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

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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Conservation Council proud to collaborate with Peskotomuhkati Nation on coastal restoration

CCNB Blog, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Hannah Moore

Canada’s Coastal Restoration Fund is making waves along the coast of New Brunswick – and here at the Conservation Council, we couldn’t be happier. On July 10, the federal government announced that the Coastal Restoration Fund will provide the Peskotomuhkati (Passamaquoddy) Nation at Skutik with $1,656,000 over the next five years. The money will fund

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EcoNews — Herbicide spray season starts, ‘mystery product’ from Irving Oil, and three cheers for Learning Outside

EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, an oil refinery product is released into a Saint John neighbourhood and Irving Oil won’t say what it was; we bring you the first areas slated to be sprayed with herbicides in New Brunswick this summer; share the highlights from this week’s public meeting about the controversial Officers’ Square revitalization in

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“Cities around the world will grow around a tree”

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature / Hannah Moore

More than 200 people gathered in Fredericton on Tuesday night for a public meeting to address the city’s proposed ‘revitalization’ of Officers’ Square. The plan — which includes cutting down 19 mature trees, including a century-old elm – has received backlash from the public. A petition calling for all work to halt, and for the

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Stress and high water: how flooding impacts our mental health

CCNB Blog, Feature / Hannah Moore

This year’s historic flooding in New Brunswick damaged about 12,000 properties across the province – but it did more than just destroy bricks and mortar. A recent study released by the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation found that residential basement flooding also has a serious impact on the mental health of homeowners. The devastation of

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‘Mystery product’ released from Irving Oil refinery in Saint John

CCNB Blog, Feature / Hannah Moore

The Conservation Council’s executive director Lois Corbett is calling for a ‘good neighbours’ policy after an unidentified product was released into the air from the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John on Sunday, June 17. According to CBC News, the Department of Environment was notified by Irving on Sunday about an operational issue with the

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Moncton’s one-stop-shop for reusable everyday items

CCNB Blog / Hannah Moore

Ez Eco is a Moncton-based pop-up shop which specializes in replacing single-use everyday items with reusable, sustainable alternatives. For Moncton yoga teacher, 9-1-1 dispatcher, and business founder Shauna Berthe, mindfulness of waste production shed a new light on the staggering amount of garbage that people produce daily. With a family, full-time work, and what seemed

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Herbicide spray season begins in New Brunswick

CCNB Blog / Jon MacNeill

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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