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CTV News
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- CTV News
30 per cent drop in travellers arriving from N.B. at Maine border in June: U.S. agency
Data shows fewer Maritimers are crossing the international border in New Brunswick. The number of travellers arriving at Maine border crossings from New Brunswick dropped 30 per last month compared to June 2024, according to new numbers from the U.S. Customs and Border Protections agency. The data shows 178,704 travellers (counted as passenger vehicles, pedestrians, and trucks) crossed into Maine from New Brunswick last month, compared to 254,603 travellers the same month last year – amounting to 75,899 fewer travellers. A breakdown of the data at Maine's three busiest land border crossings shows: Calais June 2025: 65,719 June 2024: 97,251 Houlton June 2025: 28,693 June 2024: 42,673 Madawaska June 2025: 28,759 June 2024: 40,093 The new numbers continue a downward trend in cross-border traffic, which began in January when U.S. President Donald Trump's 51st state rhetoric grew more frequent. Early calls for Canadians to avoid U.S. travel haven't waned. On Monday, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said Trump felt Canada was 'nasty' to deal with because of the boycotts on stateside travel, as well as American alcohol. Last month, Maine Governor Janet Mills visited New Brunswick to convey a message that Canadians were welcome in the state. Mills ordered new 'Welcome/Bienvenue Canadians/Canadiens' signs to be posted at border crossings and tourist destinations. According to Maine's department of tourism, about 800,000 Canadians visited the state last year, putting $500 million U.S. into the economy. Madawaska Bridge The Madawaska-Edmundston International Bridge, connecting Maine and New Brunswick over the Saint John River, is pictured. (Source: Nick Moore/CTV News Atlantic) For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
CTV News
3 hours ago
- Business
- CTV News
Moncton scrapyard loses operating licence
Atlantic Watch New Brunswick will not be renewing the licence for the AIM facility in Moncton.
CBC
3 hours ago
- Politics
- CBC
‘We want a good deal, not a fast deal,' says N.B. premier
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt said on Tuesday that the premiers 'encouraged the prime minister to not make a deal at all costs' as the Aug. 1 deadline to reach a trade agreement with the U.S. nears.
CTV News
4 hours ago
- CTV News
84-year-old N.B. man charged in drug trafficking investigation
An RCMP collar tab pin is seen in Edmonton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson An 84-year-old man from Shippagan, N.B., has been charged following a drug trafficking investigation in the area. The New Brunswick RCMP Northeast Crime Reduction Unit (NB CCRU), along with members of the Caraquet, Tracadie and Lamèque Detachments, RCMP Police Dog Services and Forensic Identification Services executed a search warrant at a Shippagan residence and in a vehicle on Friday. During the search, the RCMP says officers seized: quantity of what they believed to be cocaine crystal methamphetamine money an electronic scale drug paraphernalia Some of the drugs found were packaged in multiple small bags. Emilien Goupil, 84, was arrested at the scene. He appeared in a Bathurst provincial court Monday and was charged with: trafficking crystal methamphetamine possession for the purpose of trafficking crystal methamphetamine trafficking cocaine possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine possession of Canadian currency of a value exceeding $5,000 knowing that all or part of the property was obtained by the commission of an offence He was remanded into custody pending a future court appearance. For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
CBC
5 hours ago
- Politics
- CBC
Former PC minister fired by Liberals wins legal challenge
The New Brunswick government has been ordered to apologize to Margaret-Ann Blaney and pay her more than $700,000.
