Sunny start in Saint John today — here’s your New Brunswick morning briefing.

Daily Briefing: Aug 12, 2026

 Province weighs cost-cutting ahead of fiscal update, tick exposures spike, and Saint John sees a sunny, mild day after recent rain risk.

📰 New Brunswick News

Province evaluating savings ahead of $1.39B deficit update

Premier Holt says government is evaluating eight opportunities for savings, just ahead of the first-quarter fiscal update set to detail where it stands with a $1.39-billion deficit.

Tick exposures more than double 3-year average

Public health reporting shows tick exposures have more than doubled the 3-year average in New Brunswick, published Aug 11.

Minimum wage and fiscal pressures in debate

Affordability pressures have prompted Liberals to review the minimum wage mark, drawing concern from small business, according to Telegraph-Journal reporting.

🏙️ Saint John Local

Bridge Housing expansion and summer programs

City opened new Bridge Housing site with federal partners to expand transitional housing, while free Sunshine Summer Program for kids runs at community centres through Aug 14.

Irving Oil refinery turnaround ahead

Irving Oil’s 320,000-barrel-per-day Saint John refinery will begin a two-month turnaround in September, supplying Atlantic Canada and U.S. Northeast.

🌤️ Weather

Sunny and mild today

In Saint John, NB, it is currently Sunny. Hourly forecast shows 19° at 9am rising to 24° this afternoon, high 24° low 13° today. After heavy downpours forecast across southern New Brunswick through early Aug 12 with red rain warnings issued, conditions have cleared.