Edmundston News

Fraser Papers Inc. might close its town paper plant, idling 1,200 workers, if unions don't help the company escape bankruptcy by accepting a three-year contract carrying $4 million in concessions, a company official said Wednesday.

A view from Edmundston, N.B. of the Fraser Papers papermaking mill in Madawaska, Maine Friday, February 5, 2010.

The Opposition has asked the province's conflict of interest commissioner, retired justice Patrick Ryan, to review a document sent to the Liberal government.

SUMMARY: Environment Canada's long-range outlook calls for colder-than-normal temperatures for the remainder of the winter in southeastern New Brunswick.

Getting a clearer picture of what ails someone will soon become easier at the Saint John Regional Hospital.

The Moncton Hospital's MRI scanner is the oldest in the province, although it is not quite 10 years old.

In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change in New Brunswick, the Provincial Government is contributing a significant amount of money to the municipality of Edmundston.

New Brunswick's provincial government has temporarily ordered that all chicken produced in the province must be processed at its only federally-inspected poultry plant.

Opposition Leader David Alward came under fire in the legislature Thursday for a comment suggesting he would consider nationalizing New Brunswick's energy system if the pending sale of most of NB Power's assets to Hydro-Quebec goes through and he wins the next provincial election.

Charlo Airport is pushing to diversify its current revenue streams to soar as New Brunswick's northern regional airport, according to its chairman.

Like everyone else, the eyes of New Brunswickers turned to Haiti on Wednesday, where the Caribbean nation was rocked by an earthquake that may have killed hundreds of thousands of people in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

Victoria-Tobique constituents, including Perth-Andover Electric Light Commission customers, will benefit from stable electricity rates and reduced dependence on volatile fossil fuels for electricity generation if the proposed sale of most of the assets of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec goes through, says Liberal MLA Larry Kennedy.

The general manager of Nadeau Poultry Farms says his company plans to fight accusations of animal negligence made by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Yves Landry says the Saint-Francois company will plead not guilty when the matter goes before an Edmundston provincial court judge on Feb.

The provincial government will announce a significant investment to the upgrade of an Edmundston power plant later this week, according to a city official.

RCMP say a 22-year-old Nova Scotia man faces several charges after police found thousands of contraband cigarettes in a search of a vehicle in New Brunswick last week.

The Liberal government is moving closer to enacting legislation that says that chickens raised in the province must be processed here.

With gasoline prices going past $1 a litre and climbing, it's now time for the Department of Transportation to embrace public transportation.

Will Perth-Andover Electric Light Commission customers continue to receive electricity from Tinker Hydroelectric Dam or will New Brunswick's smallest electrical utility soon be a wholesale customer of Hydro-Quebec? The village utility is now negotiating with the province to keep its options open for future power purchases.

Starting Jan. 12, Les Rendez-vous de l'ONF en Acadie will bring its sixth series to screens across New Brunswick.

The review of radiology tests from 2006 to 2009 at the Grand Falls and St. Quentin hospitals is well under wa.