Silas Brown
Digital Broadcast Journalist
Silas Brown joined the Global News team in the summer of 2018, starting as a video journalist in Halifax before transferring to Saint John. He’s now working as the lead political reporter in Fredericton.
Silas was born in Vancouver but has spent the past several years in the Maritimes.
He studied at the University of King’s College, receiving a degree in English and contemporary studies before later enrolling in a one-year degree in journalism.
Before starting at Global News, Silas worked for Star Metro Halifax, and freelanced for The Coast and the Canadian Public Affairs Channel (CPAC).
When he’s not behind a camera or editing clips, you can find him watching hockey, playing video games or trying out new recipes in the kitchen.
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Video Archives
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Ultralight aircraft crashes near Fredericton
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New Brunswick Tories promise HST cut if re-elected
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Concerns over possible changes to New Brunswick’s Anglophone East District Education Council
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N.B. announces program to address labour, housing shortage
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Pride festivities to continue in Fredericton
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New Brunswick residents struggling to access primary care
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PGA event in New Brunswick providing boost to local economy
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Sale approved for Fredericton’s Lemont House
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More than 1,000 people on N.B. nursing home waitlist
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N.B. begins process to dissolve district education council
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CEO of Fredericton’s Knowledge Park resigns
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Political scientist questions Liberal stronghold in Atlantic Canada
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Edmundston MLA worried about future of cataract surgery in hospital
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Donation to support accessible design of new Fredericton Performing Arts Centre
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Minister says process followed in N.B. travel nurse contracts
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NB Power defends proposed rate hike
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Legislative committee calls for public inquiry into travel nurses
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Vitalite bears responsibility for travel nurses: Higgs
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N.B. government rejected proposed nurse retention plan
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New Brunswick taken advantage of in travel nurse deals: MLA
Author Archives
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Access to primary care still a struggle in New Brunswick, report saysThere are at least 30,000 people who do not have access to primary care through the province's NB Health link system.HealthJul 11
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713 fallout: N.B. begins process to dissolve district education councilTwo months after threatening to dissolve the Anglophone East District Education Council over a legal dispute, N.B. Education Minster Bill Hogan is moving forward to do just that.EducationJul 4
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Fredericton’s Knowledge Park CEO resigns over disagreement about tech hub’s futureJeff Thompson wouldn't detail the disagreement at the heart of his decision but said that it involved another board member's sudden change of heart in a new direction for the hub.CanadaJul 3
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Donation to support accessible design of new Fredericton Performing Arts CentreThe donation will go towards universal design of the building, ensuring it goes above and beyond current accessibility standards .CanadaJun 27
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Service N.B. minister not given travel nurse contract details before signing exemptionThe minister of Service New Brunswick said she wasn't given details on two travel nurse contracts before signing an exemption allowing the deals to be expedited.CanadaJun 26
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‘We could have negotiated a lot harder’: Tory MLA questions N.B. travel nurse contractsNew Brunswick's auditor general found that the province had spent $173 million on travel nurses at the time of his audit and that total continues to climb.HealthJun 19
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Lucrative travel nurse contracts a breakdown in process, former N.B. health minister saysDorothy Shephard questioned how such essential processes like verifying invoices broke down and said that more investigation may be warranted.HealthJun 18
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New Brunswick Coastal Shell facility shuts down: ‘We’ve been working at a loss’The facility has been the source of complaints from the community for years over the odour created as it dries lobster and shrimp shells.EnvironmentJun 17
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N.B. election: How the frontrunners might use summer months to their advantageThe governing Tories and Liberals appear to be neck and neck heading into the summer ahead of an Oct. 21 election date in New Brunswick.PoliticsJun 11
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N.B. Greens say government ‘dropped the ball’ on paid sick-day reportThe New Brunswick Green Party says a report on paid sick days has been ready for months, but that the government won't release it in time to act on its findings.CanadaMay 31
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St. Mary’s chief speaks out on controversy over Fredericton High School powwowThe chief of St. Mary's First Nation is speaking out after receiving a leaked email where a Fredericton High School teacher appears to criticize a recent powwow at the school.CanadaMay 23
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Cost of rent in New Brunswick continues to grow above targetThe average price of rent grew 10.5 per cent from last April, according to new Consumer Price Index data from Statistics Canada.CanadaMay 22
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New Brunswick looking at new measures to clear court backlogsNew Brunswick's legal system has been struggling with increased demands, leading to delays in the criminal justice process.CanadaMay 21
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‘More time is required’: New Brunswick legislature to delay forced rehab billNew Brunswick's proposed bill to force addicted individuals into rehab in certain cases is being delayed. The controversial plan's fate may now rest on the October election.HealthMay 3
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N.B., Nova Scotia governments to review school smartphone policiesThe two Maritime provinces are taking a look at how to deal with the use of smartphones in schools following restrictions being imposed in other jurisdictions.EducationApr 30
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New Brunswick’s latest attempt at collaborative care model the 3rd in 20 yearsNew Brunswick is looking to collaborative care clinics to solve its primary care crisis, but it won't be the first time the idea has been proposed.HealthApr 29
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NB Lung wants provincially-supported radon mitigation program for ‘preventable’ cancerThe health advocacy organization is disappointed not to see a program to help homeowners mitigate high levels of radon gas in their home.HealthApr 24
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Timeline for New Brunswick’s Policy 713 legal resolution unclearIt's not clear when the judicial review of changes to New Brunswick's gender identity policy will be completed, with a number of issues still to be resolved before trial.CanadaApr 22
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N.B. Housing Corp. to build 120 supportive units in New Brunswick citiesThe New Brunswick Housing Corp. says it will build 120 new supportive units to help people transition out of homelessness. The units will go to Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John.PoliticsApr 19
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English schools in N.B. are facing a chronic lack of school psychologists. Here’s why.New Brunswick only has six school psychologists in the anglophone system and according to education minister Bill Hogan, the shortage is due to a lack of trained candidates.EducationApr 11
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New Brunswick to spend $604,000 on teacher recruitment strategy, minister saysThis year's budget has over half a million dollars intended to create a recruitment strategy, but opposition critics say a strategy should already be in place.EducationApr 9
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New N.B. rehab facility for voluntary not forced treatment, addictions minister saysMin. Sherry Wilson declined to answer where people forced into treatment by upcoming legislation will be housed.PoliticsApr 5
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Some N.B. municipalities angered by extra property tax pamphlet, union saysA pamphlet telling homeowners to contact their municipality if they had issues with their tax bill has angered some municipalities.PoliticsMar 21
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New Brunswick Tories want Liberals to join call to scrap carbon taxThe government introduced a motion Wednesday calling for the carbon tax to be abolished, while provincial Liberal leader Susan Holt says the planned increase should be paused.PoliticsMar 20
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N.B. finance minister says tax cuts are coming, but not necessarily in the budgetFinance Minister Ernie Steeves will deliver his sixth budget on Tuesday and says it won't include any splashy, election-style spending commitments.CanadaMar 18