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Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum arrested
Leave a Comment »Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum arrested Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum has been arrested by UPAC, Quebec’s anti-corruption unit, but it’s not clear if he is facing charges. Radio-Canada investigative reporter Alain Gravel says the mayor was taken from his home at 6 a.m. ET on Monday. Images aired on the station show the mayor being taken [...]
Letter to the Editor – Ted Led
Leave a Comment »Monday, June-17-13 Editor Subject: Ted Led New Brunswick’s Health Minister Ted Fleming has led and continues to lead with a ministerial portfolio that has confounded at least 20 ministers of health in my lifetime. In response to Scott Waddell’s letter, June-17-13, Mr. Waddell request the Health Minister be given the boot and replaced by someone [...]
Taxpayers unlikely to recoup loans to Industrial Rail
Leave a Comment »Taxpayers unlikely to recoup loans to Industrial Rail Moncton’s Industrial Rail received $20.5M in provincial money before going bankrupt New Brunswick taxpayers are unlikely to recover much of the $20.5 million in money invested in Moncton’s Industrial Rail Services, which was placed into bankruptcy last week. Industrial Rail Services was one of several companies [...]
Industrial Rail bankruptcy
1 Comment »Industrial Rail bankruptcy Industrial Rail quietly slipped into bankruptcy, making it the second most expensive business failure financed by the former Graham government.
Government-owned plane up for sale
Leave a Comment »Government-owned plane up for sale Opposition Liberals say charter service will be less transparent The provincial government’s plane is officially up for sale. Transportation Minister Claude Williams has put out a request for proposals for someone to broker the sale of the King Air B-200. He’s also inviting charter air companies to bid on [...]
McAdam pipe manufacturer earns $125K investment
Leave a Comment »McAdam pipe manufacturer earns $125K investment Premier David Alward said the payroll rebates will help modernize Soleno Inc. The New Brunswick government will invest up to $125,000 in payroll rebates to maintain 25 jobs in the southwestern community of McAdam. The funding will help Soleno Inc., a manufacturing company that produces high-density polyethylene resin pipes, [...]
Home care workers ‘disheartened’ by N.B. budget estimates
Leave a Comment »Home care workers ‘disheartened’ by N.B. budget estimates Social Development budget contains no new money for home care The Department of Social Development is ignoring its frontline workers who help make it possible for many seniors to remain at home, according to home care workers in the province. Their association is speaking out after departmental [...]
Perth-Andover mayor lashes out at health minister
Leave a Comment »Perth-Andover mayor lashes out at health minister Mayor Terry Ritchie’s profanity-laced tirade may have gone too far The often controversial mayor of Perth-Andover may have gone too far with his latest outburst lashing out with an angry, profanity-laced tirade aimed at the provincial health minister. Terry Ritchie has lashed out at provincial politicians on more [...]
Legal action threatened over New Brunswick electoral map
Leave a Comment »CTV Atlantic Published Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:21PM ADT A final report calling for redrawn lines and fewer ridings on New Brunswick’s electoral map has been released. More than 40 additional changes have been made to the map since it was first released, but some say it’s not enough and are threatening to take legal [...]
SWN Resources will resume shale gas exploration
Leave a Comment »SWN Resources will resume shale gas exploration A drilling program will be needed in upcoming years to assess shale gas reserves SWN Resources will be operating again in New Brunswick this summer and will be testing to see if the company has a viable chance of developing a shale gas industry in the province. The [...]
