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:

Ticket number 603915 was the unofficial winner of $100,000 in the Atlantic Lottery Corp. Tag draw Friday.

A vaccination clinic for pregnant women held Friday in Fredericton gave many the chance to protect themselves from the H1N1 virus.

New Brunswick's top health officials say it's important that people monitor the progress of the H1N1 virus, but life should continue as normally as possible.

The Silver Wave Film Festival's opening feature played to a sold-out crowd in what organizers say is a sign of the growing interest in New Brunswick films.

Soldiers from The Second Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (2RCR) and 4 Engineer Support Regiment (4ESR) are continuing their pre-deployment training to Afghanistan.

The following Remembrance Day services will be offered in the Fredericton area over the next few days.

Dressed in black and swathed in dull green camouflage ponchos, members of Fredericton's emergency response team assembled outside the $1.9-million fire-training tower at Two Nations Crossing.

New Brunswick is reporting a slew of new hospitalizations associated with the H1N1 virus.

Anee bertrand, chairwoman of the New Brunswick Foundation for the Arts, has announced the 2009 winners of the Foundation for the Arts Awards.

Some francophone schools across the province are asking for an exemption from singing the national anthem daily, but local francophone school officials say their students have embraced making the anthem a regular part of their week.

The New Brunswick Association of Occupational Therapists presented the River Valley Health's maintenance department with an award for its dedication to occupational therapy at an awards ceremony in Saint John last month.

The Nova Scotia Teachers Union is using flawed logic by suggesting the provincial government should order pregnant teachers to stay away from the classroom to prevent them from getting swine flu, the province's chief public health officer said Friday.

The Department of Environment says it's keeping its eye on the development of the University of New Brunswick woodlot.

The University of New Brunswick's woodlot is located south of the Vanier Highway.

Students at a Nova Scotia school got an early start to the weekend after a fire broke out.