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New Brunswick-based Irving Oil has confirmed the century-old company will remain a privately held enterprise after completing a strategic review that started in June 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company issued a statement yesterday that also confirmed the appointment of Jeff Matthews as Irving Oil’s new president and C-E-O.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matthews has worked with Irving Oil for the past 30 years, having served as chief financial officer and chairman of the executive management committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last February, Matthews was put in charge of the strategic review after Ian Whitcomb announced he would be stepping down as president and C-E-O after eight years on the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The Canadian Press)
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(NL-Air-Quality)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The New Brunswick government is looking for public input as it considers renewing the air quality approval for the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The refinery processes about 313-thousand barrels of crude oil per day into various products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, propane and home heating oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its current air quality approval expires on July 15th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 120-day comment period begins today and runs until May 15th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyone interested in submitting a comment should contact the provincial Department of Environment and Local Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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(NB-Health)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Brunswick has signed a 32-million-dollar agreement with Ottawa to cover the cost of drugs for four rare diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says one in 12 Canadians is diagnosed with a rare disease, and most of them can’t afford the treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The province will receive 10.8-million-dollars per year for the next three years to improve access to selected drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The funding will cover the cost for three oncology drugs for rare cancers, and a drug to treat a rare form of kidney disease. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The Canadian Press)
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(Trudeau-Premiers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador says Canada should make sure the U-S is aware of its critical reliance on Canadian energy \u2014 but Andrew Furey sayd no attempt should be made to limit energy exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furey and other premiers met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today to discuss Canada’s response to Donald Trump’s tariff threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president-elect says he intends to impose a 25 per cent import tariff on all Canadian imported goods on the same day he takes office on January 20th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-Shooting-Arrest)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Brunswick police say two men have been charged following a shooting near Southampton earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On January 3rd at about 6:45 p-m, officers responded to a call of a firearm-related incident on Nackawic Siding Road in Nortondale, where a firearm was discharged towards a person following a fight between three people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police say it was an isolated incident and that the parties involved knew each other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old man are facing firearm charges.
(The Canadian Press)
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(NB-California-Fires)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The New Brunswick government says 23 firefighters from the province are ready to help in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The firefighters have passed their mandatory fitness tests and provincial Natural Resources Minister John Herron says they are ready to go as soon as they are called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The province says the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre put out a call last week saying help would be needed to battle the Los Angeles wildfires that have forced about 88-thousand people from their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
J-D Irving Limited has offered two planes to transport the New Brunswick firefighters, and Cooke Aquaculture and Ocean Capital have also offered to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(The Canadian Press\/The Associated Press)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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