Many New Brunswickers know and love Crosby’s molasses and the company has undertaken some retrofits to make the company more energy efficient. Robert Powell, the vice-president of the company’s liquid bulk terminal, said in 2022 they undertook a review to look at the greenhouse gases. “Like most companies, we’re trying to be net zero,” he […]
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NB Power is seeking a 4.75 per cent rate hike for customers in the spring. The utility said it will add $10.90 per month for the average residential customer using 1,350 kilowatts (kWh) per month – or about $130 per year. The province’s main utility will file an application with the Energies and Utilities Board (EUB) […]
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By Brian Owens, Reporter New Brunswick aims to have a province-wide program for diverting organic waste from landfills preventing related greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2028, according to the government’s Strategic Action Plan for Solid Waste. But some at the regional service commissions that manage the province’s landfills worry that any such program […]
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At 22, Hillary Russell found herself navigating a world suddenly rearranged. Early in 2025, her mother, Cheri, was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 50. The timing was abrupt: Hillary was away from home finishing her final year of university in Fredericton, and her younger brother Sawyer was busy with competitive hockey. Her […]
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New Brunswick has recorded its first provincial deficit since 2016-17, according to the Liberal government. Consolidated financial statements show the province ended the 2024-25 fiscal year with a $104.4-million deficit. That was compared to a $40.9-million surplus that the previous Progressive Conservative government had budgeted for. However, it was improved compared to the nearly $400-million deficit […]
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Kate Akagi’s great aunt told her when the remains of hundreds of Indigenous children were discovered at the site of a former residential school – the earth had been keeping them safe. She is a member of the Peskotomuhkati Nation – one of the founding first nations in New Brunswick alongside the Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik. […]
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The New Brunswick government is partnering with Bell Canada to install 10 new cellular towers to improve rural cell service. “Improving cell coverage is a priority for this government, and, while we’re making real progress, there’s still more work to do,” said Finance and Treasury Board Minister René Legacy in a media release. It said […]
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September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Tucked into this annual campaign is World Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) Awareness Week, running from Sept. 21 to Sept. 27 this year. It is also called frontotemporal dementia or Pick’s disease. FTD is an umbrella term for a group of relatively rare disorders that mainly affect the areas of the brain […]
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By Geraldine Leavitt, Community Contribution The Junior Ladies Auxiliary, St. Croix Br. #9 of The Royal Canadian Legion, met in the St. Stephen Legion hall Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 6:30 p.m. for the regular monthly meeting with President Anne Brown in the chair. The meeting opened and President Anne sent out a special thanks to […]
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By Geradlin Leavitt, Community Contributor St. Croix Br. #9 of The Royal Canadian Legion met Monday, Sept. 7 in the St. Stephen Legion hall at 7 p.m. for the regular monthly meeting with President Paul Cane in the chair. Prayer was given by Padre Wayne Spires. Comrade Mel Walker read the names of the fallen […]
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