(NB-McCain-Approval)
The McCain Foods plant in New Brunswick is cleared for another five years of pumping out french fries and other tasty treats.
The province is issuing the company’s frozen food plant in Florenceville-Bristol a new five-year, class one air quality approval, which was set to expire at the end of the month.
The plant is able to produce 16-thousand kilograms of fries, five-thousand kilograms of specialty potato products, nearly 14-thousand pizza pockets and 46-hundred cakes every hour.
The approval follows a public consultation process and review that wrapped up in December.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Nuisance-Bylaw)
Saint John, New Brunswick is considering bylaw changes designed to tackle what the city calls “nuisance behaviours.”
The changes would deal with things like loitering, soliciting, vandalism and littering along with public urination and defecation.
If approved, fines would range from 140-dollars to 21-hundred dollars.
The changes passed first and second reading Monday night but council expressed concern that homeless residents may be unfairly targeted.
(CBC News)
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(Atlantic Update by The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Wind-West)
Nova Scotia is set to reach its target of relying on 80 per cent renewable energy by 2030, mainly through new onshore wind farms.
The province’s deputy minister of the department of energy, Karen Gatien, said Tuesday that five new wind farms would be completed by the end of 2026, and another four are on track to be completed by 2028.
The province says that together, these wind farms could create close to 1000 megawatts of energy.
The province is also hoping to launch a request for development bids for the offshore Wind West project this summer.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Taxi-Theft)
A man and a woman are facing charges after a pair of taxis were stolen in Antigonish, Nova Scotia last week.
The two Dodge Caravans went missing last Thursday and were recovered the next day, one in Mulgrave, the other in Stellarton.
While police are still investigating the taxi found in Mulgrave, R-C-M-P say a tip led them to the Stellarton van and they arrested the pair at the scene.
A 31-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man have each been charged with possession of property obtained by crime worth more than five-thousand dollars and will appear in court in March.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Appeal-Dropped)
The man convicted of murdering Chantel John in Conne River, Newfoundland and Labrador seven years ago has dropped his appeal.
Kirk Keeping made a virtual court appearance from a New Brunswick prison Tuesday saying he plans to drop the appeal of his second-degree murder conviction.
Keeping killed John in the Miawpukek First Nation in January 2019.
He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 16 years in 2024 and appealed shortly afterwards.
(VOCM)
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(NL-Police Assault)
A 23-year-old man is facing multiple charges for allegedly assaulting two R-C-M-P officers in Labrador.
Police say they were called to a disturbance at a home in the far-northern town of Nain on Sunday when the man resisted arrest and assaulted an officer.
He was found to be breaching release conditions along with his probation order, and had an outstanding arrest warrant.
In the detachment cell block, he allegedly assaulted another R-C-M-P member causing serious injuries that required treatment in hospital.
(The Canadian Press)
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