Day: July 12, 2018

EcoNews — Coastal protection, failure to communicate, and paddling the Musquash

In this edition of EcoNews, we celebrate more than $1.6 million in federal funding for the Peskotomuhkati Nation to restore and protect habitats around the Bay of Fundy; we bring you the highlights from a new report calling for comprehensive water protection laws in N.B.; we bring you an update on the effort to protect historic features […]

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Citizens’ coalition calls for new laws to protect water quality of Northumberland Strait

CCNB Blog / Kaleigh Holder

The group SWWAT (Save our Wetlands, Waters and Tourism), which is made up of volunteer residents living along the coast from Shediac to Port Elgin, has released its final report and recommendations on improving coastal protection and restoration in New Brunswick. The final report and eight recommendations are an outcome of SWATT’s April 23, 2018

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Back to the drawing board on Officers’ Square: Corbett

CCNB Blog / Lois Corbett

Fredericton City Council has hit the brakes on its plans to overhaul Officers’ Square — and good thing. You’d think after the heartbreak so many Frederictonians experienced at the loss of so many trees during Post Tropical Storm Arthur — 10,000 gone! — council would have known a plan to intentionally cut some of the

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