Category Archives: New Brunswick election 2024

Tantramar NDP candidate stresses health care, housing, renewable energy as main issues in fall provincial election

Posted on August 19, 2024 by brucewark

Tantramar NDP candidate Evelyne Godfrey says that, for her, access to health care is one of the main issues in this fall’s provincial election. “There needs to be public investment in our public services, health care number one, that’s the … Continue reading →

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Tantramar Councillor Bruce Phinney prospective PC candidate in fall provincial election

Posted on August 14, 2024 by brucewark

Although he hasn’t been officially nominated yet, Tantramar Councillor Bruce Phinney has agreed to run for the Progressive Conservatives in this fall’s provincial election. “I look at this at my age as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Phinney told reporters Wednesday outside … Continue reading →

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Green MLA Megan Mitton condemns Red-Blue ‘mindset’ about ‘patronage & corruption’

Posted on August 1, 2024 by brucewark

Green MLA Megan Mitton says it’s not true that a Liberal majority government is the only way to defeat the Progressive Conservatives led by Premier Blaine Higgs. “We need a lot of things to change,” Mitton told reporters today after … Continue reading →

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Tantramar Liberal candidate John Higham says majority Liberal gov’t key to ousting Blaine Higgs

Posted on July 30, 2024 by brucewark

“A change is needed in how politics are run in New Brunswick,” John Higham told about 50 people who had gathered Monday night at the Veterans Memorial Civic Centre in Sackville. “Higgs and his team, and their disregard for broader … Continue reading →

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Greens set to challenge Higgs on health care in this year’s election

Posted on March 7, 2024 by brucewark

New Brunswick’s Green Party leader will be campaigning on the need for big changes to the health care system in this year’s provincial election. “Certainly health care is going to be the issue in the election, there’s no question about it,” … Continue reading →

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