The University of New Brunswick will be using funding it has received from Lockheed Martin Corp. to research the impact of birds, meteorites or space debris on airplanes, satellites or other vehicles flying high above the Earth.

Quebec artist Claude Théberge, whose oeuvre spanned painting, creating murals, sculpture and stained glass, has died at the age of 73.

Defeated Saint John councillor Carl White will be requesting a recount of the ballots in Ward 2 after he lost by a single vote.

Saint John mayor-elect Ivan Court wants to help fight a recommendation to close two schools in the city's north end.

With construction season about to begin in the Fredericton area, city officials are warning that drivers should be prepared for significant delays.

On the night the water began to rise behind her home, Lisa Butler was waiting on tables in a restaurant a few kilometres away.

A Saint John man has been charged with a criminal offence under the Copyright Act for selling fake Hugo Boss suits.

New Brunswick has large line-ups for family physicians and is home to some of the country's longest surgical wait times.

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The decline of the French language on the international stage is worrying people at a francophone conference.

SAINT JOHN, N.B.- The Major Crime Unit is investigating an armed robbery in West Saint John last night. Police say a lone male entered the Shell station on Main Street West around 9:20 armed with a weapon and demanding cash. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount.

SAINT JOHN, NB - The province is acting fast in an effort to get flooded home and small business owners back into their digs.

SAINT JOHN, NB - Councilor Carl White is seeking legal advice in regards to Monday night's municipal election. He was originally declared to be a Councilor for ward two, winning by only one vote, but two ballots discovered at the end of the night changed everything.

SAINT JOHN, NB - Cleaning Marsh Creek is key to Saint John harbour clean-up and one local M-P is calling on Canada Post to kick in with the clean-up efforts.

SAINT JOHN, NB - Five young men are due in court in July following an incident police say has lead to a very complex investigation. Three youths face break and enter and weapons charges.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A Zimbabwe opposition spokesman says threats of assassination have derailed plans for party leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home.

Israel's public security minister says he plans to seek the leadership of embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Kadima Party one day.

A former Church of England leader has appealed for militants to release five British civilians kidnapped in Iraq a year ago.

An Iraqi government official says U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Baghdad for a surprise visit.

U.S. President George W. Bush said Saturday that the Saudis' modest increase in oil production is "something but it doesn't solve our problem" of soaring gas prices.

DIEPPE, NB - Passenger traffic is up at the Greater Moncton International Airport and a number of factors at play including a long a winter and more flights to chose from.

FREDERICTON, NB - The province is acting fast in an effort to get flooded home and small business owners back into their digs.

MONCTON, NB-The price of gas these days has many New Brunswickers thinking twice about travelling this long weekend, and this summer. We hit the streets to find out just how much the price at the pumps is affecting people's vacation plans.

FREDERICTON, NB-The flooding of the St. John river has left some farmers in New Brunswick with time and money concerns. It was almost two weeks ago that the river spilled it's banks, and it left behind damaged and waterlogged fields in many areas near Fredericton.

SAINT JOHN - RCMP say they seized a homemade bomb as part of "Operation Jerrican". Thirty-three people were arrested in simultaneous raids on homes in Saint John and St. Stephen earlier this week.

Time stood still in Fredericton on Friday. The hands of the historic city hall clock were silenced as, piece by piece, the mechanism of the giant timekeeper was disassembled over a two-day period starting Thursday.

Fredericton is planning to partner with the Korean city that was named the Most Intelligent Community in the world for 2008.

Tourism industry officials are optimistic high gas prices won't affect their busiest season.

A manager of a Fredericton mobile home park has pleaded guilty to setting fire to one of the homes while two occupants were inside.

Fredericton wasn't declared the most intelligent community in the world Friday.

Pat Estabrooks will take over the reins of Sackville town council for the next four years, after handily defeating incumbent Mayor Jamie Smith in Monday night’s municipal election.

A proposed rezoning for a Queens Road property that will see a local physician convert the existing home into a medical clinic was given the green light last month by town council.

Sackville is another step closer to having a new police and fire station built in the community. Outgoing Mayor Jamie Smith confirmed the town completed the deal last week to purchase two pieces of property on Main Street, across the street from Moneris Solutions and located next to a town-owned site that will house the new combined fire hall and RCMP building.

Douglas Mantz is without a family doctor in Sackville. And he is certainly not alone. In fact, he is among the estimated 1,000 Tantramar residents who are feeling the effects of a current doctor shortage in the area, mainly caused by the recent retirement of a local family physician and the departure of two others last fall.