Sarah Plowman

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Sarah Plowman

Just off a road in a wooded area that hugs a river, dinner is sprouting. Some fiddleheads, the curled greens that have been a staple in New Brunswick for generations, are waiting in plain sight. Sometimes, they’re hidden under the brush. With a bag in his hand and his eyes on the ground, Andrew MacLean explains how to forage the ostrich fern. “There’s only a two-week window where these things are ripe, so you have to be pretty quick on the ball,” he said.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Sarah Plowman

According to a new report, housing affordability in Fredericton, N.B. has worsened at a dramatic pace as the median home sale price jumped 85 per cent in five years. Aspiring homebuyers in the city, like Grace Colter, didn’t have to read the report to understand the issue. She’s been living it. The 25-year-old has moved back with her parents to save. “I feel like I should be in a different spot right now with my housing,” she said.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Sarah Plowman

In Bedeque Bay, the backbone of P.E.I.’s spring oyster fishing industry, most oysters are dead. Normally, there would be thousands of oysters there, said Bob MacLeod, president of PEI Shellfish Association. But a recent, nearly three hour survey of the area by fishermen and the province found only thirty live oysters. “Basically, it’s wiped out,” said Macleod. “It’s devastating.”It was in Bedeque Bay where the parasite multinucleate sphere unknown, known as MSX, was first detected in July 2024.

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Sarah Plowman

Canada has faced prolonged issues with access to family doctors and nurse practitioners. During the morning commute, CTV News met Jhanvi Joshi on King Street in Fredericton, N.B. The 24-year-old moved to New Brunswick five years ago to study and said for the past two years, she’s been on a waiting list. “It can be a little inconvenient sometimes.

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Sarah Plowman

The CEO of a family-run chocolate business in Antigonish, N.S., sees opportunity amid trade tensions with the United States and wants the next prime minister to prioritize removing interprovincial trade barriers. “I think we have a golden opportunity to turn this to our own advantage, to build on the capacity of amazing entrepreneurial spirit in our communities,” said Tareq Hadhad, CEO of Peace by Chocolate.