New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says the federal government should collaborate with the provinces on rolling out housing programs, instead of requiring them to meet certain conditions to access a slice of a new $6 billion fund.
A delayed coroner’s inquest has been scheduled for next week to investigate the circumstances of a man who died in the ER waiting room at Fredericton’s Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital nearly two years ago.
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New Brunswick's health minister says up to 200 people are facing waits of three to eight months for addiction treatment — even as the government prepares legislation that would force even more people into rehabilitation programs against their will. Bruce Fitch said during a budget estimates debate at the legislature that it's too early to look at how much money will be spent in the coming year putting the new bill into effect."We haven't even had first reading" of the Compassionate Intervention