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Often overlooked, sometimes misunderstood, but endlessly fascinating, New Brunswick is a province full of stories. Every week host Khalil Akhtar takes a look at life in the changing province, and unpacks the issues that matter to the people that live and work here. What is New Brunswick? This is New Brunswick. Every Thursday.
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Average audio length:
21 minutes
English
Canada
43 episodes
since Jan. 5, 2026
episodic
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In 2010, Vett Lloyd was bitten by a tick in her garden. Since then, the Mount Allison University professor has become one of the leading scientific voices on ticks in the region. Myfanwy Davies tells her story.
Administrator Bo Augustine on why consultation is never enough when major energy projects hit Mi’kmaw territory – and writer Haiti Augustine on reconciliation in her poem "Born of the Dawn".
Education Minister Clare Johnson, PC leader Glen Savoie and Green Party MLA Megan Mitton talk about how to turn around ‘concerning’ test scores in math, literacy and science.
Fifty years after capital punishment was abolished in Canada, professor Michael Boudreau looks back at the last execution in Dalhousie in 1957.
Amy Robichaud was considering enlisting in the navy, or working as an esthetician after her high school graduation. Instead she’s heading to the world’s premier conservatory: London’s Royal College of Music.
CBC New Brunswick’s 2026 interns share what they learned from our province and our newsroom, discuss where they think journalism is heading, and tell us about their favourite stories.
CBC producers from across the province debate the top summer experiences they still want to squeeze in before fall arrives.
Twenty-five boxes of Indigenous artifacts were left untouched in the University of New Brunswick archives for decades. When they were finally opened, the rich trove of historical items sparked a collaboration with the Wolastoquey Nation. An award-winning documentary by CBC producer, Myfanwy Davies.
Reporter Erica Butler updates the story of the controversial proposal to build a gas-fired power plant in rural Tantramar.
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