Rate cuts for New Brunswick's industrial customers under the proposed deal between NB Power and Hydro-Québec are more than double what some requested and cover other industries that didn't ask for them.

Health officials in New Brunswick are defending the decision not to include firefighters and police officers on the priority list for swine flu shots.

Some New Brunswick students have been invited to take to the stage at the world's largest arts festival in Scotland, but have to raise nearly $200,000 to get there.

Police are expanding their search in a criminal investigation in northeastern New Brunswick believed to be connected to the case of 16-year-old Hilary Bonnell, who has been missing for two months.

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

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 brother of the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood says the Army psychiatrist is a peaceful person - and hopes he will be treated fairly by the legal system.

The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into service Saturday both as a symbol of healing and strength.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has dismissed the idea of imposing tax on financial transactions to guard against another crisis in the banking sector.

With the words "Let's roll" - the command issued by United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer to lead the passenger revolt against the Sept. 11 hijackers - U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 victims' relatives and dignitaries turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for a permanent national memorial.

Prince Charles laughed at the antics of Olympic mascots as he and his wife Camilla stood for a photo opportunity with the 2010 Olympic characters in Vancouver.

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.