In a noticeable change in tone Friday New Brunswick health minister Dorthoy Shephard told the Legislature she is concerned about unexplained high death counts in the province in the second half of 2021 and will attempt to get to the bottom of what happened.
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is being accused of lying and stoking fear through misleading comments he made about the contents of a major Aboriginal title claim by Wolastoqey chiefs.
New Brunswick opposition parties are denouncing a move by the government to remove Assistant Commissioner Larry Tremblay, of the RCMP's J Division, from his position in July.