Nackawic News

Nackawic resident Michael Wright says a group is dissatisfied with the outcome of an RCMP investigation into a computer hacking incident involving two town employees.

Taxes won't increase in Nackawic in 2010, says Mayor Rowena Simpson. Town council passed its $1.5-million 2010 budget unanimously Monday night.

Irving Tissue is the latest industrial firm to advocate for the New Brunswick government's plan to sell much of NB Power to Quebec's electric utility.

The fifth annual Nackawic and neighbouring communities Christmas House Tour will be held Saturday, Dec.

Officials at the AV Nackawic mill say the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec would save their facility millions of dollars in electricity costs over the next five years.

Premier Shawn Graham's sales pitch on the merits of selling NB Power was met with mixed reaction in Nackawic on Thursday.

As protesters loudly railed against the pending sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec, Shawn Graham continued to defend the deal, saying it was already protecting jobs and spurring the interest of companies looking to set up shop here.

One year ago, Melanie Sloat accepted the gavel from Peter Morrison, former president of the Mactaquac Country Chamber of Commerce.

New Brunswick's dwindling supply of H1N1 vaccine is making it tough for the province to schedule vaccination clinics.

Former federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent says Canada should increase taxes of the top 10 per cent of income earners if it wants to eliminate child poverty.

Sudhir and Sandy Lamba can officially say they're proud to be Canadian. Alexandra Davis Photo From left are Sandy Lamba, Shawna Lamba, 1, Judge Suzanne Pinel, Sudhir Lamba, Shorya Lamba, 7, and RCMP Sgt.

Shaun Humphries and Carol Brennan weigh bags of food from the Carleton Co-op in Florenceville-Bristol. PHOTO BY KATELIN DEAN Grade 6 Florenceville Middle School student Robert Logue hands FCC representative Francois Sylvain one of many bags of food collected by the school.

A group of writers and adult learners is planning to travel the province to inspire and encourage more New Brunswickers to learn to read and write.

AV Nackawic will receive a share of a $1-billion federal funding program aimed at making Canada's pulp and paper industry greener and more sustainable.

News In Brief Published Thursday October 15th, 2009 A3 Hunger initiative stops in Nackawic today, Fredericton on Friday Farm Credit Canada's Drive Away Hunger tour will be in the region today and Friday.

These shirts are the final product. The yarn from which they are made is made from the dissolving pulp produced at AV Cell.

I attended the town hall meeting Monday night in Nackawic with a group of people supporting the mayor and town council, yet no one spoke to us to include this side in the article published this week.

In order to raise funds for equipment to help diagnosis heart problems, the Hotel Dieu Hospital Foundation is joining 12 other foundations from McAdam, Minto, Plaster Rock, Nackawic to Fredericton.

If you live in a rural area and don't drive a car, accomplishing every-day tasks like grocery shopping and getting to medical appointments is a challenge.

Funding: Canada's green transformation program will help pulp mills modernize and be more energy-efficient B1 Brett Bundale Telegraph-Journal New Brunswick pulp mills are set to make million-dollar upgrades once the taps of a federal forestry fund are turned on in Ottawa.