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CTV News
2 hours ago
- General
- CTV News
Caldwell First Nation awarded funding for WWF seed orchard project
A project by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada has awarded grants to 13 projects proposed by organizations, businesses, and First Nations communities across the country to support the expansion of seed orchards. Caldwell First Nation in Leamington has been awarded funding, which is aimed at restoring healthy ecosystems, protecting wildlife species and fighting climate change. Seed orchards are used to increase the supply of native plants by producing seeds, and harvesting them to perpetuate the establishment of the plants, and preventing the need to harvest seeds from wild plants, which can weaken them. Since 2021 the WWF Canada's seed orchard program has supported the growth of 35,000 native plants in 20 seed orchards, with over 142 different plant species. World Wildlife Fund Canada-WWF-Canada scaling up seed orchard pr Woodland seed orchard at Native Plants in Claremont, Claremont, Ont., a past seed orchard grantee. (Source: Ryan Godfrey/CNW Group/World Wildlife Fund Canada) (Hand-out/World Wildlife Fund Canada) Other communities awarded include: Wolastoqey Nations in New Brunswick (New Brunswick) Fredericton Botanical Gardens Association (Fredericton, NB) Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki, Que.) Paysages Écologiques (Rigaud, Que.) Bruce Trail Conservancy (Ontario) Hidden Habitat (Kilworthy, Ont.) Matawa First Nations Management (Thunder Bay, Ont.) Northern Wildflowers (Lively, Ont.) Sioux Valley Dakota Nation (Griswold, Man.) Redd Fish River Society (Ucluelet, BC) Satinflower Nursery (Victoria, BC) Streamside Native Plants (Bowser, BC) Projects include
CTV News
3 hours ago
- General
- CTV News
Fredericton police warn shoppers to be vigilant following recent scam
The Fredericton Police Force (FPF) is warning shoppers to be vigilant after a recent 'theft scheme' in the region. Police said the scam involves thieves attaching wires to the back of a vehicle or placing unusual objects behind the tires while the vehicle is parked and unattended. When the shopper returns, police said a suspect approaches them claiming there's damage or something wrong with their car and offers to help inspect it. 'While you're distracted at the back of your vehicle, another individual enters your car to steal valuables that are in plain sight, such as purses or wallets,' said the Fredericton Police Force. Police said residents and visitors should remain vigilant and keep their vehicles locked at all times with valuables out of sight. 'If you are approached by someone offering help, stay alert and do not leave your vehicle unattended,' said police. The FPF said if this has happened to you or someone you know, call police at 506-460-2300. For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
CBC
7 hours ago
- Business
- CBC
'Leading and dividing New Brunswick': New book explores Blaine Higgs's legacy
Blaine Higgs "broke an all-time record" for low levels of support in New Brunswick's francophone ridings in both 2020 and 2024, says Gabriel Arsenault, a Université de Moncton political science professor. Though it may have worked in the short term — Higgs was re-elected premier in 2020 — "in the long term that's not a winnable strategy," said Arsenault, editor of a new book of scholarship on Higgs's legacy. Higgs led the Progressive Conservatives to defeat and lost his own seat in October 2024, when Susan Holt and the Liberals won a majority in the legislature. Arsenault is the editor of The Higgs Years: Leading and Dividing New Brunswick, a collection of 15 essays by academics across Canada who looked back at Higgs's time as premier and his leadership. Arsenault said that the book can also shed light on the most recent federal election because many of the things that led to Higgs downfall were paralleled federally. The book is not only important to New Brunswickers but also to people across the country, Arsenault said, since "New Brunswick is in many ways a microcosm of Canada." New Brunswick is in many ways a microcosm of Canada. - Gabriel Arsenault In the most recent federal election, the Conservative Party would also have won "if it weren't for Quebec," according to Arsenault, because "Quebecers massively voted for the Liberal Party and that really cost him the election." When he was first elected premier, in 2019, Higgs's main promise was to balance the books, Arsenault said: "He was very motivated about that issue and he arguably won the election in 2018 because of that issue." On this front, Higgs was successful every year, even during the pandemic. "It was the only jurisdiction in Canada to do so and, even abroad, I would be hard-pressed to find another jurisdiction who managed to do a surplus during the COVID years." One of Higgs's biggest problems, Arsenault said, was that