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New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has announced a comprehensive review of the province’s debt-laden electric utility.
Holt says the independent review of NB-Power will be conducted by a three-person panel who will gather and analyze data, seek public feedback and develop recommendations.
Energy Minister René Legacy says the review will focus on four areas: fiscal sustainability; governance and utility structure; customer expectations; and investor attractiveness and strategic partnerships.
The people leading the review will be announced later this month and are expected to present their recommendations by the end of March 2026, while the public engagement part of the review is expected to begin in June.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Family-Health-Team)
New Brunswick Health Minister John Dornan says the family health team at the Tantramar Primary Health Care Centre is expected to accept one-thousand more patients from the provincial patient registry by the end of the year.
The minister says the government is making progress on improving New Brunswickers’ access to primary care.
Since it was established in 2023, the team has expanded to include a registered dietitian, pharmacist, social worker, respiratory therapist and a second nurse practitioner.
The government says it is committed to creating at least 30 local collaborative family health teams across the province over four years. (The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Moose-Poaching)
Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador are looking for information about a case of alleged moose poaching.
Resource enforcement officers responded Sunday to a report of an illegally harvested moose on Gander Bay Road.
They found the entrails and head of an adult female moose.
The moose is believed to have been killed early that morning or the evening before, and officials are asking anyone with information to contact authorities.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-College-Cuts)
Members of P-E-I’s tourism industry say Ottawa’s decision to cap international student permits will lead to labour shortages in the sector.
Holland College announced last week that due to the cap – and the drop in enrolment – it will end eight programs including three that train students in the hospitality sector.
Corryn Clemence, the C-E-O of the Tourism Association of P-E-I, says operators of hotels, restaurants and festivals have relied on the programs as a pipeline of employees.
Meet P-E-I director Susan Freeman says her group’s partners rely on the programs to hire students to run their accommodations and to plan events.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Hostage-Charges)
A P-E-I man has been sentenced to five years behind bars after he took someone hostage at the Provincial Correctional Centre in Milton Station last year.
He also received additional concurrent sentences including four months for uttering threats, two months for mischief and six months for attempting to escape lawful custody.
Queens District R-C-M-P say the man grabbed an employee at the facility during an educational class in August of 2024 and threatened them with a piece of glass in an attempt to escape.
Another inmate stopped the man before correctional staff regained control of the situation.
(The Canadian Press)6
