N.B. maintains vet lab, privatizes veterinary service

N.B. maintains vet lab, privatizes veterinary service

By Estella Rosebush, Reporter The New Brunswick government is addressing the future of veterinary services in the province.   According to the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour (PETL) and Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries (AAF), the departments conducted a feasibility study and said the province will maintain responsibility for provincial veterinary and foreign animal […]

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 Feds, province agree to $300M for affordable housing

Feds, province agree to $300M for affordable housing

The federal and provincial governments are partnering up to build up to 1,200 new homes through the Build Canada Homes program.  “This agreement marks the single largest investment in affordable housing in New Brunswick’s history,” David Hickey said in a media release, who is the minister responsible for the New Brunswick Housing Corporation. “Our government […]

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 N.B. RSCs concerned about province’s plans for organic waste

N.B. RSCs concerned about province’s plans for organic waste

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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 N.B. launches FireSmart program as wildfire season begins

N.B. launches FireSmart program as wildfire season begins

The New Brunswick government is asking the public and local governments to prepare for wildfire season following the launch of the FireSmart program.  In February, the federal and provincial governments announced about $40 million to increase New Brunswick’s wildfire preparedness, including with the FireSmart program.  The money was also used for new equipment like hoses, […]

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