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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has “issues” with the Progressive Conservative government of New Brunswick. New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is seen via video conference as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during an announcement on early learning and child care in New Brunswick, in Ottawa, on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

New Brunswick’s Conservative government ‘a disgrace’ on women’s rights: Trudeau

PM also criticized the Higgs government’s changes to the provincial policy on gender identity in schools

 

Walter Gillespie poses for a photo in his apartment in Saint John, N.B. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. Innocence Canada says Walter Gillespie, 80, died Friday morning in his home in Saint John, N.B. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hina Alam

Wrongfully convicted New Brunswick man dies months after exoneration

Walter Gillespie spent 21 years in prison for a 1983 murder he was only exonerated of this year

 

David Hunter poses with the payload for the Balloon Solar Eclipse Project in Florenceville-Bristol, N.B., on March 4. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-David Hunter, Balloon Solar Eclipse Project

Volunteers build flying telescope to see total eclipse above the clouds

Device will livestream the event from the sky

 

Sarah and Dave Roy are seen during their wedding in a still image made from video shot at the Garcelon Civic Centre in St. Stephen, N.B., Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Post-tropical storm Lee may have thrown a wrench into the Roy’s wedding plans, but the newlyweds feel the upheaval it caused on their big day is nothing but a positive sign for their future life together. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hina Alam

N.B. couple proceeds with wedding amid onslaught from post-tropical storm Lee

Couple says they’re now confident they can handle whatever else married life throws their way

Sarah and Dave Roy are seen during their wedding in a still image made from video shot at the Garcelon Civic Centre in St. Stephen, N.B., Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Post-tropical storm Lee may have thrown a wrench into the Roy’s wedding plans, but the newlyweds feel the upheaval it caused on their big day is nothing but a positive sign for their future life together. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hina Alam
Pictures of Chantel Moore, are held by family and friends during a healing gathering at the B.C. Legislature in Victoria on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The lawyer for the family of Chantel Moore says it’s hoped a coroner’s inquest that starts Monday in Fredericton can determine exactly what happened the day — almost two years ago — the 26-year-old Indigenous woman was shot and killed by police in Edmundston, N.B. during a wellness check.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Inquest to begin in N.B. police shooting of Indigenous woman during wellness check

Chantel Moore had recently moved from B.C. to New Brunswick to be closer to family

Pictures of Chantel Moore, are held by family and friends during a healing gathering at the B.C. Legislature in Victoria on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The lawyer for the family of Chantel Moore says it’s hoped a coroner’s inquest that starts Monday in Fredericton can determine exactly what happened the day — almost two years ago — the 26-year-old Indigenous woman was shot and killed by police in Edmundston, N.B. during a wellness check.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito