Category Archives: New Brunswick government

‘End of the Liberal honeymoon’? Holt orders big cuts to gov’t spending

Posted on December 22, 2025 by brucewark

By: John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: The Daily Gleaner New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt says she’s asked all government departments to find savings of 10 to 15% in time for the 2026 budget in the spring, an enormous … Continue reading →

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Premier backs Isthmus gas plant

Posted on December 17, 2025 by brucewark

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt appears to have thrown her full support behind NB Power’s proposed gas/diesel generating plant near Centre Village. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Holt said the province had tried, but failed to find an alternate location … Continue reading →

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Packed meeting hears objections to proposed gas plant & a suggestion from Mayor Black on how it may be stopped

Posted on November 23, 2025 by brucewark

About 130 people attended a public information session at the Sackville United Church on Sunday to hear about opposition to a 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant that the U.S. company PROENERGY wants to build on the Chignecto Isthmus. “We’re using … Continue reading →

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EUB schedules earlier hearing on NB Power’s 500 MW gas plant project

Posted on November 21, 2025 by brucewark

As work continues building a road into the proposed site of a PROENERGY gas/diesel generating plant near Centre Village, NB Power appears to have succeeded in shortening the timeline to get approval for the project from New Brunswick’s Energy & … Continue reading →

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Green MLA says there’s one word to describe the proposed Chignecto gas plant

Posted on November 19, 2025 by brucewark

Tantramar Green MLA Megan Mitton says there’s one word that keeps coming up when she talks to people about NB Power’s plan for a 500 MW gas/diesel power plant on the Chignecto Isthmus. “That word is stupid,” she told about … Continue reading →

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Lukewarm, if not cold, reaction in rural community to ‘nation-building’ Sisson mine

Posted on November 18, 2025 by brucewark

By: John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: The Daily Gleaner November 14, 2025 Prime Minister Carney called the proposed Sisson mine in New Brunswick a nation-building project on Thursday, but the elected officials of the rural community nearby won’t … Continue reading →

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Premier Holt wants revival of NB mining industry

Posted on November 9, 2025 by brucewark

By: John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: The Daily Gleaner October 28, 2025 New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt is upset that the province’s once-thriving mining industry has gone quiet and wants to see a new mining strategy start paying … Continue reading →

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Premier, cabinet ministers, skip out of legislature avoiding reporters & questions on gas plant

Posted on November 2, 2025 by brucewark

By John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: The Daily Gleaner October 31, 2025 Premier Susan Holt shunned reporters after closing debate on the throne speech Friday, a document that stated her Liberal government had “worked hard to earn the … Continue reading →

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N.B., Ontario firms sign $75M deal to improve nuclear plant’s poor record

Posted on October 28, 2025 by brucewark

By: John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: The Daily Gleaner October 28, 2025 NB Power and a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation have signed a three-year, $75 million deal to improve the performance of the troubled Point Lepreau nuclear … Continue reading →

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Premier says door still open to comprehensive environmental review of gas plant project near Centre Village

Posted on October 20, 2025 by brucewark

Premier Holt says her government has not ruled out a comprehensive environmental impact assessment of the proposed PROENERGY 500 MW gas/diesel plant on the Chignecto Isthmus. “We have a lot of questions that the provincial government continues to ask of … Continue reading →

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Is debt-laden NB Power heading for a bailout?

Posted on October 17, 2025 by brucewark

By: John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: The Daily Gleaner October 12, 2025 Lost in some of the news about big electricity price hikes in New Brunswick is a severe and growing financial problem. NB Power, the Crown corporation that … Continue reading →

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