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Adam Huras
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The New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal's Ottawa-based parliamentary reporter and provincial editor. Leafs fan. [email protected]
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Feds name private-sector panel to steer region's economic direction

Panel will meet across Atlantic Canada in 2026 to hear what is working, and what’s holding the region back

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Feds name private-sector panel to steer region's economic direction
Panel will meet across Atlantic Canada in 2026 to hear what is working, and what’s holding the region back
tj.news
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Steve Outhouse, who headed Higgs campaign, is Poilievre’s new campaign manager

Mike Dawson, the Progressive Conservative MLA turned federal Conservative MP, is unsure how much of the Higgs loss should fall on Outhouse

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Steve Outhouse, who headed Higgs campaign, is Poilievre’s new campaign manager
Mike Dawson, the Progressive Conservative MLA turned federal Conservative MP, is unsure how much of the Higgs loss should fall on Outhouse
tj.news
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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New Brunswick’s move to ‘one project, one review’ faces backlash

Consultations on a draft proposal reveal the province’s First Nations are strongly against it

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N.B.’s move to ‘one project, one review’ faces backlash
Consultations on a draft proposal reveal the province’s First Nations are strongly against it
tj.news
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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The Carney government will still pay to help plant a previously announced 52 million trees in New Brunswick, even though hardly any of them are in the ground and the program’s funding has been cancelled

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Feds will still pay to plant 52M trees in N.B., despite cancelling program
That’s even though hardly any of them are in the ground to date and the program’s funding has now been cancelled
tj.news
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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New Brunswick signs pact to eliminate trade barriers for most goods

It’s a new agreement that finds partners for legislation N.B. has already introduced

A second deal harmonizing transport rules is also a “big deal,” minister says

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N.B. signs pact to eliminate trade barriers for most goods
Minister says Canada has moved one step closer to free internal trade, although several barriers still exist
tj.news
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Milestone hit.
Half a million fewer New Brunswickers have travelled to Maine since the beginning of Trump's second presidency

September and October passenger vehicle figures now available, they continue to show a dramatic decline in visits

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Half a million fewer NBers have travelled to Maine since Trump presidency
The year over year milestone comes as the U.S. releases new monthly data that continues to show a dramatic decline in visits
tj.news
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Holt says she’s ‘absolutely’ looking at cuts to New Brunswick’s civil service

That's as numbers show province has added more full-time departmental staff than it has in school system or health care sector recently

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Holt says she’s ‘absolutely’ looking at cuts to N.B.’s civil service
Most recent numbers reveal province has added more full-time departmental staff than it has in the school system or the health care sector
tj.news
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Holt says there’s a ‘path forward’ on softwood negotiations with U.S.

Premier also says PM promised a ‘significant’ new package for the struggling industry

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Holt says there’s a ‘path forward’ on softwood negotiations with U.S.
That’s as premier says PM promised a ‘significant’ new package for the struggling industry
tj.news
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Supreme Court upholds impaired driving convictions of two NBers

The decision holds national importance in providing clarity over the level of evidence both police and Crown prosecutors need to reach convictions

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Supreme Court upholds impaired driving convictions of two NBers
Decision holds national importance in providing clarity over level of evidence both police and Crown prosecutors need to reach convictions
tj.news
November 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
BREAKING: Holt government now projects $834.7-million deficit - the province’s highest in over 20 years

That’s $285.7 million more than it planned for in its March budget and $166 million higher than they forecasted just three months ago

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BREAKING: Holt government now projects $834.7-million deficit
That’s $285.7 million more than it planned for in its March budget and $166 million higher than they forecasted just three months ago
tj.news
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
ICYMI...
Full story with wide ranging reaction.

A mining project in New Brunswick more than a decade and a half in the making has now been designated as a new “nation-building” project by Prime Minister Mark Carney

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UPDATE: New Brunswick’s Sisson mine named a ‘nation-building’ project
Idea of a mine has been around 2008 with Northcliff Resources formally announcing its plans in 2013
tj.news
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s real, New Brunswick is on the board.

BREAKING: New Brunswick’s Sisson mine named a ‘nation-building’ project

My story, which already includes an interview with Northcliff president Andrew Ing on what it means: tj.news/new-brunswic... #NB
BREAKING: New Brunswick’s Sisson mine named a ‘nation-building’ project
Idea of a mine has been around 2008 with Northcliff Resources formally announcing its plans in 2013
tj.news
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Sisson mine to be named ‘nation-building’ project: What that means

Thursday’s designation aims to clear the road of what’s been holding back development to date.

