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Consumer Affairs Branch,Department of Justice and ConsumerAffairs,Centennial Building,P.O. Box 6000,Fredericton, NBE3B 5H1Keeping up-to-dateThere are many ways to find out aboutimportant issues and interesting events.The media include newspapers and radiostations. You may buy newspapers at moststores or have them delivered to your home.Sometimes there are newsstands in yourcommunity that sell newspapers from yourhome country. Local radio stations offerdifferent kinds of music. They providenews, weather and sports information.New Brunswick also has television reporterswho report on events around the province.Daily newspapersThere are three English-language dailynewspapers:The Fredericton Daily GleanerP.O. Box 3370, 984 Prospect St.,Fredericton, NBE2B 2T8• 1-506-452-6671; toll-free, 1-800-565-9399• www.dailygleaner.canadaeast.com• e-mail: contact the newspaper through aform on the websiteThe New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal,P.O. Box 2350, 210 Crown St,Saint John, NBE2L 3V8• 1-506-633-5599; toll-free, 1-800-222-9710• www.telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com• e-mail: contact the newspaper through aform on the websiteThe Moncton Times & TranscriptP.O. Box 1001, 939 Main St.,Moncton, NBE1C 8P3• 1-506-859-4905; toll-free, 1-800-332-3329• www.timestranscript.canadaeast.com• e-mail: contact the newspaper througha form on the websiteThere is one French-language dailynewspaper:l’Acadie Nouvelle,P.O. Box 5536, 476 St-Pierre Blvd. W.,Caraquet, NBE1W 1B7• toll-free, 1-800-561-2255• www.acadienouvelle.ca• e-mail: infos@acadienouvelle.comThere are two national daily newspapers,The Globe and Mail, and The National Post,available at newsstands or grocery stores.Weekly newspapersSome smaller communities in New Brunswickhave weekly newspapers. They are often theonly source of information about what isgoing on in your neighbourhood. They are agreat place to find out about local social andcultural events.You may read newspapers and magazinesfree of charge at our public libraries. For a listof libraries in your community, refer to theYellow Pages, under Libraries. Libraries allowyou to borrow books and videotapes. Manyfree public events are held there.Internet serviceTwo companies provide Internet service inNew Brunswick. They charge monthly fees,and they vary according to what kind ofservice you want.Orientation guide for newcomers to New Brunswick33