Category Archives: Technology

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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Tantramar council approves property tax rates that will raise $83K in new revenues next year for pricey fire dept. radios

Posted on November 3, 2025 by brucewark

Property tax rates in Tantramar will be going up next year in the three former local service districts (LSDs), but will stay steady in Sackville and Dorchester at just over $1.53 per $100 of assessment ($1.5350.) In a 7-1 vote … Continue reading →

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Expert questions NB Power plan for gas/diesel plant near Centre Village

Posted on October 13, 2025 by brucewark

An expert on renewable energy at Queen’s University says he would need answers to a number of key questions before determining whether the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant near Centre Village makes sense. “A lot of jurisdictions have gone … Continue reading →

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Mt. A. prof calls Chignecto Isthmus gas plant a ‘done deal’

Posted on September 29, 2025 by brucewark

Mount Allison University Politics Professor Mario Levesque says it’s increasingly evident that the proposed gas/diesel plant on the Chignecto Isthmus is a “done deal” and the only thing that could stop it would be massive protests similar to the anti-fracking … Continue reading →

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Mitton says community won’t accept proposed gas plant on Chignecto Isthmus

Posted on August 17, 2025 by brucewark

Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton says the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant on the Chignecto Isthmus is being pushed through in haste, without proper consultation. “It’s pretty hard to stomach this being called transparent when it was really sprung on … Continue reading →

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Tantramar Council ends air filter saga by nixing $3200 grant

Posted on November 15, 2023 by brucewark

Community volunteer and Mt. A. professor Dave Thomas says he’s disappointed that Tantramar Town Council has rejected his request for a $3,200 grant to build simple, indoor air filters that protect against COVID-19 and flu viruses as well as allergens … Continue reading →

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‘Full speed ahead, go, go, go!’ Frank McKenna sells AI & the digital economy

Posted on August 26, 2023 by brucewark

Former Premier Frank McKenna is campaigning hard for New Brunswick’s public and private sectors to adopt and use digital technologies including artificial intelligence and the science of big data. At the conclusion of his two-day digital innovation summit on June 13 at … Continue reading →

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State-of-the-art freezer: Highest building in Sackville should be ready in June

Posted on March 29, 2019 by brucewark

It’s taking longer than expected to complete the tallest building in Sackville, but Evelyn and David Ernst say the state-of-the art, 44-metre, frozen food storage freezer should be ready in June. The Ernsts, co-owners of Terra Beata Farms, are building … Continue reading →

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Mt. A. prof’s new book takes aim at Canadian complicity in colonialism and dispossession

Posted on October 25, 2018 by brucewark

Many Canadians see Bombardier Inc. as a Quebec company that gave us fun outdoor machines such as Ski-Doo snowmobiles, Sea-Doo watercraft and muscular all-terrain vehicles. But a new book by a Mount Allison University professor paints a darker picture of … Continue reading →

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Cape Sharp Tidal can’t say when its turbine will go back in the water

Posted on August 23, 2017 by brucewark

Cape Sharp’s tidal turbine, recovered from the Minas Passage on June 15, is still undergoing repairs and upgrades in the harbour at Saint John, N.B. and the company can’t say when it might be re-deployed at its testing site west … Continue reading →

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From wooden boxes to plastic cells: Bell’s telephone turns 140

Posted on March 10, 2016 by brucewark

“Mr. Watson come here.” With those imperious words, Alexander Graham Bell ushered in a new communications age, 140-years-ago today. The inventor of the telephone was trying to get his device working on March 10, 1876 with the help of his … Continue reading →

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