Bud Bird is comparing Premier David Alward's government to that of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after the contentious changes to the provincial government's contract with Enbridge Gas.
Hundreds of seniors in New Brunswick are being forced to live in hospitals while they wait for nursing home beds to become available, but a nursing home in Campbellton has had vacancies for years and is in no rush to fill them.
A poverty advocacy group in Saint John is seeking input on how to make public transit more accessible to low-income residents, particularly the working poor and single parent families.