(OBIT-Tom-Forrestall)
Celebrated Nova Scotian realist artist Tom Forrestall has died.
Forrestall’s art won critical acclaim in the 1960s for inspiring a renewed interest in realist painting, and he was known as the pioneer of the Atlantic realism movement along with Mary and Christopher Pratt.
The artist died Friday at the age of 88.
Ray Cronin, writer and art curator at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, says Forrestall was a “prolific painter” who was generous with his time and encouraged younger artists.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Energy-Poverty)
A New Brunswick group that studies social issues and advocates on behalf of low-income residents says too many people are living in energy poverty.
The executive director of Saint John’s human development council says this is why the group is so disappointed with a recent power rate decision.
The Energy and Utilities Board approved N.B. Power’s application to raise rates by about 19 per cent over two years.
Randy Hatfield says this increase is going to leave a lot of New Brunswickers in a state of hardship.
(CBC News)
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(NB-Fiscal-Update)
New Brunswick’s new Liberal finance minister is projecting a deficit of 92-million dollars for the current fiscal year.
The Liberals won a majority government last month, ending six years of Progressive Conservative rule under Blaine Higgs.
In the spring, the government predicted the budget would have a 41-million-dollar surplus.
But yesterday, Liberal Finance Minister René Legacy said the province’s finances have deteriorated since the most recent fiscal update in August.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Stolen-Truck)
R-C-M-P in New Brunswick have arrested a 37-year-old man after recovering a stolen truck.
Mounties learned of a struck being stolen in Minto on November 14th and later located the truck in a driveway where it was backed into a residential driveway and the driver was standing near the residence’s front door.
Mounties say when they arrived on scene, the accused jumped into the truck and hit a police vehicle before driving in reverse and crashing into the garage door.
The man was arrested after the crash, and was charged with assaulting a police officer, possession of stolen property and related charges.
(The Canadian Press)
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(PEI-Cancer-Documentary)
A new documentary chronicles a P-E-I woman’s journey from New Brunswick back to her home province in a triathlon three years after she was diagnosed with a rare cancer.
Michelle Hughes was told three years ago she would likely die within three to five years from an ultra-rare cancer.
But on the three-year anniversary of her diagnosis, she took on a 120-kilometre triathlon from the Moncton hospital where she was diagnosed to P-E-I.
The documentary will premiered in Charlottetown on November 16th, and can be streamed for a fee on Hughes’ website.
(CBC News)
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