RCMP say a 23-year-old man from Quispamsis is dead after a single vehicle crash in Barnsville on Saturday. Police say the man lost control of his vehicle on a curve while heading westbound on Highway 820. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Minimum Wage Up in NB
Minimum wage in New Brunswick is now officially 11-dollars-an-hour. As of yesterday the minimum wage rose to from 10-dollars and 65 cents to 11-dollars. It’s the third increase since 2014. Starting in 2018 the province intends to tie minimum wages to increases in inflation. The minimum wage in PEI also increased on Saturday to 11.25 an hour while the minimum age in Nova Scotia was hiked to 10.85.