New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick
- Loblaws Boycott
I'm just hearing about this now and I thought it would be worthwhile to share.
There is a Canada-wide boycott of Loblaws planned for May 2024 (and beyond if you're able). This includes any store under the Loblaws umbrella such as: Atlantic Superstore, Shopper's Drug Mart, Save Easy, Your Independent Grocer, No Frills, Esso, and so on.
The goal of the boycott is for Loblaws to reduce prices by 15% and remove "member only pricing" so everyone has access to savings and deals.
The boycott is organized by a group on Reddit. You can find more details about it in this Reddit Thred
A happy byproduct of this will hopefully be more business going to small locally owned stores in your area instead of the two grocery giants. I'm in the Fredericton area so I can recommend Victory Meat Market and Peter's Meats as excellent alternatives with better products, and similar or sometimes lower prices.
Here's hoping there's enough engagement to produce a significant drop in Loblaws sales and they take the voice of the customer seriously.
- Cloud Scientists Reveal The Best Places To See April 8’s Total Solar Eclipsewww.forbes.com Cloud Scientists Reveal The Best Places To See April 8’s Total Solar Eclipse
Best weather for eclipse 2024 maps published by Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies reveals the probability of clear skies across North America.
Looks like we'll have a 50-50 chance of clear skies.
- Federal cap on international students is unfair, N.B. says
New Brunswick universities are scrambling for information after the federal government announced new caps on international students, set to come into effect for the next school year.
Article en français (Acadie Nouvelle)
- New Brunswick homeowners facing another year of surging property assessments — and taxes
While almost every home owner will get a higher property bill this year, can you guess who will get to pay less?
> According to provincial assessment figures, the city's largest industrial property, the Irving Oil refinery, has received an assessment increase of 1.66 per cent for 2024.
> However, under provincial government property tax rules, Saint John's 2.5 per cent property tax rate cut has to be shared equally with all property owners. That will reduce municipal property taxes collected on the refinery in 2024 by about $25,000.
- Hello New Brunswick Lemmy!
I’ve just moved here from Reddit after taking a couple weeks hiatus from the sinking ship that is Reddit. Lemmy is taking some getting used to, but it’s nice to see our local subs alive and well over here! I feel like the new kid who just changed schools
- 'It's just laziness': Dog poop bags annoy Fredericton trail users
I live in Ontario, and this is also a huge problem here.
The solution is to ban dogs from all trails except dog parks, because people won't change, and this problem extends to more than just other trail users; it also contaminates the land and water, too.
- Higgs warned of 'too much power in premier's office' in 2018. His 2023 critics agree.
> Blaine Higgs began his term as New Brunswick premier promising not to run his government from the top down like he accused his predecessor, Brian Gallant, of doing.
> "Today there is too much power in the premier's office," he wrote in a personal letter to voters during the 2018 election campaign.
> "The Premier's office ends up making all the decisions. The voices of citizens and elected officials are not allowed to be as strong as they could and should be. I want to be the Premier who says 'No we don't do it that way anymore.'"
> Five years later, with his government roiled by a series of cabinet resignations and firings and mounting accusations of his own tendency toward centralized rule, Higgs still maintains he is a leader who values different points of view and is open to learning from those who do not agree with him.
- PC dissidents submit letters to trigger review of Higgs leadership
One more step on the way to ridding ourselves of Higgs! Here's the letter they submitted:
- Homeless advocate calls for $1B-investment in public housingatlantic.ctvnews.ca Homeless advocate calls for $1B-investment in public housing
Maritime housing groups are calling for a $1 billion public housing project and a national strategy to help people living rough.
Traduction en français (DeepL)
Les groupes de logement des Maritimes demandent un projet de logement public d'un milliard de dollars et une stratégie nationale pour aider les personnes vivant dans la rue.
Cheryl Forchuck, chercheuse au Homeless Hub, a voyagé dans chaque province et territoire du Canada pour tenter de trouver des solutions à l'itinérance et a partagé ce qu'elle a appris lors d'un forum organisé jeudi au Cap-Breton.
"Le Canada est le seul pays industrialisé au monde qui n'a pas de responsabilité en matière de logement et d'itinérance au niveau national", a déclaré Mme Forchuk.
Selon elle, le nombre de sans-abri a augmenté dans tout le pays.
"Nous assistons à la prolifération des campements, des personnes vivant à l'extérieur parce que le système n'a pas la capacité nécessaire.
