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QMJHL's Acadie-Bathurst Titan sold, will relocate to St. John's, N.L.

QMJHL's Acadie-Bathurst Titan sold, will relocate to St. John's, N.L.

BATHURST, N.B. — The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League's Acadie-Bathurst Titan are relocating to St. John's, N.L., starting next season, the league announced Friday. The QMJHL said the sale of the team to investors, John Harvey Patten, John R.
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MPs Bendayan, Duguid, Fisher to join Trudeau cabinet in shuffle Friday

MPs Bendayan, Duguid, Fisher to join Trudeau cabinet in shuffle Friday

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to add multiple new names to his cabinet Friday when he shuffles his team days after Chrystia Freeland rattled the party and the government with her sudden resignation as finance minister.
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Trudeau's 'fixer' Dominic LeBlanc steps up for prime minister in time of crisis

Trudeau's 'fixer' Dominic LeBlanc steps up for prime minister in time of crisis

OTTAWA — Dominic LeBlanc is helping Justin Trudeau hold the house together even as a growing number of Liberals turn on the prime minister.
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New Brunswick Liberal government reverses changes to school gender identity policy

New Brunswick Liberal government reverses changes to school gender identity policy

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has followed through on a campaign pledge to reverse policy changes by the previous government concerning sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.
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Canada pushes net-zero electricity target to 2050 as Alberta vows legal challenge

Canada pushes net-zero electricity target to 2050 as Alberta vows legal challenge

OTTAWA — The federal government has pushed its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid back 15 years to 2050 as part of new clean electricity regulations announced Tuesday — though officials maintain that target date was always the goal.
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Sex-ed group deemed 'inappropriate' by Tory government returns to N.B. schools

Sex-ed group deemed 'inappropriate' by Tory government returns to N.B. schools

FREDERICTON — A sexual-education group whose presentations were deemed "clearly inappropriate" by the previous New Brunswick Progressive Conservative government has been cleared to return to the province's schools.
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New Brunswick's first female premier seeking to build province with compassion

New Brunswick's first female premier seeking to build province with compassion

FREDERICTON — Susan Holt was puzzled when an envelope with an orange U.S. stamp depicting an African daisy arrived in her mail last month. It was postmarked New York.
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Auditor general flags problems with mental health care in New Brunswick

Auditor general flags problems with mental health care in New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Health Department is failing to provide timely treatment for those struggling with addictions and mental health problems, the province's auditor general says.
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N.B. child and youth advocate raises alarm about use of seclusion rooms in schools

N.B. child and youth advocate raises alarm about use of seclusion rooms in schools

FREDERICTON — The practice of teachers putting misbehaving children in small, windowless "seclusion rooms" should be used only as a last resort to ensure safety, New Brunswick’s child and youth advocate says in a report tabled Monday.
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Ottawa is set to spend more than $1 billion on growing N.B.'s clean electricity grid

Ottawa is set to spend more than $1 billion on growing N.B.'s clean electricity grid

DIEPPE, N.B. — Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Ottawa will spend more than $1 billion on growing New Brunswick's clean electricity grid. The federal minister told a media event in Dieppe, N.B.
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