(NB-Irving-Oil)
New Brunswick-based Irving Oil has confirmed the century-old company will remain a privately held enterprise after completing a strategic review that started in June 2023.
The company issued a statement yesterday that also confirmed the appointment of Jeff Matthews as Irving Oil’s new president and C-E-O.
Matthews has worked with Irving Oil for the past 30 years, having served as chief financial officer and chairman of the executive management committee.
Last February, Matthews was put in charge of the strategic review after Ian Whitcomb announced he would be stepping down as president and C-E-O after eight years on the job.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Air-Quality)
The New Brunswick government is looking for public input as it considers renewing the air quality approval for the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John.
The refinery processes about 313-thousand barrels of crude oil per day into various products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, propane and home heating oil.
Its current air quality approval expires on July 15th.
A 120-day comment period begins today and runs until May 15th.
Anyone interested in submitting a comment should contact the provincial Department of Environment and Local Government.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Health)
New Brunswick has signed a 32-million-dollar agreement with Ottawa to cover the cost of drugs for four rare diseases.
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says one in 12 Canadians is diagnosed with a rare disease, and most of them can’t afford the treatment.
The province will receive 10.8-million-dollars per year for the next three years to improve access to selected drugs.
The funding will cover the cost for three oncology drugs for rare cancers, and a drug to treat a rare form of kidney disease.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Trudeau-Premiers)
The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador says Canada should make sure the U-S is aware of its critical reliance on Canadian energy — but Andrew Furey sayd no attempt should be made to limit energy exports.
Furey and other premiers met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today to discuss Canada’s response to Donald Trump’s tariff threats.
The president-elect says he intends to impose a 25 per cent import tariff on all Canadian imported goods on the same day he takes office on January 20th.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Shooting-Arrest)
New Brunswick police say two men have been charged following a shooting near Southampton earlier this month.
On January 3rd at about 6:45 p-m, officers responded to a call of a firearm-related incident on Nackawic Siding Road in Nortondale, where a firearm was discharged towards a person following a fight between three people.
Police say it was an isolated incident and that the parties involved knew each other.
A 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old man are facing firearm charges.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-California-Fires)
The New Brunswick government says 23 firefighters from the province are ready to help in California.
The firefighters have passed their mandatory fitness tests and provincial Natural Resources Minister John Herron says they are ready to go as soon as they are called.
The province says the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre put out a call last week saying help would be needed to battle the Los Angeles wildfires that have forced about 88-thousand people from their homes.
J-D Irving Limited has offered two planes to transport the New Brunswick firefighters, and Cooke Aquaculture and Ocean Capital have also offered to help.
(The Canadian Press/The Associated Press)
