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NEW RULES TO REQUIRE ALL FEDERALLY REGULATED BUSINESSES TO BE BILINGUAL
New rules will require federally regulated businesses throughout New Brunswick to provide bilingual frontline services, as well as allow for any employee to work in the o cial language of their choice, regardless of how many French speakers live in the...
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NEW PELLET PLANT WILL HELP KEEP MILLS ACROSS REGION AFLOAT: PROPONENT
A plan to fuel one of NB Power’s largest power plants with wood pellets could keep mills across the region afloat amid U.S. tari s, says its proponent. The feedstock needed could also o set lumber prices from climbing, says Michel Gagnon, president...
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LIBS’ PLAN WON’T HELP WITH POWER RATES: OPPOSITION
The Holt Liberal government has released a plan on troubled NB Power, with a push to make skyrocketing electricity rates more a ordable. But don’t count on a cap or price freeze, as both the premier and the province’s energy minister promised not to...
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Family uses equine therapy to save both animals and people
Sheri Harvey and her family operate a one-of-a-kind animal rescue that also provides support for people dealing with trauma or mental health issues. Harvey, a registered nurse, said they began the Hooves of Hope Youth Empowerment & Animal Rescue a few...
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Where is Madison? Teen’s disappearance haunts family five years on
Five years after a Bathurst teen’s mysterious disappearance, launching multiple searches, a vigil, a homicide investigation and several theories, Madison Roy-Boudreau’s family is still holding out hope she will be found. “They always hope and pray...
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Two running for mayor in Belle-Baie, current mayor not reoffering
1. Belle-Baie Mayor Daniel Guitard says the issues within the town over the last couple of years have nothing to do with his decision to not seek a second term. “I’m going to be 67 this year and it’s time to step away from politics. I actually made...
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Bathurst surpasses housing goal with help of federal fund
Efforts over the last few years to address Bathurst’s housing needs have been better than had been anticipated. The city had set a goal in February 2024 of 170 new housing units. As of a few weeks ago, 385 new units had been approved, data shows. “In...
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Inflation climbs in New Brunswick as gas prices make record jump
Inflation has climbed to 2.9 per cent in New Brunswick as gas prices soar. The price at the pumps was behind higher costs in every province in March as the conflict in the Middle East blocked oil supplies from flowing, according to new Statistics...
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HOLT PITCHES BELLEDUNE FOR HOME OF CANADA’S LARGEST EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
Premier Susan Holt says her government is pitching Belledune as the prospective home to build Canada’s largest explosives factory since the Second World War. That’s as Port of Belledune CEO Denis Caron says he expects a decision on whether the plant...
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Harbor of Hope has 40 units available to help homeless
The modular transitional housing project for homeless people in the Bathurst area ocially opened on April 1, just in time to provide shelter to people ahead of a significant spring snowstorm that dropped about 35 centimetres of snow over the...
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City of Bathurst makes list of top employers in Atlantic Canada
The City of Bathurst has been named as one of Atlantic Canada’s top 100 employers by the annual list put together by Mediacorp Canada. That comes as no surprise to some city workers. Tim Riordon, a Public Works employee of 21 years, said he has been...
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Cadets seek volunteers as programs rebound following COVID pandemic
Cadet programs in the Chaleur area are rebounding after several were lost during the pandemic, and that’s led to a need for more volunteers, Bathurst city council heard recently. “We’ve seen many cadet programs that lost a lot since the pandemic and...
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$270M deal starts ‘new chapter’ for N.B. health system, says Holt
The government and the group representing New Brunswick’s doctors officially signed a new contract on Thursday, hailing the $270-million four-year deal as the “start of a new chapter” for the province’s struggling health system. Details of the...
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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, has died. Legere’s death was confirmed Monday by Correctional Service Canada in a news release stating the 78-year-old had “died while in...
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