he tried to appease both sides of a coin but actually remained highly divisive. To manage the province's response to the pandemic, Higgs put together a committee that included the leaders of all parties in the legislature, including those with political views quite different from his own. At the time, Higgs's approval rating "was around 90 per cent," Arsenault said, "which is absolutely phenomenal in a democracy.", This flipped entirely in his second term, when Higgs began to face opposition from his own caucus, and eight of his cabinet ministers stepped down. Arsenault also said that the financial surplus during COVID was not completely due to policy decisions because huge numbers of people were immigrating to New Brunswick from urban centres at the time. "Housing is cheaper in New Brunswick and a lot of people from Ontario moved to New Brunswick, bringing with them their income, their money," Arsenault said. But even if he could claim progress with the province's finances and economy, Higgs was divisive in many ways, said Arsenault, pointing to a French-English divide, the government's relationship with Indigenous peoples, and Policy 713, the province's gender-identity policy for schools. This divisiveness was one of Higgs's biggest problems, and it even caused instability within his own party. Higgs underestimated the number of party members who "are 'small c' conservatives," and "think they have a responsibility to defend minorities." Arsenault said the book is a balanced look at Higgs's legacy. He also said that to form a majority government, the Progressive Conservative Party usually needs to be more moderate or centrist than the Higgs government was.
CBC
7 hours ago
- General
- CBC
Nature's best: Enjoy these photos from around N.B.
Social Sharing Spring sights are aplenty in the province, and many New Brunswickers stopped to smell the roses and take a photo for this week's Your Lens. If you snap any nice shots, be sure to send them to us at cbcnb@ for a chance to be featured in next week's edition. Send us your photos or videos by email to cbcnb@ and put the words Your Lens in the subject line. Please tell us your name and where the photo or video was taken, and provide a caption that tells us what's happening in your submission. And feel free to add any other information that would help us tell the audience about your photo or video. If we don't use your photo in the Your Lens closest to when you sent it, it could be used in a future edition as we are experiencing a high volume of submissions. We don't publish black-and-white photos or heavily edited photos, such as anything over-saturated or with filters. Watermarks will be cropped out.
CBC
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
N.B. player part of Walter Cup-winning PWHL team
Social Sharing New Brunswick hockey player Marlene Boissonault never believed she'd be hoisting "something equivalent" to the Stanley Cup. "I'm thrilled. It's a very unique feeling," she said. "Right now, it's just about enjoying the moment." Boissonault was called up to the Professional Women's Hockey League's Minnesota Frost around two months ago. On Monday, the Frost won its second back-to-back Walter Cup, beating out the Ottawa Charge 2-1 in overtime of Game 4. "There was a very strong purpose for the entire team to make sure that we proved the point," she said. "We call it Minnesota against the world." WATCH | 'It's one of those things where, as a kid, you never even dreamed of': N.B hockey player celebrates PWHL championship 1 day ago Duration 4:28 Boissonault, originally from Dundee, N.B., is third goaltender for the Frost so she didn't play in the playoffs, but she practiced with the team and was on the ice for the presentation of the coveted Walter Cup. Last season, Boissonault was Montreal's third goaltender, but didn't make the team this season out of training camp. But she kept training and after the trade deadline, when Minnesota's third goaltender was claimed by another team, the opportunity arose for her to join the Frost. The PWHL, which had its first game in January 2024, is expanding with new teams debuting in Seattle and Vancouver next season. Each existing team will lose four players through expansion. "Nobody in the league is really kind of guaranteed a spot next year yet, in terms of on the same teams, with the two expansions that we have," Boissonault said. "So everybody has a unique goal that they're going to be, you know, forging here in the summer. "Everybody obviously wants a spot for next year to be able to continue having those dreams and for me, myself, I'm included in that pack." Boissonault said she's happy women's hockey is finally getting the traction it deserves — not only when it comes to the live broadcasts, but also at the grassroots level. "You have young girls that come up to us and want autographs and photos, and now they say they want to play in the PWHL one day," she said.
