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  Information about New Brunswick -- information
New Brunswick sells substantial amounts of electricity to other provinces and to the U.S. The largest thermal plant is found at Belldune, the biggest hydroelectric station at Mactaquac, and the lone nuclear installation at Point Lepreau, on the Bay of Fundy.
New Brunswick, with an area of 73,440 sq km (28,355 sq mi), is the eighth largest province in Canada; approximately 2% of the land area is owned by the federal government.
New Brunswick is represented in the Parliament of Canada by ten senators, appointed for life by the federal government, and ten elected members of the House of Commons.
new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/overview.html   (3282 words)

  
  New Brunswick general election, 1995 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1995 election in the Canadian province of New Brunswick marked the debut of Bernard Valcourt as a provincial politician, and as leader of a reinvigorated Progressive Conservative Party.
The New Brunswick Tories had been in shambles for the better part of a decade.
It was the first time boundaries were redrawn in New Brunswick since 1974.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Brunswick_general_election,_1995   (264 words)

  
 New Brunswick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
New Brunswick topography is characterized by northern uplands rising to 820 m and mountainous in appearance, gently rolling hills in the centre and east, sharp hills on the southern coast sloping down to tidal marshes and a lowland plain in the southeast.
New Brunswick's initial European settlers were Acadians (see ACADIA, HISTORY OF) who, with the use of dikes, farmed the marshlands of the Chignecto Isthmus and part of the northern shore of the Bay of Fundy.
New Brunswick's chief metropolitan area is SAINT JOHN, a leading centre of British North America in the mid-19th century, the city owed its importance to the timber trade (made accessible by its river) and to its ice-free port, which supplied the estuary and dominated shipping and shipbuilding on the Bay of Fundy.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0005695   (9474 words)

  
 Canadian Election Law & Policies
New rules were brought in at the start of 2004 to limit any individual from contributing more than $5,000 in any calendar year to a party and its candidates.
The specific limits on candidates' election expenses for the 2006 election varied from riding to riding because they were based on the number of electors in a constituency.
This law was challenged during the 2000 election, by Stephen Harper when he headed up the National Citizens Coalition, on the grounds that the law is an unconstitutional limit on the freedom of expression and of the voters' rights to be fully informed of all points of view.
www.sfu.ca /~aheard/elections/laws.html   (2312 words)

  
 NEW BRUNSWICK PROVINCIAL ELECTION 99
New Brunswick nurses muscled their way into the campaign for the June 7 provincial election on Wednesday with a series of advertisements and a program designed to whip up public outrage against the hemorrhage of nurses and the erosion of health care.
In each election, other NDP candidates in Saint John hope the Weir magic can cross over to her next door neighbours.With the polls showing a huge number of undecided voters in New Brunswick, there may be several surprises after the votes are counted on June 7'th.
Valerie Gallager is a nurse at the Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/5202/nb.html   (5749 words)

  
 Canada, Harvey v. New Brunswick (Attorney General)
New Brunswick (Attorney General) 876 [1996] 2 S.C.R. Right to be qualified for membership in legislature -- Member of provincial legislature convicted of illegal practice and expelled from legislature pursuant to provincial elections legislation --Legislation also disqualifying anyone convicted of illegal practice from holding electoral office for five years -- Whether disqualifications infringe s.
The appellant was elected to the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly in 1991.
Following that election he was convicted of committing an illegal practice under the Elections Act and was expelled from the legislature under s.
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 Mapleleafweb.com: Voter Almanac - New Brunswick Provincial Election Information
Graham was elected to represent Kent in a by-election in October 19, 1998, and was re-elected in the June 1999 general election.
Weir was elected to the Legislative Assembly in September 1991 as the member for Saint John Harbour, and re-elected in the 1995 and 1999 general elections.
Weir is an active New Democrat at the federal level, as she has served as a member of the Executive of the Federal Party, and is a member of its Federal Council.
www.mapleleafweb.com /election/quick/nb.html   (533 words)

  
 Fix N.B. election dates: Officer
Annise Hollies said Wednesday it takes her staff close to a year to get ready for an election, and when they don't know when that election is going to take place, it causes complications like those that occurred last year.
New cars, vans, light trucks and SUVs built in Canada must be equipped with anti-theft engine immobilizers, Transport Canada has decided.
High-intensity ultrasound could soon be harnessed as a treatment option for lung injuries, such as those sustained in a car accident, a new study finds.
www.cbc.ca /canada/new-brunswick/story/2007/02/07/nb-electiondates.html?ref=rss   (1098 words)

