Tag Archives: RTIPPA

Tantramar Town Council votes against releasing Montana recommendations

Posted on March 18, 2026 by brucewark

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 →

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Losing CBC coverage would be disastrous for New Brunswick

Posted on February 23, 2025 by brucewark

Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilièvre’s threat to cancel CBC’s annual Parliamentary grant would, if implemented, be a disaster for smaller, rural provinces like New Brunswick where local news coverage is already on its way to the morgue. Federal Heritage Minister … Continue reading →

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Tantramar councillor seeking release of secret fire dept. report

Posted on September 13, 2023 by brucewark

Tantramar Councillor Bruce Phinney says he’s hoping his council colleagues will support the release of a consultant’s report on persistent problems within the Sackville Fire Department that led to the resignations of about 17 volunteer firefighters over a four to … Continue reading →

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NB Health dept. info shows growing shortage of family doctors

Posted on July 27, 2023 by brucewark

A series of numerical tables obtained today from the New Brunswick Department of Health shows that the shortage of family doctors in the province appears to have grown steadily over the last two years. The figures show that as of … Continue reading →

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Backgrounder: The dismal state of New Brunswick’s right to info law

Posted on April 30, 2022 by brucewark

The town’s refusal to release a consultant’s report on the troubled Sackville Fire Department points to serious shortcomings in New Brunswick’s Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RTIPPA), according to experts. They add that New Brunswick officials have too much leeway … Continue reading →

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