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New Brunswick man driving allegedly stolen car dies in crash

New Brunswick man driving allegedly stolen car dies in crash

RENOUS, N.B. — RCMP in New Brunswick are investigating after a Friday night collision left a 44-year-old man dead.
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Union challenges report that N.B. school bus drivers failing licensing requirements

Union challenges report that N.B. school bus drivers failing licensing requirements

FREDERICTON — The union representing New Brunswick school bus drivers is challenging claims by the auditor general that its members are failing to meet licensing, training and criminal record check requirements.
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New Brunswick RCMP corporal charged with trying to solicit minor for sexual offence

New Brunswick RCMP corporal charged with trying to solicit minor for sexual offence

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's police watchdog is investigating after an RCMP officer was charged with a sex crime involving a minor. RCMP in New Brunswick say in a news release Cpl.
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N.B. legislature wraps up before election with tense exchanges and emotional speeches

N.B. legislature wraps up before election with tense exchanges and emotional speeches

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick legislature wrapped up its work on Friday for what was expected to be the last time before the provincial election, with campaign-style statements from party leaders offering a taste of what's to come in the weeks and
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N.B. premier criticized for spilling news about upcoming visit by French president

N.B. premier criticized for spilling news about upcoming visit by French president

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is facing heat from the Opposition after boasting that an upcoming visit to the province by the French president is due to the tourism minister's trip to France.
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New Brunswick health minister says travel nurse companies took advantage of province

New Brunswick health minister says travel nurse companies took advantage of province

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Health Minister Bruce Fitch says private companies took advantage of the province by billing "exorbitant" charges for temporary nurses brought in to help a strained health network.
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'This can't continue': No value for money in N.B. use of travel nurses, auditor says

'This can't continue': No value for money in N.B. use of travel nurses, auditor says

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's reliance on private nursing services was not a good use of public money, the province's auditor general said Tuesday, noting that the two provincial health authorities and a government department failed to properly monit
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New Brunswick's Twin Rivers pulp mill fined $250,000 for polluting Madawaska River

New Brunswick's Twin Rivers pulp mill fined $250,000 for polluting Madawaska River

EDMUNDSTON, N.B. — The Twin Rivers Paper Company in New Brunswick has been fined $250,000 after pleading guilty to allowing a failed pipeline to dump pulp and paper process water into the Madawaska River.
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New Brunswick school bus drivers fail to meet licensing, training requirements: audit

New Brunswick school bus drivers fail to meet licensing, training requirements: audit

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's auditor general has uncovered evidence of school bus drivers failing to meet licensing, training and criminal record check requirements, saying these lapses are putting students at risk.
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Higgs's attack on sex-education talk part of his political strategy, academics say

Higgs's attack on sex-education talk part of his political strategy, academics say

Two education professors at the University of New Brunswick say the premier’s recent push against a sexual health presentation in high schools is at least partly motivated by political aims.
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