Let’s talk about practical approaches to recovery and wellbeing. When you are burnt out, it can leave you feeling like you have failed. It leaves you feeling physically, emotionally, and mentally drained. But what if the truth is that it is not your fault that you are burnt out? Multiple factors contribute to workplace burnout, […]
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Canada’s potential expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) to include advance requests is being hailed by many as a triumph of autonomy. But beneath this misleading veneer lies the grave risk of elder abuse. When the stakes are life and death, our duty must be to protect the vulnerable, not create pathways that could […]
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The Courier Editorial Board As the budget season for municipalities gets underway, all to be settled before the hustle and bustle of the holidays, it’s a time to reflect but also to set a vision for the future. A budget is a defining document that sets out the dollars and cents for a municipality’s operations, […]
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The New Brunswick government is projecting a $837.4 million dollar deficit, the greatest in the past two decades. According to the Department of Finance and Treasury Board (FTB), revenues are $180.5 million lower than budgeted. Expenses are $105.2 million higher than budgeted. Nick McCann, the assistant deputy minister for FTB, said revenues are lower due […]
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RCMP in St. Stephen said it has recovered a body from the St. Croix River following a search and rescue operation that began on Nov. 15. At 2:35 p.m. on Saturday. police on patrol spotted a man on Milltown Blvd wanted on unendorsed warrants. “As police approached the man, he fled and was last seen […]
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Budget season is underway for Charlotte County municipalities. In Saint Andrews, council has received two presentations regarding its capital and operating budgets and in two in St. Stephen. A priority theme throughout both capital budgets – which is the budget that deals with acquisition or maintenance of fixed assets like buildings, land, equipment – has […]
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As individuals laid poppies on the cenotaph in Saint Andrews town square, others gathered in the All-Saints Anglican Church for Remembrance Day – a small-town ceremony some have been celebrating for decades. “Ever since I was a child that can remember things, I went down to the cenotaph in Saint Andrews every year, whatever weather, […]
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Setting day isn’t just the first day of lobster season in Charlotte County – it is about tradition. In Back Bay, before the sun begins to rise, families gather to send off the fishermen and women in boats that will race to set traps for the season. Some have waited on this wharf in the […]
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As summer temperatures rise and wallets become lighter due to economic hardship, tempers often flare on the road. However, going back to the basic rules of driving—those we learned early on—can significantly help keep our communities safe and respectful. We’ve all heard the phrase, “One good turn deserves another.” It also applies to driving. A small act […]
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The Southwest New Brunswick Service Commission (SNBSC) has reduced the amount some municipalities in Charlotte County will pay as part of its new budget. Hollis Bartlett, the SNBSC’s executive director, said because the province froze property assessments this year – the sole funding received by municipalities in New Brunswick – it was asked to take […]
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