NB Power still lacks Indigenous partner for $3.5-billion gas plant, CEO says

The president and CEO of NB Power says there is still no Indigenous partnership in the utility’s proposed 500 MW ...

David Coon to step down after 14 years as Green Party Leader

by NB Media Co-op

June 4, 2026

David Coon has announced that he will step down as leader of the Green Party of New Brunswick after his ...

A group of protesters walk down a wet road under umbrellas. In the foreground, a person wears a large, brown, sculpted moose head mascot. A man in an orange safety vest and hat reaches out to pet the moose head.

‘We were left in the dark’: Protesters challenge $3.5 billion Tantramar gas plant

by Bruce Wark

May 4, 2026

About 60 protesters, including a moose mascot, gathered in the driving rain last Friday for a May Day rally at ...

New Brunswick Liberals, Conservatives defeat Green environmental rights bill [video]

by David Gordon Koch, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

March 27, 2026

Legislation aiming to create a right to a healthy environment in New Brunswick was defeated on Thursday, with the Conservatives ...

Faculty union president denounces proposed post-secondary cuts, privatization

by Bruce Wark

February 27, 2026

The president of the Mount Allison Faculty Association (MAFA) says she agrees with MLA Megan Mitton that the government’s proposals for ...

Mount Allison University heading for second faculty strike in six years

Province floats privatization of Mount Allison University, Green MLA calls proposed cuts ‘outlandish’

by Bruce Wark

February 25, 2026

Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton is speaking out against the New Brunswick government’s suggestions for cuts to universities and colleges. “I ...

A large crowd of approximately 170 residents sitting in an auditorium at Mount Allison University for a public meeting on the proposed Tantramar gas plant.

We can do better: Cancel the Tantramar gas plant now and replace it with battery storage systems

by Mira Dietz Chiasson

January 19, 2026

Dear Premier Holt, Yesterday, January 14, 2026, I attended a public hearing about the Tantramar gas plant at Mount Allison ...

Sans appui populaire: Il faut annuler la centrale au gaz de Tantramar et la remplacer par de l’énergie renouvelable

by Mira Dietz Chiasson

January 19, 2026

Madame la Première ministre, Hier, le 14 janvier 2026, j'ai participé à une réunion publique au sujet de la centrale ...

Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton standing and speaking to the public, wearing a dark grey blazer and gesturing with her hand.

Opponents of NB Power gas/diesel plant applaud EUB ruling

by Bruce Wark

October 20, 2025

Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton says she’s relieved that the province’s Energy and Utilities Board has ruled that it does have ...

Midgic meeting discusses how to stop proposed 500 MW gas plant on Chignecto Isthmus

Federal agency approves the gas/diesel plant on the Isthmus

by Bruce Wark

September 24, 2025

Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton says she’s not surprised that the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) has decided no further ...

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