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Fishermen Recovered

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.20.2013 | Canada

TABUSINTAC NEW BRUNSWICK -- A minister of a United Church in a New Brunswick village says the community is in mourning after several weeks marred with...

Export Growth Predictions: See How Canada's Provinces Stack Up

Peter Hall | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada Business
Peter Hall

International trade will be a key growth driver for the Canadian economy this year and next. However, the distribution of export growth in Canada's provinces is anything but even. Some are leading the charge, while others are steady at the national pace. Others are lagging behind, some quite seriously. What are the key factors influencing the different growth patterns?

A Grassroots Environmental Movement

Hassan Arif | Posted 05.08.2013 | Canada Impact
Hassan Arif

The Transition Movement (also known as Transition Towns and Transition Network) is a movement that embodies the need for both global and local solutions in moving off fossil fuel dependence and towards a sustainable economy.

Absurd Vancouver Property Of The Week

Melissa Carr | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Melissa Carr

Last week we had a look at properties in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This week we move on to New Brunswick, where $1.1 million can buy you a country estate, located on over one square kilometre of untouched land, including a seven-acre spring-fed lake. What will it buy you in Vancouver?

Patients Given Watered-Down Chemotherapy Cocktails

CBC | Posted 04.03.2013 | Canada Living

A total of 1,176 cancer patients in Ontario and New Brunswick received chemotherapy cocktails that were watered down, experts say. Patient...

How New Brunswick Will Fight $479M Deficit

CP | Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada Politics

FREDERICTON - Faced with a swell of red ink, the New Brunswick government went back on its word not to raise taxes and delivered a budget Tuesday that...

Why the EI Program Should Become a True Insurance System

Yanick Labrie | Posted 03.06.2013 | Canada Business
Yanick Labrie

The recent changes to the employment insurance (EI) system implemented by the Conservative government continue to fuel discontent in the eastern provi...

Sustainable Economic Development in New Brunswick

Hassan Arif | Posted 05.03.2013 | Canada
Hassan Arif

Last Wednesday I gave a talk in Taymouth, the first in a speakers series on charting a sustainable course for economic development in New Brunswick. ...

New Brunswick MLA Biking Across Canada For Kids With Cancer

Hassan Arif | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada
Hassan Arif

When a child is diagnosed with cancer, it is a traumatic time both for the child and their family. In New Brunswick, it is especially difficult as chi...

Snow And Wind Whip Maritimes

CBC | Posted 04.20.2013 | Canada

Heavy snow and driving wind forced closures and created dangerous driving conditions around the Maritimes Monday, with power outages reported in some ...

New Brunswick Offers Unique Opportunities in Social Enterprise

Hassan Arif | Posted 04.13.2013 | Canada
Hassan Arif

Entrepreneurship and innovation are important elements in promoting job creation and economic prosperity. Social responsibility -- environmental cons...

NB Gas Leak Sends 34 To Hospital

CBC | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada

Thirty-four people were transported to the Miramichi Regional Hospital Wednesday morning, seven of them in "critical condition," following a gas leak ...

Look Out, Maritimes

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.28.2013 | Canada

HALIFAX - A "powerful" winter storm was headed to the Maritimes Saturday, with as much as 40 centimetres of snow expected to hammer parts of Nova Scot...

NB Community Mourns After Fatal Crash

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.23.2013 | Canada

TRACADIE-SHEILA, N.B. - The mayor of a small New Brunswick community said Monday that separate, private funerals will be held for four young people wh...

Victims ID'd After New Brunswick Car Accident

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.22.2013 | Canada

TRACADIE-SHEILA, N.B. - A northern New Brunswick community is mourning the death of four young people who were killed Saturday after their car crashed...

How Fracking Could Ruin New Brunswick

Hassan Arif | Posted 02.03.2013 | Canada
Hassan Arif

The massive industrial operations associated with fracking would fundamentally change the character of New Brunswick's rural and natural landscapes. These landscapes are an attraction for tourism and (potentially) for new residents, as well as a being an important part of our province's identity as a smaller province of pristine natural and rural landscapes.

New Brunswick Pushes Ahead On Developing Shale Gas

CP | Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.27.2013 | Canada Politics

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier David Alward is promising to deliver a blueprint this fall that will lay out how his government plans to proceed w...

Kids Need Help With Mental Health Too

Hassan Arif | Posted 01.22.2013 | Canada Impact
Hassan Arif

Parents would agree, the well-being of our children is crucial. That is why it is important to raise awareness about mental health issues affecting youth, to remove the stigma attached, to create a safe space in schools, so that treatment can be sought. Also, directly related to this, improved services for mental health issues facing children and youth is essential.

What Canadian Cities Can Learn From Fredericton

Hassan Arif | Posted 01.12.2013 | Canada
Hassan Arif

Good urban planning is important to preserving Fredericton's quality of life advantages that make it a desirable place to live and work. This includes promoting walkable streets, unique architecture that enhances the character of the city, and curbing generic box-store style sprawl.

Tory Plays Canine Prank On Liberal Rivals In N.B.

CBC | Posted 12.28.2012 | Canada Politics

The New Brunswick Liberal party hasn't decided on whether they'll take legal action over a Progressive Conservative Party prank. The exec...

This Province's Poverty Numbers Are On The Rise

CBC | Posted 12.20.2012 | Canada Business

An expert on poverty in New Brunswick says unemployment for young adults has jumped by five per cent this year. Randy Hatfield said youth ...

Ouch!

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.05.2012 | Canada Politics

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's fisheries minister said Sunday he hopes "cooler heads will prevail," in ongoing negotiations with the province's lobster...

Hold It, New Brunswick

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 09.10.2012 | Canada Living

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick is suspending its organ donation program for up to two weeks after a Health Canada Inspection found problems with document...

Death Of Brewing Mogul Remains A Mystery

CP | Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.05.2012 | Canada

A year after Richard Oland was found dead in his Saint John office, details of the investigation into the prominent New Brunswick businessman's homici...

This Atlantic Province Accounted For Most Of Last Month's Job Growth

CBC | Posted 08.08.2012 | Canada Business

New Brunswick’s unemployment dropped to 9.4 per cent in May as the economy generated 5,300 new jobs, according to Statistics Canada. ...