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NB Power allowed to jack rates 4.29%, costing households $118 a year
New Brunswickers will pay 4.29 per cent more for electricity as of Tuesday, a decision that will cost the average household an additional $118 a year. The New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board released its order on the electricity rates Monday,...
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N.B. community newspaper pioneer remembered as mentor, leader
David Cadogan, a lifelong newspaper publisher who helped shape community journalism in Atlantic Canada and became a integral part of the Miramichi community, has died. He was 83 years old. Cadogan died April 5 in Miramichi. He was a driving force in...
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Miracon gets additional funding, as mayor questions process
Miramichi Mayor Adam Lordon says the city needs to review how it provides funding to community events. He raised the issue at a city council meeting on March 31 after Coun. Veronique Arseneault requested that the city approve a one-time $10,000...
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Province to replace six nursing homes, add 240 beds in three major cities
The province will replace six aging nursing homes and create 240 new long-term care beds as part of its newly unveiled plan for the sector. At an event at Fredericton’s YMCA on Thursday morning, Seniors Minister Lynne Chantal-boudreau, Health Minister...
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ANDERSON BRIDGE TO BE DEMOLISHED
The Anderson Bridge will be demolished. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Chuck Chiasson made the announcement on March 12 in a social media post. “The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure has recently been notified by Quad NB and...
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ALLAN LEGERE DEAD AT 78
Allan Legere, the notorious serial killer who became known as the “Monster of the Miramichi” in the late 1980s, is dead. Legere’s death was confirmed Monday, March 9, by Correctional Service Canada in a news release stating the 78-year-old had “died...
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Next Miramichi council will have at least three new faces
Miramichi city council is guaranteed to look very different following this spring’s municipal elections. Three members of the nine-member council say they are not reoffering and another says they are considering a run for mayor. Among those not...
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