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  "id": 9777838,
  "title": "Health spending helped push New Brunswick deficit to record $1.3B in last fiscal year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/health-spending-helped-push-new-brunswick-deficit-to-record-1-3b-in-9777838",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-25T13:46:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12072903/new-brunswick-fiscal-update-3/"
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  "summary": "The shortfall is more than double the $549-million deficit the Liberal government had projected in its March 2025 budget.",
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Health spending helped push New Brunswick deficit to record $1.3B in last fiscal year",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/health-spending-helped-push-new-brunswick-deficit-to-record-1-3b-in",
        "published": "2026-09-25T12:24:08.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}