Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, told reporters she’ll be watching closely to see if the provincial government gives proposed new conservation forest areas equal status in law as provincial protected areas and parks. This week, the provincial government announced it will add new forest conservation areas as part of its long-awaited review of the controversial […]
Attention News Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director, issued the following statement with respect to the federal government’s announcement on phasing out neonicotinoids. She is available for interviews. “This is a major victory for protecting bees, butterflies, and all the pollinators who play such a vital role in getting food on the table for Canadian families.
Attention News Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director, issued the following statement with respect to today’s announcement about changes to Crown forest management in New Brunswick. She is available for interviews. “The moves announced today to set aside important natural habitat and better protect rivers and streams in our forests is a win for our organization,
Attention News Editors: Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, issued the following statement with regards to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle today: “We congratulate the Hon. Dominic LeBlanc (MP — Beauséjour) as he moves from Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard to Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs. We applaud and thank
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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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NB Power and the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) have released details of their respective herbicide spraying programs for summer 2018. In a notice printed in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal on Wednesday, June 20, CN says it will use herbicide to clear vegetation along railway tracks beginning July 4 through Aug. 31. Tracks in several
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The City of Fredericton is holding a special development committee meeting on Tuesday, June 26 to hear people’s views on the mature trees in Officers’ Square. In late May news broke in the media that the city’s plan to revitalize the National Historic Site included cutting down 19 mature trees. Mayor Mike O’Brien put the
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Attention News Editors: The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, issued the following statement with respect to Bill C-68, the proposed new Fisheries Act, passing in the House of Commons. “Today we are one step closer to historic changes that will give all fish, fish habitat and important, sustainable fisheries jobs the comprehensive and science-based
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This past weekend I had the chance to attend the first-ever Passport to a Low Carbon Future EcoHomes Tour. Presented by the Conservation Council and the Saint John chapter of the Council of Canadians, this event was a self-guided tour of 12 homes and buildings within southern New Brunswick. I was keen to learn more
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Back-to-back film nights at Conserver House include Livingston’s most recent documentary on clean energy and fracking,100 Short Stories FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is pleased to host a pair of film screenings with award-winning independent filmmaker Neal Livingston at Conserver House, 180 St. John St., Fredericton, on Tuesday, June 12 and Wednesday,
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