This is New Brunswick: Introducing CBC N.B.’s new weekly podcast
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Often overlooked, sometimes misunderstood, but endlessly fascinating, New Brunswick is a province full of stories.
Every week host Khalil Akhtar and CBC New Brunswick journalists take a look at life in the changing province, and unpack the issues that matter to the people who live and work here.
Gritty, bilingual, growing, changing … This Is New Brunswick will take listeners from the kitchen party to the cabinet meeting, with deep dives behind the headlines to bring you the New Brunswick stories everyone is talking about.
Tune in to This is New Brunswick, for a new episode every Thursday on CBC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen to the debut episodes:
- Why are we so bad at the bus? 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? Now that the Sisson Mine has made Prime Minister Mark Carney’s list of nation-building projects, what are the odds it will actually go ahead? Provincial affairs reporter Jacques Poitras does a deep dive into the decades-in-development project that some hope signals a mining revival in the province.
This is New Brunswick is part of a cross-Canada podcast series. CBC is thrilled to showcase these podcasts that prioritize unique, diverse stories from communities across the country. The public broadcaster is proud to meet Canadians where they are and when they need them, while staying relevant in an evolving and contemporary Canada.