A record number of New Brunswickers were working in October, as the province continues to buck the national trend, Statistics Canada reports.

The New Brunswick government has abandoned plans to build a new Saint John courthouse as a public-private partnership, saying it will be less expensive to build through a traditional public-sector process.

The New Brunswick Securities Commission has issued a temporary order preventing a Panama-based company from trading in the province.

The number of people in New Brunswick hospitals with complications from the swine flu continues to rise, with 10 more in the past two days.

The Princess Margaret Bridge in Fredericton will be closed for repairs on the weekend, starting Friday at 6:30 p.m.

As the second wave of H1N1 influenza washes over New Brunswick, experts say fear of the pandemic is having a much greater impact than the virus itself on people's lives.

Parise Côté has lived in Edmundston for most of her life, but she didn't see the inside of the city's old United church until 2007, after it was put up for sale.

The Liberal government needs to be more specific about the proposed energy deal with Hydro-Québec, Auditor General Mike Ferguson said Friday.

A military plane crashed late Friday in Russia's Far East and all nine crew members aboard were feared dead, Russian news agencies reported.

Canada and its international allies in Afghanistan must do a better job of developing local police officers and curbing corruption if their counter-insurgency strategy is to succeed, the senior Canadian police official in the country said Friday.

Fredericton, N.B. - Dr. Eilish Cleary, New Brunswick's chief medical health officer, says 33 New Brunswicker's were hospitalized with the flu this week.

SAINT JOHN, NB - After dozens of clinic postponements in the past week a mass H1N1 vaccination clinic for priority groups is being held in Saint John today.

SAINT JOHN, NB - As the list of postponed H1N1 clinics grows longer, priority groups will be able to attend two clinics scheduled for Sussex and Saint John.

MONCTON, NB - Travel could get a bit messy across the Maritimes over the next 24 hours. Meteorologist Richard Zurawski says a disturbance moving up the coast will bring us rain and anywhere from two to four centimetres of snow overnight.

SAINT JOHN, NB - City fire crews battled a blaze at 333 Main Street in the North End last night. District Chief, Gerry Morris says crews were called out around 6:30.

A private funeral for a soldier who strongly supported Canada's role in Afghanistan is to be held Saturday in his hometown of Saskatoon.

Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.

There is one winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot prize in Friday's Lotto Max draw - and it was sold somewhere in Manitoba.

ranking Canadian soldier who is assuming a key role in Afghanistan says Canadians need to temper their expectations ahead of a planned pullout for 2011.

MONCTON, N.B. - Codiac RCMP brought in the Tri-County Search and Rescue to search the area around the home of a Dieppe woman who was sexually assaulted by a man who broke into her home.

FREDERICTON, N.B. - Health officials in New Brunswick say 40,000 more doses of swine flu vaccine are expected to arrive in the province by the middle of next week.

DIEPPE, NB - Now that the City of Dieppe and airport officials have kissed and made up, work will continue as planned on the extension of Dieppe's Aviation Avenue.

MONCTON, NB - New swine flu vaccination clinics are being scheduled in Southeastern New Brunswick, including some for the general public. A look at the government's website, www.gnb.ca/flu , this morning shows members of the general public will have several chances to roll up their sleeve in the later half of next week.

FREDERICTON, N.B. - The provincial health minister is anticipating the next shipment of H1N1 vaccine to be a large one. Earlier this week, the health department acknowledged the province received just one-quarter of the vaccine supply it had expected in its latest shipment.

The Friends of the UNB Woodlot has scored a partial victory in its quest to have larger buffers protecting Corbett Brook Marsh.

The unemployment rate in Fredericton fell to 4.1 per cent in October, down from 4.6 per cent in September, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada.

A 25-year-old Fredericton man was sentenced to a year in jail for his part in a brutal assault last summer outside the Hilltop Grill and Beverage Co. on Prospect Street.

Fredericton is getting $5.8 million for an unconditional grant for 2010, which is the same as last year.

The following are the unconditional grants for 2010 announced Friday for communities in the Fredericton area:

Confusion and frustration set in on Friday for the hundreds of people who arrived at Sackville's public health office for the H1N1 flu shot only to be greeted instead with a locked door and no one to tell them why.

Nearly 200 local residents have provided their input, a draft plan has been prepared, and next week the public will have the opportunity to hear more about the community's proposed vision for the next five years.

Work on Sackville's new water tower is on schedule and on budget and is expected to continue the same path throughout the winter months.

More new students at Mount Allison University means good news for the town of Sackville. "With enrolment up, that means there's more students spending in the community," said Coun.

Live Bait Theatre is thriving in Sackville and that success is boding well for the town's economic prosperity.