News of the Fredericton shooting, the New Brunswick floods and the provincial election drew Canada's attention to its only bilingual province in 2018.

Raymond Boucher has fond memories of travelling through two covered bridges with the woman who would eventually become his wife on their way to her grandfather's house when he was just 19.

The Bell Bridge in Hoyt, which was built in 1931, will be replaced with a new single lane, steel bridge that will be located a metre higher in an effort to better survive future floods.