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Kevin Bissett March 16, 2021 - 12:48 PM FREDERICTON - New Brunswicks Progressive Conservative government tabled a $10.7-billion budget Tuesday that is heavily influenced by the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. "While better days are ahead, we know that COVID-19 will continue to have a big influence on our lives for much of this year," Finance Minister Ernie Steeves said in the provincial legislature. "We also know that continued support will be needed." The ...

New Brunswick government tables $10.7-billion budget shaped by COVID-19 pandemic by Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press Posted Mar 16, 2021 3:48 pm EDT Last Updated Mar 16, 2021 at 3:58 pm EDT FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative government tabled a $10.7-billion budget Tuesday that is heavily influenced by the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. “While better days are ahead, we know that COVID-19 will continue to have a big influence on our lives for much of this yea...

  The Crown says it will not appeal the verdict in the murder trial of the man found not criminally responsible for the deaths of four people in Fredericton in 2018. Matthew Raymond shot and killed Donnie Robichaud, Bobbie Lee Wright and police constables Sara Burns and Robb Costello outside the apartment building where he lived. He testified at trial  he believed he was defending himself from demons at the time of the shooting. The crown had argued he had planned and was aware his actions we...

Posted: Dec 11, 2020 5:25 PM AT | Last Updated: December 11, 2020 Higgs confirmed this week that his government has imposed a one-year freeze on salaries for public servants and he hopes to extend it to unionized workers at some point during their next contracts.(Hadeel Ibrahim/CBC)