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HALIFAX — With a crowded field of 16 candidates vying to be Halifax's next mayor, candidates have not always found it easy to stand out.

FREDERICTON — The past two years have not been easy for New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs, but he has proven resilient.

BATHURST, N.B. — Louis-Francois Belanger scored the shootout winner to lead the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to a 3-2 victory over the Chicoutimi Saguenéens on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia cabinet minister says the cost of removing huge moorings abandoned in the harbour entrance of a Bay of Fundy community likely won't be covered by a deposit left by a bankrupt tidal energy firm.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government is hiring 47 "specialized staff" to keep its public schools safe, following calls from within the education system to stem a rise in violence.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's health authority says the wait-list for family care has dipped by about 15,000 people in four months — a drop the premier credits to programs aimed at reducing the doctor shortage. The figures for Oct.

FREDERICTON — The high cost of housing was at the centre of the New Brunswick election campaign on Thursday. Both the Liberals and the Greens announced plans to make housing more affordable if they are elected to govern on Monday.

Within days, Susan Holt could become the next premier of New Brunswick — and the first woman ever to lead the province.

With the Canadian Curling Trials just over a year away, Curling Canada is still looking for a title sponsor for the showcase event that determines this country's representatives at the Winter Olympics.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative leader was targeted by his two main opponents during a roundtable discussion on Wednesday, forced to defend his record on issues such as health care, housing and public safety.