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Are you, or do you know a neighbour or friend who can’t help but daydream about all the new renewable energy and energy efficiency projects they’re looking forward to playing with this summer? Maybe the company you work for always stays up-to-date with the latest energy-saving technologies and energy efficiency designs? Or are you proud […]
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The Nashwaak watershed is a vibrant network of rivers, streams and tributaries flowing 110 kilometres across central New Brunswick, from the Upper Nashwaak Lake below Juniper to the St. John River in Fredericton. For generations, families living in communities between these points, from Napadogan to Stanley, Taymouth to Marysville, have flocked to the banks to
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FREDERICTON — Lois Corbett, Executive Director, issued the following statement with respect to the federal government’s 2018-19 Budget, which included an unprecedented $1.3 billion commitment over five years for protecting land and endangered species. She is available for interviews. “This is a huge breakthrough and a day to celebrate for New Brunswickers and folks clear
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The City of Fredericton took a big step toward becoming a cleaner, greener city with the installation of its first municipality-owned solar panel array this week. In making the announcement on Monday, Feb. 12, mayor Mike O’Brien said the small-scale array at Killarney Lake Lodge will help the city cut carbon pollution and lay the
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Did you know that more than 95% of New Brunswick land is unprotected and vulnerable to activities that could harm wildlife and damage the natural beauty of our province? We need to act now to protect N.B.’s natural areas, and our friends at the Nature Trust of New Brunswick have made it easy for you
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Attention New Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director, and Matt Abbott, the Fundy Baykeeper. issued the following statement with respect to the introduction of the new national Fisheries Act. “The new law that protects Canada’s fisheries and their upstream and downstream habitat is good news for New Brunswick coastal communities and the thousands of jobs that
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Bog. Fen. Swamp. Marsh. These words may conjure up images of stagnant and muddy water, but the truth is these different types of wetlands can be beautiful, peaceful, and full of life. They are also critical for the health of New Brunswick’s forests, our coastlines, and our marine waters. Today we are celebrating World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day: keep your feet dry with our virtual tour! Read More »
The leader of New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative party told CBC News this week that he is open to revisiting the controversial forestry deal that his party negotiated and signed when it was in power in 2014. “In the case of the forestry deal, did we achieve the best value for the citizens of the province?”
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A leak of a highly-flammable gas at Irving Oil’s operations forced roughly 65 people from their homes in an east Saint John neighbourhood on Monday, Jan. 8. The CBC reported on the butane leak at Irving Oil’s Saint John East Terminal after the company announced on Twitter that it had discovered the rupture during “routine
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