Category Archives: New Brunswick government

Canada needs stronger trade strategy and more investment in Atlantic Canada, scholar says

Posted on October 8, 2026 by brucewark

Canada’s response to Donald Trump’s trade pressure has become too deferential and needs a broader economic strategy that gives Atlantic Canada a larger role, a Canadian trade scholar told an audience at Mount Allison University Tuesday night. Noah Fry, a … Continue reading →

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‘Marketing material’ on Sisson mine needs to be scrutinized: critic

Posted on September 15, 2026 by brucewark

by John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: Telegraph-Journal September 13, 2026 Groups opposed to a big new mine in central New Brunswick are demanding that the provincial government scrutinize the project’s latest plans, including changes to a tailings pond … Continue reading →

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Province approves 500 MW gas/diesel plant in Tantramar with 45 conditions

Posted on August 28, 2026 by brucewark

The New Brunswick government has approved construction of a 500 MW gas/diesel plant near Centre Village subject to 45 conditions that require the U.S. company PROENERGY to monitor air and water quality and submit a net zero greenhouse gas emissions … Continue reading →

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Tantramar councillors & Premier Holt discuss taxes, roads, health care & rural services

Posted on August 24, 2026 by brucewark

Aside from highly contentious issues such as the proposed gas plant and the plan for highway tolls, Premier Holt discussed a wide range of other issues with Tantramar Town Council last week including property tax reform, road safety and local … Continue reading →

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Premier Holt faces pushback from Tantramar council over Aulac tolls

Posted on August 22, 2026 by brucewark

Premier Holt tried to defend her government’s plan to put toll booths on the TransCanada highway at Aulac near the Nova Scotia border as she answered persistent questions from Tantramar Councillor Allison Butcher and several of her council colleagues during … Continue reading →

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Premier Holt hears Tantramar’s gas plant concerns, offers few answers

Posted on August 20, 2026 by brucewark

Premier Holt had little to say about NB Power’s proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant Wednesday during a 50 minute meeting with Tantramar Town Council. Her only promise during the nine minute discussion about the gas plant was that the provincial … Continue reading →

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Don’t expect a rate reprieve, say experts who reviewed NB Power

Posted on March 30, 2026 by brucewark

By: John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: Telegraph-Journal March 30, 2026 The expert trio who looked at NB Power says the troubled public utility should not be sold to private interests, at least not in the short term. Instead, … Continue reading →

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Tantramar council hears sharply divided views on proposed Isthmus gas plant

Posted on March 13, 2026 by brucewark

Tantramar Town Council heard one presentation that tilted heavily in favour of the proposed 500 MW Chignecto Isthmus gas plant on Tuesday and two others strongly against it. Steve Cullen, a local management services consultant who has worked for various … Continue reading →

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Advocacy group seeks relief for the poor as NB Power pursues 4.75% rate increase

Posted on March 8, 2026 by brucewark

Human Development Council warns that one in four households that heat with electricity can’t afford their payments by John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: Telegraph-Journal March 6, 2026 Energy poverty in New Brunswick is deepening, just as NB Power is … Continue reading →

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Premier Holt draws a line: money for health care or smaller schools?

Posted on February 27, 2026 by brucewark

by John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: Telegraph-Journal February 25, 2026 Michelle Porelle says it would be a terrible mistake for the province to close smaller schools. The mother of two children, who attend McAdam Elementary School in the … Continue reading →

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Mt. A faculty union president calls proposed gov’t cuts ‘preposterous’ & ‘ludicrous’

Posted on February 26, 2026 by brucewark

The President of the Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) says she agrees with MLA Megan Mitton that the government’s proposals for cutting university and community college budgets are ludicrous. “I mean it was everything but the kitchen sink thrown into … Continue reading →

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