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Conserver House taking donations for Wil-Doo Community Bike Club again this year

CCNB Blog, Webinars & Events / Tracy Glynn

The Wil-Doo Community Bike Club is busy getting ready for another season of bicycling with children from Fredericton’s north side. The club provides an important community service because it brings together children who are newcomers from different countries, including the Congo and the Philippines, First Nation from Saint Mary’s (Sitansik) and locals. The club organizes […]

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Fundy Baykeeper receives Atlantic Salmon Federation’s top honour

CCNB Blog, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

ASF selects Matt Abbott, Fundy Baykeeper, as T.B. ‘Happy’ Fraser recipient ST. ANDREWS – The Fundy Baykeeper, a program of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, has been selected to receive the T.B. ‘Happy’ Fraser award by the Atlantic Salmon Federation. Program leader Matt Abbott will accept the award tonight during an ASF gala dinner at

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Join the Fundy Baykeeper’s beach clean-up at Paddlefest!

CCNB Blog / Jon MacNeill

This Saturday, May 20, our Fundy Baykeeper is hosting a beach clean-up on Ministers’ Island as part of the Paddlefest 2017 weekend in St. Andrews. To join the clean-up, meet the Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, at the end of the Bar Road at 11 a.m, where we’ll cross over to the island on the ocean floor

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Conservation Council is now hiring summer students!

CCNB Blog, Feature / Corey Robichaud

Do you have a SEED voucher for the summer? Are you looking for a fun placement? The Conservation Council is now hiring summer students! We’re looking for young people who are interested in engaging with the public, informing New Brunswickers about our work, blogging about events and workshops, helping out with the pollinator garden at Conserver House,

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Call for Nominations: Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism Award

CCNB Blog, Community, Feature, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

The Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism award for outstanding reporting is presented annually to recognize and promote in-depth and thoughtful coverage of environmental issues in New Brunswick. By recognizing the best environmental reporting, this award seeks to inspire journalists in all media and to showcase reporting that best addresses important environmental issues in New Brunswick. We

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Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett featured in Canadian Press story on Parlee Beach

CCNB in the News, Freshwater Protection / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row 0=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text 0=”” css=”.vc_custom_1494861993793{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: -30px !important;}”]Conservation Council Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with the Canadian Press last week about New Brunswick’s ongoing efforts to address water contamination at Parlee Beach.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7334″ img_size=”300 x 200″ style=”vc_box_border_circle”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1494858624365{margin-top: -30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]In the May 12 article, both Corbett and Remi Donelle, manager of the Shediac Bay Watershed Association,

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Bathurst backs Naveco Power wind farm bid

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Feature / Jon MacNeill

The City of Bathurst is working with renewable energy company Naveco Power in hopes of building New Brunswick’s first community-owned wind farm. Bathurst city council recently passed a resolution to support Naveco’s bid to construct a 20-megawatt wind project through NB Power’s Locally Owned Renewable Energy Small-Scale (LORESS) program. The plan includes five wind turbines

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Limit the risk, not your in time in nature: May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month in NB

CCNB Blog, Community, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month in New Brunswick and we’re reminding folks that, while the summer months do bring the risk of being bit by a tick, minimizing the risk of contracting Lyme doesn’t mean you have sacrifice your connection with nature. Instead of avoiding your walking trail, use Lyme Disease Awareness Month to

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Don’t stop at just one beach: Corbett on Northumberland Strait coastal protections

CCNB in the News, Freshwater Protection / Jon MacNeill

Don’t stop at just one beach when it comes to protecting the Northumberland Strait — that was Lois Corbett’s main message during interviews with CBC Radio on Thursday, May 12. The Executive Director of the Conservation Council spoke with CBC’s Information Morning in Moncton and Fredericton about the provincial and federal governments’ announcement this week

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Not the “final nail” in the Energy East coffin, but a step in the right direction

CCNB in the News, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

The Conservation Council’s Executive Director says the climate change impacts of large pipeline projects should always be factored into their review process, but noted the addition of a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions test for the Energy East Pipeline is not the final nail in the proposed bitumen pipeline’s coffin. “Any comprehensive review of a project of this

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