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New Tantramar council deals with fire department crisis in its first week on the job
UPDATE: Tantramar Town Council met for just over two hours Friday to discuss recommendations from a Saint John law firm on how to resolve the ongoing staffing crisis within Sackville Fire & Rescue. After the closed-door meeting, Mayor Wiggins-Colwell said … Continue reading
‘Why should we trust you?’ Fire dept. crisis puts incumbents on the spot
The continuing turmoil within the Sackville fire department came up repeatedly Tuesday as residents questioned the candidates running for seats on Tantramar Town Council during a forum attended by about 200 people at the Church by the Lake in Middle … Continue reading
What to do about Sackville Fire & Rescue? Tantramar mayoralty candidates discuss the ongoing turmoil
The three Tantramar mayoralty candidates — Sabine Dietz, Debbie Wiggins-Colwell and Terry Jones — discussed how to resolve ongoing problems within the Sackville Fire Department during their one-hour radio forum on Friday at CHMA, 106.9 FM, the local, campus-community radio … Continue reading
Three-way race for mayor in Tantramar as 18 candidates seek council seats with one acclamation
Full candidate list and bios below With the municipal election one month away on May 11, Kristen LeBlanc says she’s happy that for her, the outcome has already been decided and she has a seat on Tantramar Town Council. “It’s … Continue reading
5 years after Montana fire dept. investigation, several key reforms haven’t been implemented
Tantramar CAO Jennifer Borne issued a news release last week revealing that while a number of recommendations from the Montana Consulting Group workplace assessment of Sackville Fire & Rescue have been implemented, several key ones have not. Although the Montana … Continue reading
Tantramar Town Council votes against releasing Montana recommendations
Tantramar Town Council reversed itself Monday voting against releasing the 20 recommendations in the 2021 Montana workplace assessment of Sackville Fire & Rescue. The 6-2 vote came after a closed session in which council discussed a legal opinion from the … Continue reading
Tantramar council votes to release Montana fire dept. recommendations
Tantramar Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize the public release of the recommendations in the Montana report on the Sackville fire department. Councillor Barry Hicks moved the motion, seconded by Deputy Mayor Debbie Wiggins-Colwell, to authorize release of the … Continue reading
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Mayor rejects council meeting with sidelined firefighters as investigation continues
Tantramar Councillor Bruce Phinney quizzed Mayor Andrew Black for more than six minutes on Monday about why a dozen Sackville firefighters, who turned in their pagers on January 5th, will not be allowed to meet with town council. “I’m asking … Continue reading
What did the Montana consultants recommend for Sackville Fire & Rescue?
While the Montana Consulting Group’s full workplace assessment of Sackville Fire & Rescue is cloaked in secrecy, its 20 recommendations are almost an open book. The recommendations have not been officially made public, but former Sackville CAO Jamie Burke told … Continue reading
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Former Sackville councillor calls for release of Montana report & suspension of fire chief pending results of investigation
Former Sackville Town Councillor Ken Hicks says he hasn’t heard yet whether Tantramar will release the 2021 Montana Report on the turmoil within Sackville’s fire department. Hicks wrote to town council and CAO Jennifer Borne on January 21st formally requesting … Continue reading
Mt. A. prof calls on Tantramar councillors to take more active role in solving fire dept. crisis
Mount Allison University Politics Professor Geoff Martin says it’s time for Tantramar councillors to get more involved in dealing with the problems in the Sackville fire department. “I mean, it’s not just the mayor and the CAO who administer the … Continue reading
