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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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From tents to transitional housing: homelessness relief, neighbourhood tension 29.01.2026 21:52

Transitional housing offers a way off the street for the growing number of homeless people. But these sites are upsetting some neighbours who worry about who is moving in. We’ll visit a site in Saint John, and meet one of the people who lives there.

Why are we so bad at the bus? 22.01.2026 17:54

Host Khalil Akhtar rides the bus in Moncton and asks whether our growing cities will hit a tipping point that makes transit faster and more convenient. 

Who decided the Sisson Mine is a good idea? 15.01.2026 19:43

The story behind the political push for a giant mine in a pristine watershed. CBC provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras takes us to the Nashwaak River to find out what's at stake if one of Carney's nation-building projects goes ahead.

Introducing: This is New Brunswick 05.01.2026 1:33

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. 