With residential electricity bills quickly rising in New Brunswick, some advocates are calling for a relief program geared towards low- and moderate-income households, but one housing researcher warns that means-tested programs are likely to exclude some households that need support. Unlike universal programs, income-tested or...

New Brunswick Auditor-General Paul Martin. Photo: Auditor-General's report New Brunswick Auditor General Paul Martin issued a report today accusing NB Power of pushing ahead with its proposed gas/diesel generating plant near Centre Village without fully weighing the costs and risks to...

NB Power Vice President Brad Coady says he understands that many people in Tantramar are angry about the utility’s plans for a 500 MW gas/diesel plant near Centre Village. “I do sympathize with the anger and I commit that NB Power will continue our discussions...

The New Brunswick Energy & Utilities Board has approved NB Power’s plans for a 500 MW gas/diesel plant near Centre Village that would be built and operated by the U.S. company PROENERGY for 25 years. In an oral decision, Board Chair Christopher Stewart endorsed NB...

According to new research, more than 46,000 Fredericton residents lack physical access to a grocery store within a walkable distance. The report titled, Could You Be Living in a Food Desert? A Case from Fredericton, NB, outlines the extent of food deserts in Fredericton. The...

A migrant justice organizer from Minneapolis recently visited New Brunswick to speak about how people in his community have fought back against U.S. President Donald Trump's brutal and deadly mass deportation campaign. Aizar Cabrera, from the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee, spoke in Moncton and...

Workers in New Brunswick's community nonprofit sector are underpaid and exhausted, according to a new report from the Moncton-based New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity. The average salary for workers in the community sector was $33,772 by 2021, compared to the provincial average of $53,102,...

Proposed changes affecting households that generate their own solar power represent a step backwards for environmental sustainability and the renewable energy sector in New Brunswick, according to critics from the Green Party and solar energy industry. NB Power says its current net metering program —...