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(NB-Parking-Fines)
Drivers in New Brunswick who park their cars on some streets in Saint John during parking bans intended for snow clearing will face higher fines this year.
The initial fine will rise to 60-dollars from the current 30-dollars if tickets are paid within 15 days.
The fine will rise to 80 dollars, then 100 dollars after each additional 15 days of nonpayment.
If the fines aren’t paid, the vehicle owner would be charged, which could lead to a stiffer 125-dollar penalty — up from the current 100-dollars.
(CBC News)
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(NB-Invasive Crabs)
Ottawa is trying a new commercial fishery in southwest New Brunswick in a bid to reduce the number of invasive European green crabs in the region.
Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says the one-year pilot project will provide economic opportunities for Indigenous and local harvesters.
Federal officials say European green crabs, which can be used as lobster bait, have a negative impact eel grass, dulse beds and shellfish.
Harvesters can now apply for a licence in the new fishery, which is slated to kick off next spring.
( The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Environmental-Assessments)
New Brunswick has signed a ‘one project, one review’ agreement for environmental assessments with the federal government, making it the first province to do so.
Premier Susan Holt made the announcement today alongside federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
Holt says the agreement would eliminate duplications and simplify the environmental assessment process for major projects.
The premier was adamant that the streamlined assessment would maintain high environmental standards for projects and include meaningful consultation with First Nations.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Child-Murder-Parole)
The Parole Board of Canada has granted day parole for six months to the Nova Scotian woman sentenced to life for strangling her 12-year-old daughter in 2008.
Penny Boudreau will not be allowed to contact certain people and must report all relationships with men to her parole officer.
Boudreau, who was granted a 60-day unescorted pass from prison earlier this year, will stay in a halfway house and can apply for full parole after serving 20 years.
She pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing her daughter Karissa, claiming the girl ran away after an argument outside a grocery store in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Fiscal-Update)
Newfoundland and Labrador’s new Progressive Conservative government says the provincial deficit is expected to reach nearly one-billion dollars.
Finance Minister Craig Pardy says the province’s financial situation is more challenging than what was forecast by the previous Liberal government.
The provincial deficit is now expected to hit 948-million dollars, compared with the 626-million forecast by the Liberals before the October election.
However, Pardy says the province’s economy is performing better than expected, and its real G-D-P is expected to grow by 5.3 per cent by the end of the fiscal year.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Bar-Robbery-Charges)
Police in Nova Scotia have charged a man accused of robbing the Sydney Mines Legion with a second robbery at a tavern in Bras d’Or on the same night.
Cape Breton Regional Police say officers were called to both the Blue Mist Tavern and the legion in the early evening of December 4th.
Staff at each of the bars reported that a person had entered with a weapon, demanded money and then ran off.
The suspect was arrested in Sydney eight days later and charged with the legion robbery, before being charged for the second robbery at the Blue Mist.
(The Canadian Press)
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