Daniel McHardie

The New Brunswick Medical Society is issuing its own prescription for fixing the province’s ailing health system and it calls for an infusion of cash to pay for more nursing homes, better access to primary care and more doctors.

New Brunswick politicians must avoid getting “sucked into math wars” and find ways to support teachers and parents to teach crucial math skills.

The NDP candidate in Kent South is criticizing his party’s shale gas policy for not going far enough to protect landowners, saying he would not have run in the election had the full platform been available earlier.

Liberal Leader Brian Gallant won a tight New Brunswick election campaign beset by a vote-counting fiasco that may take more time to settle. The unofficial results have Gallant’s Liberals holding 27 seats compared with 21 for David Alward’s Progressive Conservatives.

Premier Brian Gallant did not give his 12 new cabinet ministers much time to savour their new jobs before reminding them they have very difficult decisions to make in the next four years.

Premier Brian Gallant’s decision to remove barriers to abortion services in New Brunswick is not ending the contentious debate as his main opposition rivals are seeking more answers.

Green Party Leader David Coon says his bill to drop the voting age to 16 would give young people an immediate voice in the future direction of the province but it could also foster a long-term culture of political engagement.

Two New Brunswick craft breweries are raising concerns about NB Liquor’s growler program has unfairly restricted their access to the special beer taps.

The New Brunswick government is asking citizens about their local food and beverage buying habits in a new online survey to help develop a provincial strategy on the issue.

NB Liquor will continue with its growler program after selling 80,000 litres of craft beer since launching the program last September, the Crown corporation announced on Thursday.

The Progressive Conservatives have hired Greg Lutes, one of the two former deputy ministers involved in the Larry’s Gulch document-altering scandal, to be chief of staff of the Official Opposition.

For 18 years, Acadie-Bathurst has posed an intriguing question to many political watchers: Is the northeastern New Brunswick riding an Yvon Godin or a NDP seat.

The chance to catch a glimpse of prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau or his new cabinet was enough to convince one New Brunswick family to make a last-minute, “crazy” trek to the nation’s capital.

New Brunswick’s privacy commissioner is cautioning police forces across the province to be careful with the implementation of body-worn cameras and to avoid intruding on citizens’ privacy rights.

New Brunswick’s economy is expected to continue on a slow recovery in 2016 even as its growth is expected to be around the lowest in Atlantic Canada.

NDP Leader Dominic Cardy is distancing his New Brunswick party from any shift to the left embraced Leap Manifeso that was supported by the federal party at the weekend convention in Edmonton.

Post-Secondary Education Minister Francine Landry is leaving open the possibility of extending the offer of free tuition to more students from higher income families in future years.

Voters are going to the polls on Monday and tight races are shaping up in municipalities across the province, including some of New Brunswick’s largest cities.

New Brunswickers will soon see who will be in charge of their local councils and health and education boards as counting has started in the municipal elections.

Blaine Higgs, the plain-spoken former finance minister, won the Progressive Conservative leadership in New Brunswick on Saturday, defeating six other candidates in a three-ballot race