New Brunswick News

FREDERICTON — As he looks ahead to an election year, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he has no intention of backing down on his government's changes to the province's policy on gender identity in schools.

SAINTE-ANNE-DE-MADAWASKA, N.B. — New Brunswick police are investigating a car crash on Boxing Day that left a man dead. RCMP say officers were called to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 2 in Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska on Tuesday morning.

FREDERICTON — Environment Canada says parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia could receive freezing rain later this week for at least four hours.

FREDERICTON — Christmas Day began for more than 500 customers in New Brunswick without power and by the night that number was down to just under 80 customers affected.

SAINT ANDREWS, N.B.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Two New Brunswick men whose murder convictions in 1984 were quashed Friday by the federal justice minister will appear before a court next month to see if a new trial will proceed, a director with Innocence Canada said.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's power utility says it aims to have electricity restored to all its customers by Christmas, after a storm Monday evening knocked out the lights to more than 100,000 homes and businesses.

FREDERICTON — Two days after a wind and rain storm tore through New Brunswick, more than 30,000 customers in the province remained in the dark late Wednesday.

SAINT JOHN, N.B.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — Police in Saint John, N.B., say a man has died in their custody. The Saint John Police Force says in a news release officers detained a 48-year-old man on Thursday for allegedly being intoxicated in public.