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Author Archives: brucewark
Sackville Town Council receives slew of objections to proposed slaughterhouse
At its next regular meeting on Monday, Sackville Town Council is expected to discuss the proposal for a small-scale slaughterhouse in the industrial park after receiving 32 letters expressing strong opposition to the project and none in support. Documents released … Continue reading
No official info yet on why Sackville Councillor Bruce Phinney was cited for violating Code of Conduct
Voters in Sackville may choose a new mayor and council in the municipal elections on May 10 without knowing exactly why the present council voted to sanction Bruce Phinney twice for violating its new Code of Conduct. Acting Mayor Ron … Continue reading
Good news may be coming for Pond Shore residents worried about speeding
Help may be coming soon for Pond Shore Road residents who have been calling for reduced speed limits to protect themselves, their children, cyclists, joggers and walkers who travel the narrow, winding road. “I’m very pleased,” said retired teacher Don … Continue reading
Mount Allison releases donor agreements for new Frank McKenna school
According to documents obtained by The New Wark Times, Frank McKenna’s recently announced $1 million gift to Mount Allison University will not give the former premier and TD Bank executive direct control over the school that will bear his name. Late … Continue reading
Sackville Councillor Bruce Phinney in hot water again apparently for dissing town CAO
Sackville Councillor Bruce Phinney has been ordered to undergo training after his colleagues found that he violated council’s new Code of Conduct apparently by making derogatory comments about Jamie Burke, the town’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO). At a closed meeting … Continue reading
Chief Electoral Officer says she has no authority to investigate whether laws were broken when Mt. A students were turned away from the polls on Sept. 14
New Brunswick’s Chief Electoral Officer says the investigation into why dozens of Mount Allison University students were turned away from the polls at Sackville’s Civic Centre on the day of the provincial election was strictly for internal purposes and not … Continue reading
Mitton sharply critical of Elections NB investigation into ‘voter suppression tactics’ involving Mt. A. students
MLA Megan Mitton is criticizing the results of an investigation into the harassment, hostility, threats and intimidation dozens of Mount Allison University students faced as they tried to vote at Sackville’s Civic Centre on September 14th, the day of the … Continue reading
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AFMNB calls on Higgs to implement full municipal reform by 2025
The association representing 50 francophone and bilingual municipalities in New Brunswick is calling on Premier Higgs to follow through on his pledge to reform the fragmented patchwork of local governments in the province. “Municipalities need to play a role at … Continue reading
Mt. A. expert says Higgs government unlikely to push hard on municipal reform
An expert on municipal government in New Brunswick says the Higgs government risks political suicide if it presses too hard on municipal reform. Geoff Martin, a politics professor at Mount Allison University, says that may be why the commitment to … Continue reading
Sackville’s acting mayor puzzles over municipal reform plans
Sackville’s acting mayor says it’s hard to tell from yesterday’s Speech from the Throne what the Higgs government has in mind when it comes to municipal reform. “We just want to see what they come up with,” Ron Aiken said … Continue reading
More questions than answers after public hearing on proposed Sackville slaughterhouse
Monday’s public hearing on the proposal to open a slaughterhouse in the Sackville Industrial Park yielded no information on the cost and financing of the project, the numbers of animals that would be killed there or the volume of truck … Continue reading