• NS & NB: Skabar pushing cross-border cooperation

  May 10, 2013 - 9 h 49

  Cumberland North MLA Brian Skabar Skabar says he would like to see Cumberland County work more closely with neighbouring Westmorland County in New Brunswick when CRDA closes its doors in a few months.

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• NB: Blueprint for oil and gas gives vision but lacks details

  May 9, 2013 - 15 h 27

  The 40-page document says the government will monitor water and air quality and respond with necessary regulations as the natural gas industry develops.

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• Maritime lobster fishermen tie up over low prices

  May 9, 2013 - 9 h 56

  Mike McGeoghegan, president of the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association, said Nova Scotia fishermen had indicated they will join the blockade next week.

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• NB: Government unveils plans to reintegrate NB Power

  May 8, 2013 - 10 h 19

  New Brunswick's Crown-owned power utility would be reintegrated under legislation introduced Tuesday in a bid by the provincial government to save money.

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• NB: Farmer files lawsuit against feds after year in Beirut jail

  May 7, 2013 - 10 h 09

  Henk Tepper, who was incarcerated in Beirut on allegations he shipped rotten potatoes to Algeria, claims the Canadian government didn't protect his Charter rights during the ordeal.

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• NB: St. Thomas University ignores government cap on tuition fee

  May 6, 2013 - 10 h 28

  Jeffrey Carleton, a spokesman for the university, says the increase was needed in order to balance the books.

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• NB: Ottawa invests in Terrain Solutions

  May 2, 2013 - 11 h 14

  A $258,822 business loan is being provided to the Sussex company through ACOA’s Business Development Program.

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• NB: Post-secondary education, labour, training budget estimates released

  May 1, 2013 - 10 h 22

  $609,446,000 to be invested in post-secondary education, training, labour in 2013-14

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• PE: Atlantic provinces will study impact of EI changes

  April 30, 2013 - 10 h 39

  'We’re actually going to go out, the four ministers responsible for this area and their departments… and talk to the workers, talk to the businesses to find out what’s working and what’s not working,' says P.E.I. Premier Robert Ghiz.

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• Premiers from Atlantic provinces meet in Nova Scotia

  April 29, 2013 - 10 h 14

  Newfoundland and Labrador's premier says she'll be focused on energy issues at the meeting at White Point Beach Resort in Hunts Point.

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• April 29, 2013 NS & NB: Cooke Aquaculture company pleads guilty to illegal pesticide use
• April 25, 2013 NB: Premier to seek regional support for moratorium on EI changes
• April 24, 2013 NB: Legislation introduced to create New Brunswick Research and Innovation Council
• April 22, 2013 NB: Bluedrop Performance Learning to open new facility in New Brunswick
• April 18, 2013 NB: Health minister says he's kept promise regarding health spending
• April 17, 2013 NB: Government and Union of Public and Private Employees reach deal
• April 17, 2013 NS & NB: Visionary builder and entrepreneur McCrea dies at 73
• April 15, 2013 NB: Maritime Bus to test demand for new route in northern New Brunswick
• April 12, 2013 NB: Plazacorp poised to acquire KEYreit after Huntingdon bows out of bidding
• April 11, 2013 NB: Company that supplied diluted chemo drugs in jurisdictional grey area
• April 10, 2013 NB: CCNB launches training in forest trucking
• April 8, 2013 NB: NB Power to begin study of options for Mactaquac Hydroelectric Dam
• April 2, 2013 NB: TransCanada seeks commitments to pipe oil to Quebec, New Brunswick
• March 27, 2013 NB: Budget hikes income, tobacco taxes to fight swell of red ink
• March 26, 2013 NB: Budget and economy to dominate spring session of legislature