New Brunswick News

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government has expanded a review of the province's policy on sexual orientation in schools to include access to washroom facilities on the basis of gender identity.

FREDERICTON — After three decades of keeping watch over the dead at a New Brunswick cemetery, home to the final resting place for some of the province's most notable names, Peter Spence now has help.

MONCTON, N.B. — Outdoor retailer Mountain Equipment Co. is opening a new store in New Brunswick this summer as it expands its brick-and-mortar presence on Canada's East Coast.

MONCTON, N.B. — A visiting member of the Royal Family heaped praise on Canada's oldest continually serving cavalry regiment on Saturday, saying its storied military accomplishments date back to before it formally had a country to call its own.

FREDERICTON — Princess Louise,the mare that was once the mascot of the 8th Canadian Hussars, never met the calvary regiment's horse-loving colonel-in-chief.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's child and youth advocate revealed Tuesday that the government's decision to review the province's policy on sexual orientation in schools came after three complaints.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission expressed concern Monday over the government's decision to review the province's policy on sexual orientation in schools.

FREDERICTON — A former New Brunswick education minister says he believes Premier Blaine Higgs recently ordered a review of the province's policy on sexual orientation in schools because he has a plan to gut sex education.

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government is facing intense scrutiny and some harsh criticism for its decision to review the province's two-year-old policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.

LAMÈQUE, N.B. — The deaths of two New Brunswick fishermen on the first day of the lobster season are evoking powerful memories of past tragedies on the water for a singer who lives on the Acadian peninsula.