This is New Brunswick

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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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Is there a cure for increasing power rates in New Brunswick?

Energy Minister René Legacy, Conservative MLA Kris Austin and Green Party Leader David Coon talk about fracking, another nuclear plant and the future of N.B. Power.

25 min
9/04

Best of N.B.: Who is the most famous New Brunswicker?

Journalists in Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton tackle the tricky question of fame and pick New Brunswick’s best known celebrities.

19 min
2/04

Are headlights on N.B. highways getting brighter?

Mariam Mesbah picks up a pair of those gas station anti-glare glasses and heads out on the dark New Brunswick highway with a professional driver.

16 min
26/03

Monster of the Miramichi dead at 78

Warning: this podcast contains disturbing descriptions of violence, including sexual assault. In 1989, serial killer and rapist Allan Legere terrorized the Miramichi region for six months, leaving four people dead and a community shaken. Legere died this month, serving a life sentence for his crimes. Journalist Rick MacLean joins Khalil Akhtar to talk about the case and how it haunts people to this day.

22 min
20/03

Holt government ticks off the neighbours with new budget

We convene a political panel on the heels of the St. Patrick’s Day budget. Finance Minister René Legacy, Opposition Leader Glen Savoie and Green Party Leader David Coon debate why the Holt government chose unpopular highway tolls over service cuts.

24 min
12/03

The man who transformed New Brunswick

How an unlikely premier pushed the province forward. Khalil Akhtar speaks with Donald Savoie about his new book on Louis J. Robichaud, his reforms, and whether today’s politicians still possess that kind of courage.

17 min
5/03

New Brunswick’s 1.3 Billion Dollar Problem

March 17 is provincial budget day. We take a look at the growing deficit and debt and ask what could be slashed. Host Khalil Akhtar talks to economist Richard Saillant and provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras.

24 min
26/02

Crystal Palace: the indoor amusement park that captivated a generation

It’s been more than 11 years since Crystal Palace closed its doors. But it still haunts the memories of a generation of New Brunswickers. Why do we miss the indoor amusement park in Dieppe so much? Documentary filmmaker Parker Barriault is Khalil Akhtar’s guest.

18 min

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Introducing: This is New Brunswick

Gritty, bilingual, growing, changing...This is New Brunswick. Here's your introduction to the podcast that takes you from the kitchen party to the cabinet meeting, diving deep behind the headlines to bring you the New Brunswick stories everyone is talking about.

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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.