(NB-Trudeau-Meeting)
New Brunswick’s premier says her newly elected Liberal government will draft a carbon pricing plan that will be submitted for Ottawa’s approval.
Susan Holt made the commitment in Fredericton during a news conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held yesterday.
Trudeau says all provinces have the option of creating their own plan so long as it meets certain national standards.
The prime minister says former New Brunswick premier Blaine Higgs had said his government would submit a plan, but that Higgs scrapped that idea.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Throne-Speech)
New Brunswick’s newly elected Liberal government is scheduled to deliver its first throne speech on November 19th.
Premier Susan Holt says her government’s top priorities are implementing a rent cap, cutting the gas tax, removing the provincial sales tax from electricity bills and handing a retention payment to nurses.
Holt is the first woman to lead the province.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Salmon-Population)
Researchers say Atlantic salmon returns were at their lowest level ever this year.
Tommi Linnansaari, a biology professor at the University of New Brunswick, says in the Miramichi River system, the target fish count would be a few thousand Atlantic salmon.
But only about 50 fish were counted at each of the two river barriers this year.
Linnansaari says serious conservation action will be needed to address the concerning numbers.
(CBC News)
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(NB-Fatal-ATV-Crash)
R-C-M-P in New Brunswick say a 53-year-old man has died after a single A-T-V crash in Bulls Creek.
Mounties say the Monday morning crash took place on a trail off of Sighaw Road when the A-T-V driver lost control and flipped over.
Officers say the driver was the sole occupant of the vehicle and died at the scene as a result of his injuries.
R-C-M-P say an autopsy will be scheduled and the investigation is ongoing.
(The Canadian Press)
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(Rural-Doctors-Student-Loans)
Federal cabinet minister Sean Fraser was in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, today announcing details of how doctors and nurses working in rural communities can have their Canada student loans forgiven.
The Infrastructure Minister said the program now applies to under-serviced communities with populations of 30-thousand people or less, and amendments to the rules mean that 200 communities across the country are now eligible.
Fraser says the change is expected to encourage doctors across the country to settle in smaller towns and villages over the next decade.
The program is following on federal announcements that up to 50 per cent of Canada student loans for medical graduates will be forgiveable.
(The Canadian Press)
