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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says a proposed west-east pipeline project will not go forward unless it addresses key environmental concerns.

Adam Prest, 39, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his common-law wife Tanya Shand in Rothesay on Wednesday.

A 19-year-old from Jardineville died Wednesday from injuries he sustained while climbing out of the window of a moving vehicle, say RCMP.

More than 300 people packed the small Catholic church in Brantville on Thursday for the funeral of one of the fishermen killed in Tabusintac last weekend.

Election spending records show additional days Senator Mike Duffy spent on the campaign trail in the 2011 election, including days he told the Senate he was on business, and days on which Deloitte auditors couldn't track him.

Drowning was the cause of death of a Chinese student in Saint John two years ago, a coroner's inquest was told on Thursday.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting is busier than average Atlantic hurricane season with up to 20 named storms, including as many as six major hurricanes.

Attorney General Marie-Claude Blais is ending the practice of hiring private lawyers to represent the public on energy-related regulatory matters by creating a full-time public intervener.

Two corrections officers who were responsible for Ashley Smith in the months leading up to her death testified on Wednesday that they were in constant battles with management about how the Moncton teen should be treated.

The Alward government is continuing to face questions over its decision to siphon $4 million from the Environmental Trust Fund to pay for flood damage in Perth-Andover.

Saint John Police are warning about fraud on the online classified site Kijiji regarding the sale of city bus passes.

The federal government says it can't provide detailed information on people who make repeated employment insurance claims in New Brunswick.

The Alward government has launched a legislative blitz on Wednesday, with cabinet ministers introducing 16 bills four weeks before MLAs hope to break for the summer.

Mental health experts say we need to find new ways to refer to and discuss suicide, particularly now that a large medical study has confirmed that teens are more susceptible to the idea if they know a schoolmate who died that way.

The two paramedics who responded to the near-drowning of a 17-year-old Chinese student at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre in Saint John in 2011 say they tried their best to resuscitate him, but they couldn't get his heart to beat.

Conservative MP Mike Allen is calling for Senator Mike Duffy to resign amid the growing controversy over his expense scandal.

Kent Homes in Bouctouche has landed the largest contract in the company's history.

Shortening wait times for hip and knee replacements, increasing electronic health records and starting a national pharmacare strategy are stalled, according to a new progress report.

The Rothesay Regional Police say a 39-year-old man will be charged in relation to a domestic homicide that happened on Wednesday.

The mayor of Edmundston says the pending sale of Twin Rivers Paper Company to a pair of New York-based companies is good news for his city.

Bathurst retailers will now be able to choose their own Sunday hours of operation after city council rescinded its Sunday shopping bylaw on Tuesday.

Veterans and Oromocto town officials are speaking out after vandals spray-painted a tank at CFB Gagetown with profanity and offensive symbols over the weekend.

Drivers in Dieppe are being asked to be patient, after work on one of the main throughfares was delayed because of unexpected problems installing a new sanitary storm sewer.

Health Minister Ted Flemming insists there are jobs for family doctors in New Brunswick, despite a letter he received from medical residents saying a provincial cap on full-time positions is forcing them to leave when they finish their training.

An Ottawa-based stonemason, who has worked on parliamentary buildings across the continent, is pressing ahead with his lawsuit against the New Brunswick legislature, saying he was wrongly removed from a restoration contract on the building.

An elderly man from the Hampton area has died from his injuries after catching fire while burning debris in his yard on Tuesday.

Hundreds of delegates arrive in Charlottetown Wednesday for the Hockey Canada annual general meeting, where they will vote on whether bodychecking should be banned nationally in minor hockey.

The Atlantic Cancer Research Institute in Moncton will be using $2.8 million in federal funding to develop a cancer treatment with fewer side effects.