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New Brunswick Health Minister Bruce Fitch introduced a bill in the legislature Tuesday to change the composition of the boards of directors for both regional health authorities to allow for up to seven members — all appointed for a three-year term, with no elected representatives. “These amendments will align New Brunswick with most other CanadianContinue reading “No elected members on new regional health authority boards, province says”

Bulldozers, excavators and mounds of rubble clutter the Saint John waterfront even as cruise season begins this weekend. But Port Saint John’s cruise development manager says she isn’t concerned. Natalie Allaby has a more optimistic outlook, seeing the construction as a sign of growth and prosperity for the city. “A couple seasons of short-term pain, so to speak,Continue reading “Despite waterfront mess, Port Saint John, tour operators optimistic about cruise season”

Companies in rural areas that can’t attract workers because housing is so scarce are being targeted by a government-funded group trying to address the problem.  The Rapid Rural Workforce Housing Pilot proposes to develop a minimum of 220 housing units across at least four rural or small New Brunswick communities by March 31, 2025. Employers in those communitiesContinue reading “Companies in housing-scarce rural areas invited to take part in project”

A video circulating on social media Friday shows a striking federal worker on the picket line at Base Gagetown getting pushed by an N.B. Power utility truck. RCMP confirmed the incident took place on the Broad Road in Oromocto. The video shows striking defence workers, members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, crossing the roadContinue reading “RCMP investigate after N.B. Power truck pushes striking worker at Base Gagetown”

New Brunswick’s Anglophone East district education council voted Thursday night to approve grade configurations for a number of schools to address growing enrolment but recommended no boundary changes. District superintendent Randolph MacLean — who had laid out options for the council at its last meeting — underscored that rapid growth by saying an additional 115 students have enrolled just in theContinue reading “Overcrowding at Anglophone East schools prompts new grade configurations”

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has relinquished her honorary degree from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, according to a memo from acting president Kim Fenwick. A CBC investigation last fall raised questions about Turpel-Lafond’s claim of Cree heritage, which found that some of the prominent scholar and former judge’s claims about her Cree ancestry, her treaty Indian status,Continue reading “Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond returns St. Thomas University honorary degree, president says”

After years of complaints from Saint John residents about plastic bags full of flyers littering streets, the council in the New Brunswick city is showing support for a bylaw that could let residents opt out of receiving them. Council passed first and second readings of the bylaw on Monday night. It must still pass a third reading atContinue reading “Saint John council moving forward with bylaw to curb ‘nuisances’ from flyer distribution”

A proposed recreation centre for the town of Riverview, in southeast New Brunswick, is getting almost $40 million in funding from all three levels of government. The complex is set to include an eight-lane, 25-metre pool along with a leisure pool, a 200-metre walking track, a field house and other spaces for community activities. Mayor AndrewContinue reading “Rec centre proposed for Riverview to get nearly $40M in government support”