Bien que le problème des sans-abri soit généralement traité au niveau local, M. Forchuk estime qu'il s'agit d'une crise nationale et qu'elle doit être abordée en tant que telle.
"J'aimerais qu'une stratégie nationale sur le sans-abrisme soit pleinement mise en œuvre", a déclaré M. Forchuk.
Jeudi également, le Carrefour du logement du Nouveau-Brunswick a demandé à la province de financer la construction de 10 000 nouveaux logements sociaux.
"Au Nouveau-Brunswick, nous demandons au gouvernement provincial d'aider à soutenir le secteur du logement communautaire en investissant 1 milliard de dollars au cours des cinq prochaines années", a déclaré Mylene Vincent, de Housing Hub of New Brunswick.
Selon Mme Vincent, le marché locatif de la province a perdu environ 9 000 logements dont les loyers sont inférieurs à 750 $ depuis 2016
"Nous ne trouverons pas de solutions tant que nous ne considérerons pas nos populations sans-abri comme faisant partie de notre communauté, comme nos voisins, comme des personnes." ___
- Another N.B. cabinet minister quits as turmoil over Higgs's leadership deepens
>The turmoil within New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative Party was deepening Friday morning as another minister quit Premier Blaine Higgs's cabinet and four former top party officials demanded the premier resign.
>Portland-Simonds MLA Trevor Holder, the longest-serving MLA in the legislature, announced in an open letter he was quitting as minister of post-secondary education, training and labour.
>"Under the leadership of Premier Higgs, caucus has been less about consensus and more about him getting his own way," Holder wrote.
Oof, Holder is a very long-time MLA. This one's gotta hurt.
- PC rebels say majority of riding presidents support ousting Higgs
This warms my heart. Thank you to PC party leadership for finally standing against this hateful man. Better late than never.
- New Brunswick premier open to leadership test, remains vague on early election callatlantic.ctvnews.ca New Brunswick premier open to leadership test, remains vague on early election call
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he is willing to call a party vote on his leadership but remains vague on whether he'll call an early provincial election.
My favourite part of the article:
> Asked what the odds were of the province heading into an early election, Higgs told reporters, "I don't play the odds, actually. I don't. So, I'm not going to delve into an election philosophy."
"I don't play the odds" gives me big "data my ass" vibes. I hope we data his ass out of office ASAP.
- Organizations Across Canada Defend 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in New Brunswick; Support Legal Action Against Policy 713 — No Conversion Canadawww.noconversioncanada.com Organizations Across Canada Defend 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in New Brunswick; Support Legal Action Against Policy 713 — No Conversion Canada
Ottawa (June 14, 2023) - Today, 39 queer, trans, human rights, labour and educational organizations from across Canada have released an Open Letter to Defend 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in New Brunswick and call on Premier Higgs to reverse his attack on vulnerable students. Standing with students, par
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/695945
> Ottawa (June 14, 2023) - Today, 39 queer, trans, human rights, labour and educational organizations from across Canada have released an Open Letter to Defend 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in New Brunswick and call on Premier Higgs to reverse his attack on vulnerable students. Standing with students, parents and families, the letter calls on the Premier to reverse the weakened Policy 713, uphold human rights codes, and end the cruel campaign against 2SLGTBQIA+ New Brunswickers.
- Conservative B.C.-based group sees N.B.'s LGBTQ policy change as test case for Canada
>And a conservative Christian group based in British Columbia says the debate is a test case for its efforts to roll back school LGBTQ policies across the country.
>"Provinces across the country are paying attention to what's going on in New Brunswick because these decisions will affect the rest of the country," said Tanya Gaw, the founder of Action4Canada, which has been flooding New Brunswick MLAs with emails.
>"I believe that this program needs to be eradicated from the school system nationwide," Gaw said in an interview.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/policy-713-nationwide-attention-1.6876528
Amazing, NB leading the way back into the middle ages! I hope these right-wing nutjobs get the definitive kick to the curb that they need in order to finally disappear into the mists of history.
- L’alliance Higgs-Trudeau contre l’Acadie doit prendre finwww.acadienouvelle.com L’alliance Higgs-Trudeau contre l’Acadie doit prendre fin
Blaine Higgs, Kris Austin, Justin Trudeau et Dominic LeBlanc: même combat.
For English translation, see comments
- Welcome New-Brunswickers / Salut les néo-brunswickois•es!
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