Today's top headlines from CBC New Brunswick

Today's top headlines from CBC New Brunswick - 2026-03-19

Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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Details of Saint John police officers' complaints against chief to be made public, judge rules

March 18 , 2026 at 05:51:27 p.m. ADT • :

The Saint John Board of Police Commissioners and Chief Robert Bruce have lost a bid to permanently deny public access to all court documents related to conduct complaints nine officers filed against the chief.

N.B. toll will do more harm than good, some Nova Scotians say

March 18 , 2026 at 06:07:19 p.m. ADT • :

The Holt government plans to put a toll in Aulac by 2028, forcing drivers from outside New Brunswick to pay to pass. And that's not sitting well with commuters, truckers and local MLAs.

Livestock owners shocked by loss of provincial veterinary service

March 18 , 2026 at 05:44:35 p.m. ADT • :

The provincial government is cutting New Brunswick's veterinary field service, which many farmers and animal owners consider vital, and moving it to the private sector.

N.S. culinary instructor teaches students to cook lobsters more humanely

March 18 , 2026 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

A Nova Scotia Community College culinary instructor in Cape Breton is teaching his students to cook and kill lobsters more humanely.

N.B. Power spending heavily on hired guns to fix its Lepreau problem

March 17 , 2026 at 06:27:07 p.m. ADT • :

N.B. Power's ongoing rate hearing has been told that plans to spend $88.4 million over three years on outside experts to help fix chronic reliability problems at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station might not show results immediately but will pay off eventually.