Education minister says age-based grade levels to be phased out | CBC News
Dominic Cardy released a green paper on education reforms Thursday, titled “Succeeding at Home.”
“We’ve got some pretty bold ideas in here,” Cardy said at a news conference in Fredericton.
“We have to set our own path and we have to excel on a global stage.”
New Brunswick deep in the black — again | CBC News
But where the credit lies for the improvement is not entirely clear.
Be warned: New Brunswick auto insurance rates are set to soar in 2020 | CBC News
Last week
the online auto insurer Sonnet, which serves just over 3,000 New
Brunswick drivers, filed a request for an average 50.3 per cent rate
hike in 2020 for new and existing customers.
It’s the single largest increase applied for by any auto insurer in New Brunswick over the last three years.
Saint John Energy partners with Halifax company on $60M wind farm | CBC News
Construction
is scheduled to begin at the end of next year, employing about 100
workers. The Burchill Wind Energy Project is expected to be be
operational by 2022, generating up to 42 megawatts of renewable energy —
about 16 per cent of the utility’s power demands.
Moncton lays groundwork to deal with cyanobacteria in water supply | CBC News
Cyanobacteria was
found in 2017 in the Turtle Creek watershed, the drinking water source
for Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview. Cyanobacteria, also known as
blue-green algae, can form blooms and produce toxins harmful to humans
and animals.