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• NB: B.C. opposition to Northern Gateway puts focus...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] - British Columbia's opposition to the Northern Gateway project puts greater attention on a proposal to build a west-to-east ...
• Panel to be created in effort to resolve lobster...
  [AMHERST, NS] - Fisheries ministers from the Maritimes have agreed to set up a panel in an effort to resolve a lobster pricing dispute that kept ...
• NB: Government unveils plans to reintegrate NB Power
  [FREDERICTON, NB] - New Brunswick's Crown-owned power utility would be reintegrated under legislation introduced Tuesday in a bid by the ...
• NB: Farmer files lawsuit against feds after year in...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] - A New Brunswick farmer who languished for more than a year in a Beirut jail cell on allegations he shipped rotten potatoes to ...
• NB: NB Power to begin study of options for Mactaquac...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] – For the past 45 years, the Mactaquac Hydroelectric Dam has been a reliable and clean source of power in New Brunswick, but ...
• NB: Budget hikes income, tobacco taxes to fight...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — Faced with a swell of red ink, the New Brunswick government went back on its word not to raise taxes and delivered a budget ...
• NB: Budget and economy to dominate spring session of...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — When the New Brunswick government brings in its latest budget today many observers will be watching for how the Progressive ...
• NB: A referendum to raise HST would be political...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — New Brunswick's premier is musing about the possibility of holding a referendum on increasing its sales tax before the next ...
• NB: New Brunswick government to release rules for...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — Long-awaited regulations for oil and gas exploration in New Brunswick will be released Friday amid heated opposition to shale ...
• NB: Premier David Alward faces growing pressure to...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — As New Brunswick's deficit grows, New Brunswick Premier David Alward is under mounting pressure to break a campaign promise ...
• NB: New Brunswick municipalities grapple with gaping...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] - The City of Saint John was beset last year by debate over its gaping $195 million pension deficit so bad that a consultant ...
• NB: Premier promotes extension of national pipeline...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — The premier of New Brunswick is stepping up his promotion of a proposed national pipeline project to carry western crude oil ...
• NB: Premier heads to Alberta to make case for west...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — New Brunswick Premier David Alward heads west on Sunday to promote a proposal for a pipeline he hopes would move western ...
• NB: Report calls for prescription drug plan to cover...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] – New Brunswick's health minister says his government will provide prescription drug coverage for people who currently have no ...
• NB: Natural resources minister touts eastern pipeline
  [SAINT JOHN, NB] — Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver visited Canada's largest oil refinery Tuesday in a bid to build support behind a ...
• NB: New Brunswick's three largest cities to see...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] – New Brunswick's three largest cities will see large cuts in the amount of money they get from the provincial government under ...
• NB: Potential of shale gas development questioned in...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — There may be enough shale gas reserves in New Brunswick to fuel the province's energy needs for a century, Energy Minister ...
• NB: New Brunswick premier promises to deliver shale...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] – New Brunswick Premier David Alward is promising to deliver a blueprint this fall that will lay out how his government plans ...
• NB: Premier eyes shale gas development as...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — Midway through his mandate, Premier David Alward returns to the New Brunswick legislature Tuesday governing a province awash ...
• PE: Efforts being made to make Island tourism more...
  [CHARLOTTETOWN, PE] — Prince Edward Island is already considered an attractive tourist destination with its spectacular scenery, sandy beaches, ...
• NB: Premier says reports will help decide future of...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — The premier of New Brunswick says two reports released this week on the shale gas industry will help ensure that if the ...
• NB: Chief health officer warns of 'Boomtown Effect'...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — New Brunswick's infrastructure and legislation aren't strong enough to ensure public health is protected should the shale gas ...
• NB: Shadow continues to loom over shale gas report
  [FREDERICTON, NB] - New Brunswick's health minister declined to say Wednesday whether the provincial government would release a report on the ...
• NB: Dalhousie electricity generation station in New...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] – The Dalhousie thermal generation station in northern New Brunswick will be permanently shut down after the province's ...
• NB: WorkSafeNB ordered to repay close to $4 million
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — New Brunswick's workers' compensation board is repaying close to $4 million to 901 people as a result of a court ruling ...
• NB: Freight needed to keep rail line open between...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] – Canadian National Railway says it plans to close a 224-kilometre section of rail line between Moncton and northern New ...
• NB: Union seeks answers about fed's civilian defence...
  [OROMOCTO, NB] – Union officials say it's hard to fight the elimination of up to 145 civilian defence positions at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown ...
• NB: Farmer claims Ottawa did nothing to get him out...
  [DRUMMOND, NB] — During the 373 days he spent in a Lebanese jail on allegations he tried to export rotten potatoes to Algeria, Henk Tepper says ...
• NB: Shale gas, patronage allegations rule...
  [FREDERICTON, NB] — The New Brunswick legislature rose Wednesday following a spring session dominated by debate on shale gas exploration and ...
• Premiers demand more EI info. from Harper
  [BRUDENELL, PE] — Discontent with proposed changes to employment insurance in Atlantic Canada grew Wednesday as the region's premiers stood ...