This is New Brunswick

Former premier Shawn Graham recounts how the proposed 2009 deal to sell N.B. Power to Hydro-Québec came about and the obstacles that prevented it from happening. Host Khalil Akhtar asks what went wrong, and what he wishes he had done differently.

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.

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

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.

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 thi...

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.

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.

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. 

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.

Going from 340 to 77 municipalities has been a rough ride for some. Reporter Sam Farley asked mayors whether they want to stay or go as the May 11 elections approach. Clarification: in this episode, host Khalil Akhtar says that Fredericton "didn't want" a new provincial jail. To be more precise, the City of Fredericton approved the zoning amendment to allow a new provincial jail to be built near t...

It’s a province more known for ragged beauty than its chiseled good looks, but some places do take your breath away. Let’s rank ‘em, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Reporter Erica Butler takes a closer look at the controversial proposal to build a billion dollar power plant in rural Tantramar and asks, do we even need it? 

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.

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. 

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.

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.