh, who has the most to lose?In addition to listening to this episode of The Writ Podcast in your inbox, at TheWrit.ca or on podcast apps like Apple Podcasts, you can also watch this episode on YouTube. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thewrit.ca/subscribe

Have you ever dreamed of being a scientist? Well, EOS Eco-Energy is giving New Brunswickers the opportunity to play scientist. They're hosting a Water Sampling Bio Blitz next month. Where volunteers will collect samples of rivers, streams and lakes to test those bodies of water for E Coli.

The road to the Olympics starts now! With just weeks away until the games, we'll be checking in with New Brunswickers going to Paris. First up is UNB coach Chris Belof, who will be working with Team Canada's marathon runners and race walkers.

There's a new pilot project aimed at improving the lives of New Brunswickers with major depressive disorder. Dr. David Elias thinks this treatment could be a gamechanger because depression costs so much in health care, lost time and productivity.

A Saint John disability rights advocate wants to shift how we look at transportation, public buildings and everyday accessibility. Kaitlyn Layden is the lead researcher for the Go Barrier Free project, and she's hoping to hear from more New Brunswickers. 

Work is being done across Canada to promote Irish as a heritage language. A visiting scholar from Galway, Ireland, who's teaching at St. Thomas University, has been hosting language lessons for New Brunswickers, as a way to connect them with their roots. ​Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Gearóid Ó Treasaigh.

Good day ladies and gentlemen, this is IRC news, I am Joy Stephen, a certified Canadian Immigration practitioner, and I bring to you this Provincial News Bulletin from the province of New Brunswick. This recording originates from the Polinsys studios in Cambridge, Ontario.  The province's long-term care system needs urgent action if New Brunswickers are going to feel safe relying upon it, according to a new report from Child, Youth and Seniors' Advocate Kelly Lamrock.In What We All Want, a review of the province's long-term care system, Lamrock identified seven areas for immediate government action:● Fixing a broken and disjointed needs-assessment system so that families get the right help.● Better integrating different types of care so that patients move easily through the system.● Holding the system accountable and ensuring that patients and their families are heard.● Improving human resources planning and retaining staff at all levels of care.● Ensuring that the system is better funded and less bureaucratic to ensure quality care.● Providing better and more accessible supports to support care in people's homes.● Supporting the unique needs of people with disabilities and planning for the future.The report offers recommendations to improve the system, including:● Establishing one financial assessment so that families do not have to repeat intake every time a patient's care needs change.● Increasing funding for inspections, increasing the use of unplanned inspections and establishing a provincial offence for reprisals against whistleblowers.● Developing a separate process for needs assessment and financial support so that patients' needs are not shortchanged for financial reasons.● Modernizing support programs for people with disabilities and setting hard targets to move people with disabilities out of overly institutional care.● Improving incentives for aging at home through better respite care for family caregivers, expanding eligibility for home support programs and establishing a caregivers' network.● Improving recruitment and retention of front-line staff by offering better training and higher wages, and harmonizing wages for workers in different areas of long-term care.● Decentralizing the powers of the Department of Social Development in program delivery to community-based governing bodies who oversee the full continuum of care, while preserving the department's role in setting standards, reporting results and equalizing funding.● Improving reporting of key performance indicators and establishing a process to investigate variations in outcomes between regions and facilities.● Providing mandatory and ongoing training for board members, managers, inspectors and social workers in areas which impact patients most.● Making the system more affordable by regulating core services and extra charges, capping daily contributions and establishing a transparent, public process for setting rates and funding.● Providing more flexible definitions of levels of care to allow for a more responsive system.For Health Care professionals exploring the possibility of immigrating to New Brunswick, this announcement carries significant weight. It offers valuable insights into the prevailing landscape of their sector, empowering Medical Professionals to tailor their immigration plans in accordance with the evolving needs of the industry.  You can always access past news from the Province of New Brunswick by visiting this link:

What was in the budget to help struggling New Brunswickers? Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Janelle LeBlanc, Provincial Coordinator of the Common Front for Social Justice, and Peter Jongeneelen, co-chair of ACORN New Brunswick. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/budget-taxes-health-1.7148361

The New Brunswick Medical Society and the New Brunswick Nurses Union are asking the Higgs government to include an extra $600 million in the provincial budget today. That money could transform the healthcare system. ​Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Katherine Fierlbeck​, ​McCulloch Professorial Chair of political science at Dalhousie University​, about what priorities could improve the system for New Brunswickers.

​Mike Bravener finds inspiration for his songs in the stories of New Brunswickers who settled here long ago. And now he's working on a fresh folk album of tunes.

Crista Richards lives in Saint John. She thought she'd qualify, but has since discovered she won't. Susan Holt is leader of the Liberal Party in New Brunswick.

Good day ladies and gentlemen, this is IRC news, I am Joy Stephen, a certified Canadian Immigration practitioner, and I bring to you this Provincial News Bulletin from the province of New Brunswick. This recording originates from the Polinsys studios in Cambridge, Ontario.Health Minister Bruce Fitch welcomed several internationally educated nurses during a visit to Loch Lomond Villa in Saint John today.Fitch said it was an opportunity to celebrate the nurses who have made New Brunswick their home and emphasize that recruiting nurses remains a key priority for the government."We are committed to growing our health-care workforce to ensure New Brunswickers have access to quality care, and hiring internationally educated nurses is a concrete step on that path," said Fitch. "I have had the pleasure of meeting some internationally educated nurses from a recruitment mission in the Philippines which resulted in over 180 accepted job offers."Since 2021, more than 500 internationally educated nurses have been recruited to work in the province as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses or health-care aides; more than 200 of them are already employed in the province, with others working their way through the immigration process.The Department of Health regularly attends and organizes recruitment events nationwide in collaboration with its health sector partners.Internationally educated nurses must meet requirements of the Nurses Association of New Brunswick to work as registered nurses in the province.You can always access past news from the Province of New Brunswick by visiting this link: https://myar.me/tag/nb/.Furthermore, if you are interested in gaining comprehensive insights into the Provincial Express Entry Federal pool Canadian Permanent Residence Program or other Canadian Federal or Provincial Immigration programs, or if you require guidance after your selection, we cordially invite you to connect with us through https://myar.me/c.We highly recommend participating in our complimentary Zoom resource meetings, which take place every Thursday. We kindly request you to carefully review the available resources. Should any questions arise, our team of Canadian Authorized Representatives is readily available to address your concerns during the weekly AR's Q&A session held on Fridays. You can find the details for both of these meetings at https://myar.me/zoom.Our dedicated team is committed to providing you with professional assistance throughout the immigration process. Additionally, IRCNews offers valuable insights on selecting a qualified representative to advocate on your behalf with the Canadian Federal or Provincial governments, which can be accessed at

Jill Green is the minister of Service New Brunswick and the minister responsible for housing. Tobin LeBlanc Haley is a member of the New Brunswick Coalition of Tenants Rights.

Dan Murphy is with the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick.

Haley Flaro is the director of Ability NB.