Belledune News

A group concerned with northern New Brunswick health care has added its voice to those who say the Bathurst hospital urgently needs extra funding.

Development: Leadership council plans to attract investment with tax breaks, low-cost loans and tax-free zones B1 REBECCA PENTY Telegraph-Journal Corporate leaders in northern New Brunswick have formed an alliance aiming to make the region's business climate superior than the rest of the province.

Premier Shawn Graham and Energy Minister Jack Keir are offering conflicting accounts of whether New Brunswick can use Quebec's cheap hydroelectricity if the NB Power sale is approved.

The city's Member of the Legislative Assembly takes exception to talk that Bathurst and the Chaleur region are not getting their fair share of provincial funding.

Alfred Mazerolle presents a petition to Belledune village council last week concerning opposition to a proposed wastewater treatment plant in the west end of the village.

The Liberal government Wednesday defended a formula to increase residential power rates under the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec as the Opposition Conservative continued to insist it could expose New Brunswickers to soaring rates in the future.

Government and industry officials hit a snag in their bid to build a barge terminal on the banks of the Bay of Fundy on the south-western tip of Saint John.

A literacy pilot project was officially launched Monday in two District 5 schools.

The head of the Belledune Port Authority says the province has promised to compensate the authority for revenue that would be wiped out if the port were to lose its biggest customer, NB Power.

Business New Brunswick Minister Victor Boudreau fielded a range of questions about the proposed sale of NB Power on Monday at a lunch organized by the Greater Bathurst Chamber of Commerce on the proposed sale of NB Power.

Members of the local business community will have a chance on Monday to get some answers first-hand to any questions they have about the province's proposed deal to sell most of the assets of NB Power to Hydro Quebec.

The Liberal government's new plan for northern New Brunswick aims to capitalize on the region's key assets: an abundance of natural resources and a skilled workforce.

Dear Premier Charest: I am writing to express my concern regarding the sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec. NB Power has been a valuable asset to the Province of New Brunswick for 90 years.

As global climate change talks in Copenhagen draw nearer, Environment Minister Rick Miles says the tentative sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec would make New Brunswick one of the greenest provinces in Canada.

A deal to sell NB Power assets to Hydro-Quebec could have more of a negative impact in the North than a positive one, according to the general manager of the local economic development agency.

It's unclear how much it will cost to decommission the Dalhousie generating station.

The head of Hydro-Quebec says the power plant in Belledune will remain open for an "extended" period of time, calming fears the energy deal would spell immediate trouble for the northern village and surrounding region.

Communities with a history of industrial activity often have the highest cancer rates in the province, according to statistics from a study by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick.

The Department of Transportation depot in Belledune, shown in this file photo, will remain open in a deal struck between the village and the Department of Transportation during the summer but just revealed now.

Several New Brunswick communities that have a history of industrial activity or environmental contamination have high overall rates of cancer, according to a study by the Conservation Council.