Today's top headlines from CBC New Brunswick

Today's top headlines from CBC New Brunswick - 2026-09-21

Good evening, these are your top stories for Sunday, September 20, 2026.
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No bylaws, no rules: Fredericton's wandering scooters are turning up everywhere

September 20 , 2026 at 03:28:15 p.m. ADT • :

App-based e-scooters have suddenly appeared across downtown Fredericton, where the city currently lacks specific bylaws to regulate where they are ridden or parked.

UNB students building electric racecar bound for international competition

September 20 , 2026 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

The UNB Formula Racing team is building a Formula 1-style electric racecar that will compete against over 100 other schools in Michigan next June. The team will be the first from UNB to take a car to the competition.

Voices in the wilderness: The rise of tick research in the Maritimes

September 20 , 2026 at 06:00:00 a.m. ADT • :

A new wave of tick researchers credit a New Brunswick trailblazer as the drive to understand the invasive pest gathers steam across the Maritimes.

'Unexplainable' violent attack yields 2½-year sentence for N.B. man

September 18 , 2026 at 08:36:58 p.m. ADT • :

A judge has sentenced a New Brunswick man to over two and a half years in prison for a violent, unprovoked attack which put a Shediac musician in hospital in March.

At this Moncton flea market, some vendors are letting go of more than stuff

September 19 , 2026 at 05:45:41 p.m. ADT • :

At this weekend's flea market in Moncton, some vendors said they were selling belongings left behind by parents or grandparents who have died. New Brunswick's population is aging, with about one in four residents now over the age of 65.