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Mayworks Fredericton returns to celebrate art and the working class

CCNB Blog, Feature, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

The Mayworks Festival kicks off this week in Fredericton. The Fredericton District Labour Council started the tradition of marking May Day, International Workers’ Day, with a Mayworks Festival three years ago. Mayworks Festivals, long-running annual events in cities such as Toronto and Halifax, bring workers and artists together to celebrate the use of art in pursuits to […]

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Your love letters to our rivers, lakes, streams – A Serenade to Saltwater

CCNB Blog, Feature / Corey Robichaud

This #WaterWednesday, we have a special musical treat for you. Last week, Frantically Atlantic, Don Rigley and Michelle Daigle, a local musical duo based in Fredericton, dropped into Conserver House to show us two new songs they’d written during their first musical tour of New Brunswick. These songs capture the feeling of love and longing

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EcoNews April 2017 – Environmental Assessment review, water classification and heartfelt memories

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we invite you to dive into our presentation on the Expert Panel for the Review of the Environmental Assessment Processes report and submit your own comments at LetsTalkEA.ca. Then we shine some light on water quality, give you the latest news on Parlee Beach, and share our first set of love letters to our

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Recycle NB now accepts electronic products

CCNB Blog / Corey Robichaud

Is your old desktop tower sitting in the corner of your room, unused but as an oversized doorstop? Maybe your bedside cabinet is filled to the brim with cracked cellphones and what appears to be your old beeper from the 90’s? Don’t worry. The wait is over! You can now recycle your old electronic devices

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Salmon farms as “disease incubators”

CCNB in the News, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

The Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott was featured in the Hakai magazine on April 7, 2017, where he said sea lice outbreaks are common on East Coast salmon farms. A half-million salmon died in the Bay of Fundy from sea lice outbreak in north Passamaquoddy Bay last summer. More than 240, 000 Salmon died from

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Maryland takes third in the US race to ban fracking state by state

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection / Corey Robichaud

In case you didn’t already hear the good news, Governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, just signed a bill that permanently bans fracking in his state – one more sign that US environmental groups and State representatives aren’t backing down from a confrontation with US Pres. Trump’s on his recent bid to rollback US climate change

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New water quality reporting rules for Parlee Beach welcome — Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Freshwater Protection, Media Releases / Corey Robichaud

FREDERICTON – The Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, made the following comments in response to the provincial government’s announcement today about new rules and procedures for reporting water quality at Parlee Beach: “It’s a smart protocol, one that will increase health protection. Deciding to use Health Canada’s technical and science-based guidelines

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Three recommendations for improving Shediac Bay water quality

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection, Uncategorized / Corey Robichaud

After misreported swimming conditions at Parlee Beach last summer erupted into wave after wave of reports pointing to water contamination throughout Shediac Bay, Environment Minister Serge Rousselle announced the formation of a new Steering Committee that will work with scientists and local stakeholders to find and fix water contamination throughout the watershed by beach season

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Getting to know your NB Watersheds!

Freshwater Protection, Uncategorized / Corey Robichaud

Check out our map of New Brunswick Watersheds and get a sneak peek at some of the work our province’s local watershed groups are doing! Download the full-sized map of NB Watershed For more information on New Brunswick Watersheds: Read our watershed summary: What is water classification, anyway? Read our list of forested Watersheds in

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What is water classification, anyway?

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection / Corey Robichaud

Water classification systems, in place worldwide, use science to set transparent goals for water quality. Jurisdictions “classify” their rivers, lakes, and tributaries, using certain scientific-based parameters (for example, dissolved oxygen, nutrient status and aquatic life), and then work with groups in each watershed, including business, community and environmental organizations, to either protect those values or

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Conservation Council of New Brunswick

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