On today’s show, Mount Allison’s Ralph Pickard Bell library renovation project is expected to take at least five years and cost $95 million, but at the end of it, Mount Allison will not only have a redesigned and modernized “Centre for Innovation and Learning”, but the university will also boast a new multisport complex complete with an indoor walking track, and a massive new parking lot on Lansdowne Street. We find out more about the plans for the project presented to Tantramar council in November by university president Ian Sutherland.
Plus in news briefs:
- The Sackville RCMP have released surveillance video stills in hopes of finding the perpetrator of an armed robbery in Memramcook on Monday, January 6.
- The Tantramar Mayor’s Roundtable on Housing is hosting a public session next Saturday, January 18, with expert presentations and an open mic to hear from residents.
- Members of the public are invited to a unique conference at Mount Allison this Saturday, as political scientists, economists, sociologists and legal experts gather to talk about what Canada might be able to learn from New Brunswick politics.
