Woodstock Area News

Environment Minister Bruce Fitch says the Alward government is taking $4 million from the province's Environmental Trust Fund to help cover costs associated with flooding in Perth-Andover last spring.

A CUPE official says Health Minister Ted Flemming has not been transparent when it comes to health-care cuts.

We are told not to pay too much attention to the hospital cost data released last week.

The Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle made history on Monday, May 13, 2013, becoming the first facility in the state, and only second in the nation, to convert its heating and cooling from fuel oil to compressed natural gas.

Consumers have gained access for the first time to the rates charged by hospitals for the most common inpatient procedures, but for the average patient the data won't matter.

Nova Scotia's Department of Natural Resources says about 20 wildfires were reported in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality this week, most of which were deliberately set.

Over the past few years, officials at The Aroostook Medical Center have noticed a growing need for occupational therapists in the city and surrounding areas to focus on children diagnosed with conditions such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and apraxia.

Art lovers of all ages flocked to the Wintergreen Art Center in Presque Isle on May 3 for an art auction to benefit a forthcoming Northern Maine Cultural Center.

Three Perth-Andover schools were closed Thursday and 200 homes were evacuated as 10 forest fires burned in New Brunswick.

Two new forest fires have broken out in New Brunswick, bringing the total to at least five in the province in the past day.

Having already moved north of the border earlier this year, popular U.S. retailer Target is ramping up its plans for expanding into the National Capital Region.

Robert Flack is the CEO of London-based Masterfeeds Inc. He is also a champion of the agri-food sector, saying it doesn't get the respect it deserves, even in a city surrounded by some of Canada's best agricultural land.

Tim McGraw is back on the road. The country star is launching his "2013 Two Lanes Of Freedom Tour" with a show in Birmingham, Alabama tonight.

The Tobique First Nation is in discussions with companies to set up a medical marijuana grow operation and research facility in the western New Brunswick community.

It's still such a stigma for a professional athlete to come out of the closet. Here is a look at some of the brave and proud sports celebrities who have revealed they are gay.

A Moncton man accused of stabbing a Maritime Bus driver in Perth-Andover will undergo a psychiatric evaluation in Campbellton.

A Brampton boy has been named a national winner in the Royal Canadian Legion's Poster and Literacy Contest.

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"I think the biggest part of it was we had such a good compliance rate with the permits that we already had.

The often controversial mayor of Perth-Andover may have gone too far with his latest outburst lashing out with an angry, profanity-laced tirade aimed at the provincial health minister.