(NB-Chatham-Library)
The Chatham Public Library in Miramichi has been operating for 18 months out of a former Tim Hortons storefront with only about one-third of its former space.
The temporary location has reduced the collection from more than 24 thousand items to about eight-thousand and offers only eight public seats.
The former library was demolished after structural issues were found, and a previous council had planned a new 7.4-million-dollar building.
A newly elected council is now reconsidering whether to build or lease space, frustrating library supporters who thought the replacement was already settled.
(CBC News)
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(NB-Protectionism)
A lawyer for an Ontario construction company is accusing New Brunswick of adopting Donald Trump-style protectionism in internal trade dealings.
David Outerbridge, lawyer for Julmac Contracting Limited, says the company was discriminated against as an out-of-province contractor.
Outerbridge says the province put it at a disadvantage compared to local companies bidding on four bridge projects.
He made the accusations at a hearing in Fredericton yesterday under the 2017 Canadian Free Trade Agreement.
(CBC News)
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(NS-Wildfire)(Guard against updates)
Nova Scotia firefighters were battling a wildfire in the Annapolis Valley yesterday.
The Department of Natural Resources said the blaze in Bear River East was out of control on Monday afternoon.
Later in the day fire crews were holding the fire and a department helicopter was released from the site.
All of Nova Scotia is under fire restrictions, with no burning at all allowed in the Valley, the south shore and in the Halifax area.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NS-Agriculture-Cash)
Nova Scotia is spending more than 1.7-million dollars to help agriculture businesses expand.
Minister Greg Morrow made the announcement Monday at East Coast Wild Blueberry in Debert.
The company is getting 600-thousand dollars to establish commercial rhubarb production, which the government says will add 7-million dollars a year in sales.
A mushroom company in Great Village, a farm in Cape Breton and a grape grower in the Annapolis Valley also received funding.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Measles-Cases)
New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health says there have not been any new cases of measles identified in the province.
Doctor Yves Léger made the announcement Monday after one case of measles was identified in the Moncton area July 10th.
Léger says a public health advisory was sent out to alert people who were exposed to the virus on a July 7th Air Canada flight and in the Moncton airport and the main hospital on July 8th.
Legér says people who were there at those locations on those dates should monitor for symptoms until July 29.
(CBC News)
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Former Nova Scotia premier John Hamm has died at age 88.
Hamm was first elected to the legislature in 1993 and served as Nova Scotia’s 25th premier from 1999 to 2006.
He first led a majority government before it was downgraded to a minority four years later.
The premier’s former chief of staff Jamie Baillie described him as a –quote– “true gentleman.”
(CBC News)