Story...
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Sisson mine to be named ‘nation-building’ project and what that means
Idea of a mine has been around 2008 with Northcliff Resources formally announcing its plans in 2013
tj.news
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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New poll - from new polling firm - suggests Holt strengthens lead
But that’s as New Brunswickers aren’t overly optimistic that the province, the country, or the world is on the right track

Abacus Data says it will now poll regularly in #NB

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New poll - from new polling firm - suggests Holt strengthens lead
But that’s as New Brunswickers aren’t overly optimistic that the province, the country, or the world is on the right track
tj.news
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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‘I’ll be blunt, I don’t know the issue’: Carney on New Brunswick's missing $50 million HST money

But that's as Premier Susan Holt says we’re 'days to weeks' away from an HST resolution with Ottawa

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‘I’ll be blunt, I don’t know the issue’: Carney on N.B.’s missing $50M
But that’s as Premier Susan Holt now says we’re 'days to weeks' away from an HST resolution with Ottawa
tj.news
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says New Brunswick will be on the national project list to be announced Thursday

That’s after facing questions in Fredericton as to why the province had been largely left out of an initial push to build big projects

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Carney says N.B. will be on national project list to be announced Thursday
That’s after facing questions in Fredericton as to why the province had been largely left out of an initial push to build big projects
tj.news
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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New Brunswick's utilities board to decide if gas prices need to be hiked after Holt cut

Industry asks EUB to cancel out eight-cent gas pump cut ahead of Dec. 1, while board aims to answer bigger questions

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Utilities board to decide if gas prices need to be hiked after Holt cut
Industry asks EUB to cancel out eight cent gas pump cut ahead of Dec. 1, while board aims to answer bigger questions
tj.news
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in New Brunswick on Monday where he will sit down with Premier Susan Holt

Details👇👇👇
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Prime Minister Mark Carney visits New Brunswick on Monday
The prime minister’s office confirms meeting will take place at 11:30 a.m. AT, while Carney then makes an announcement at 1:15 p.m. AT.
tj.news
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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New report lays out exactly why NB Power wants a gas plant

Utility needs energy board’s approval, leading it to submit a report detailing grid's reliability concerns and lack of options

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New report lays out exactly why NB Power wants a gas plant
The utility now needs the energy board’s approval, leading it to submit a report detailing grid's reliability concerns and lack of options
tj.news
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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New Brunswick’s unemployment rate stops slide, but province still lost jobs

Underlying numbers aren’t kind, showing a stagnated economy year over year

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BREAKING: New Brunswick’s unemployment rate stops slide, but still lost jobs
That’s as the underlying numbers aren’t kind, showing a stagnated economy year over year
tj.news
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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$1.3B inmate hospital in N.B. will go ahead, despite new criticism

Mental health treatment facility isn’t mentioned in the federal budget and federal officials say there’s no change to its status

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$1.3B inmate hospital in N.B. will go ahead, despite new criticism
No cut in the federal budget to a new hospital for inmates inside the Dorchester Penitentiary, despite investigator's damning comments
tj.news
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
ICYMI...
‘We might start shrinking’: N.B. universities predict fallout of immigration cut

Feds say provinces have ability to pick more of their own economic permanent residents in year ahead

Story has more details on what immigration cuts mean...
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‘We might start shrinking’: N.B. universities predict fallout of immigration cut
That’s as the feds say provinces have ability to pick more of its own economic permanent residents in year ahead
tj.news
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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‘We might start shrinking’: N.B. universities predict fallout of immigration cut

But feds say provinces have ability to pick more of their own economic permanent residents in year ahead

tj.news/new-brunswic... #NB
‘We might start shrinking’: N.B. universities predict fallout of immigration cut
That’s as the feds say provinces have ability to pick more of its own economic permanent residents in year ahead
tj.news
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New Brunswick budget reaction...

Province sees federal budget as chance to spend on health infrastructure

That’s as opposition parties and industry levelled criticisms of the Carney government’s new spending plan

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Province sees federal budget as chance to spend on health infrastructure
That’s as opposition parties and industry levelled criticisms of the Carney government’s new spending plan
tj.news
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Federal budget’s job cuts plan to actually add jobs in N.B.

An 'early retirement incentive' program means more work for the government of Canada’s Pension Centre in Shediac

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Federal budget’s job cuts plan to actually add jobs in N.B.
An 'early retirement incentive' program mean more work for the government of Canada’s Pension Centre - located in Shediac
tj.news
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM