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City looks to rewrite recreation agreements with rural communities
Fredericton and Oromocto don’t think the rural communities surrounding them are paying their fair share for use of recreation facilities, and they’re looking to redo the agreements. Staff at the two municipalities are working on a plan to propose to...
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Copper wire thefts disrupt telecom service across N.B. Province pours funding into wildfire readiness, expecting bad season
After more than 3,400 hectares of New Brunswick forest burned last year - the worst wildfire season in 50 years - the Holt government is upgrading its wildfire response as it anticipates this season could be worse. “We’ve had one of the driest winters...
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Privatizing vet services can’t be done so quickly: farmers
New Brunswick farmers are worried the province’s plan to replace provincial veterinarians with private ones is being done too quickly, putting their operations – and an untold number of animals - at risk. In the recent provincial budget, the Liberals...
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From N.B. to the moon and back
Call it New Brunswick’s small part in a big journey. As NASA sends four astronauts on a 10-day expedition around the moon, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen is bringing on board seeds from Canadian trees. And those seeds have been carefully chosen...
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NO RELIEF FOR NEW BRUNSWICKERS FEELING PAIN AT THE PUMP: MINISTER
Tax relief won’t be offered to consumers suffering at the gas pumps because the provincial government itself is badly strapped, says the finance minister. Since the United States and Israel launched a war in Iran on Feb. 28, world fuel prices have...
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Secretive cuts a ‘threat’ to ‘farms, our animals, our food system,’ protest told
About 150 farmers, large animal owners, and their supporters braved a sloppy spring Tuesday to denounce the Holt government’s budget cut of provincial veterinary services, calling for the decision to be reversed and warning that rural New Brunswickers...
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Prime minister confirms $1 billion in spending for CFB Gagetown
Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed that his government is spending more than $1 billion on new infrastructure at CFB Gagetown, while revealing it includes the building of new ground-based air defence systems on the base. That’s as Carney added...
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Province launches search to develop 'billion-dollar' mining venture
The Holt government wants private sector offers to develop what it says is a billion-dollar mining venture that’s been abandoned in New Brunswick. That’s as one company says it already plans to submit an “aggressive” bid, while believing it has the...
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City considers five bus hubs to replace Kings Place
Fredericton could replace Kings Place with five transit hubs scattered across town within the next 15 years, consultants told the city’s mobility committee Thursday. Before the presentation, Dylan Gamble, the city’s engineering and operations...
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Farmers, opposition decry Liberals' veterinarian cuts
A farmers’ union and the two opposition parties are slamming the Liberals’ budget decision to stop providing government veterinarian services that were primarily used by farmers and owners of large animals, like horses. And they’ve been joined in that...
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Church ponders allowing foundation to take over deteriorating cathedral
The cost to save Christ Church cathedral has roughly doubled in the past four years and the church plans to explore options on how to save one of Fredericton’s bestknown landmarks, including possibly allowing a foundation to take over ownership. David...
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LIBERALS PLAN TO OVERSPEND BY $5 BILLION OVER MANDATE
The provincial government plans to rack up budget deficits totalling more than $5 billion over its four-year mandate, but insists the spending is needed to fix the health system and help ease the affordability crisis. Already facing a 2025/2026 fiscal...
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What would a Holt government civil service cut look like?
It’s the first option listed in the Holt government’s “Difficult Decisions” document aimed at taming its own massive $1.3-billion shortfall. Reducing the size of the civil service appears poised to be in Tuesday’s budget. It’s an option that Finance...
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