1/3 We have been made aware of a chemical spill on the Vanier highway (NB route 7 / Trans-Canada Highway route 2) and Wilsey Road areas. An environmental consultant is onsite to assist with cleanup. There will be 3 road / lane closures required as a result of the cleanup:
It includes all levels.
Finally PROPERLY moving over here. Done with the X trash.
Hoping this is much better.
If he does jump in, the party will need to find a new interim leader.
Since the election, I’ve heard from multiple sources that Margaret Johnson was a candidate the PC caucus has, and will, get behind for that job.
Whether she wants it is an entirely different matter.
New from me ... interim PC boss Glen Savoie is facing an interesting, and looming, choice. He only has until the end of June to decide whether he wants to run for the full-time gig.
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Just announced ... I believe this is a Canada-first.
One part of New Brunswick is getting a tariff reprieve tj.news/new-brunswic...
My look at Pierre Poilievre's first election campaign visit to New Brunswick. I strongly suspect he'll be back before it's over.
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New from me ...
Liberals will try to replace tourism money they cut tj.news/new-brunswic...
Very sad news. The latest COVID victim reported by government was a child aged 0-4.
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My first look at the provincial budget, which includes a $549M deficit:
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New from me ... they call it 'a last resort,' but data from school districts show restraints and seclusion rooms have been used hundreds of times since September ...
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Heck of a story from my colleague Barbara Simpson - but man oh man ...
MLA refers to Holocaust in defence of residential schools post tj.news/new-brunswic...
My story from last night's State of the Province address ...
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New from me ...
N.B. nurse refused to treat man because he lived in Indigenous community tj.news/new-brunswic...
I asked the province for an update on the targets set in the 10-year education plan, introduced by the Gallant Liberals and continued by the Higgs Tories.
The results? Not good.
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I took a look at auditor general's report, focusing on the recommendations his office has made between 2020-2022 that haven't been implemented, and asking the government why.
40 N.B. ideas for improvement - none have been implemented tj.news/new-brunswic...
New from me ...
There won't be a repeat of N.B.'s Xmas nightmare, health boss vows tj.news/new-brunswic...
Province.
Instead, they've invited me to go through years of expense reports and try and find the expenses myself.
Maybe that will be my Xmas project.
And while I'm on a bit of a tear, I asked the education department for some key data more than two weeks ago.
No data, and now they're radio silent.
So the province just told me it won't identify which civil servant spent $1,000 of taxpayers' money on a one-night hotel stay in Barcelona, or which person booked themselves into an on-site hotel at Disney.
Transparency indeed.
There were two outbreaks of flu-like illnesses in schools.
Finally, there were 35 cases of RSV between Nov. 24-30. One person required hospital treatment. (ends
The province includes data on the number of tests and lab-confirmed cases, but it isn’t accurate because it only counts data collected in hospitals.
Also, there were 39 influenza cases between Nov. 24-30. Three people required hospital treatment. (3
