Overview

• Air Canada will end all flights to and from Bathurst on Jan. 30, 2026, after post‑pandemic reductions that left only four weekly round‑trip operations.
• Bathurst Regional Airport has reported losses of about $50,000 per month, with municipal funding approved this year and additional support under consideration for 2026.
• Regional leaders called the withdrawal a threat to connectivity, with MP Serge Cormier writing Air Canada’s CEO and Mayor Kim Chamberlain saying the market could attract another carrier.
• RCMP’s Major Crime Unit is deploying a drone with ground‑penetrating radar in partnership with Altomaxx to analyze new data in the search for Madison Roy‑Boudreau.
• Fredericton police rerouted traffic after a second transport truck this week became wedged under the Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge underpass, with removal expected to take several hours.