  
 New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a good case study for the purposes of this report as they have achieved significant success in building a wired society.
Service New Brunswick emerged when it was decided at one point that the province was losing a lot of money because of duplicative services or because a citizen, wanting to start a small business, for example, had too many barriers to go through to actually get started.
New Brunswick companies want to be in a position to form alliances with other companies on a global basis.
www.rileyis.com /publications/phase3/ph3chap2.htm   (5016 words)

  
 Budget 2005-2006 Documents
New Brunswick has one of the highest percentages of people with regular access to a family physician in the country at 93 per cent.
New Brunswick employment is at record levels, investment is at record levels, our social assistance caseload is down, and corporate and personal income taxes have been reduced.
New Brunswick was the first province to allow international students to work off campus and also the first province to allow students to work for two years in their field of study upon graduation.
www.gnb.ca /0160/budget/buddoc2005/Bud2005-e.asp   (7834 words)

  
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Fundy Cable Ltd./ltée Fredericton, New Brunswick To amend the broadcasting licence of the cable distribution undertaking serving Fredericton, by adding a condition of licence, to be relieved of the requirement to distribute the local priority signal CIHF-TV-1 (IND) Fredericton, pursuant to paragraph 17(1)(c) of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations.
Fundy Cable Ltd./ltée Millville, New Brunswick To amend the broadcasting licence of the cable distribution undertaking serving Millville, by adding a condition of licence, to be relieved of the requirement to distribute the regional priority signal CIHF-TV-1 (IND) Fredericton, New Brunswick, pursuant to paragraph 32(1)(b) of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations.
Fundy Cable Ltd./ltée Moncton, New Brunswick To amend the broadcasting licence of the cable distribution undertaking serving Moncton, by adding a condition of licence, to be relieved of the requirement to distribute the local priority signal CIHF-TV-3 (IND) Moncton, pursuant to paragraph 17(1)(c) of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations.
canadagazette.gc.ca /partI/tempAscii/g1-13230_e.txt   (14179 words)

  
 Hall of Fame, New Brunswick
Andrew Blair (1844-1907), born in Fredericton; politician; premier of New Brunswick 1883-96; built provincial Liberal Party and enforced party discipline; resigned as premier to accept federal portfolio of railways and canals in the Laurier administration.
Frank McKenna (1948-), born in Apohaqui; lawyer, politician; won election to the provincial legislature in 1982; became leader of Liberal party of New Brunswick in 1985.
In 1968 Nowlan became writer in residence at The University of New Brunswick, a position he filled until his death in 1983.
www.new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/fame.html   (2558 words)

  
 Book of Days for the Mi'kmaq Year
1991 - A public forum is held to discuss the need for a Mi'kmaw treaty delegate in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, sponsored by the Union of Nova Scotia Indians, Native Council of Nova Scotia, Centre for International Studies, and the Grand Council.
He served as chief from 1967-1993, and was instrumental in the formation of the Union of New Brunswick Indians.
He was sworn in as Judge of the Provincial Court of New Brunswick.
mrc.uccb.ns.ca /calendar.html   (14683 words)

  
 CBC.ca | New Brunswick Votes 2006 | Features | New Brunswick by the numbers
Thirty-Fifth General Election, June 9, 2003, Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (6.6 mb PDF)
There's more at stake in this election than just winning or losing.
The most damaging election issues are usually the ones that hit voters' wallets.
www.cbc.ca /nbvotes2006/features/feature1-bythenumbers.html   (196 words)

  
 Nova Scotia Quotations
Gunn, who has run the Philadelphia, New York and Washington, D.C., transportation systems and received praise on all fronts, was cut loose in the wilderness – the wilderness of Nova Scotia, where he is living on his ancestral farm, splitting kindling and taking calls from the occasional reporter...
Before the treaty of Utrecht, in 1713, which resulted in the cession of all of Acadia by the French Government to England, the present Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and at least all of that part of Maine that was east of the Kennebec River [Bangor] were collectively called Acadia.
We are the last generation in the history of mankind to not have grown up with a computer since birth.
www.littletechshoppe.com /ns1625/quotes.html   (9704 words)

  
 Robert Farnon Society
There is no news at present of a likely recording, but this illustrates the extent to which some music lovers are prepared to go to perpetuate the memory of Robert Farnon.
In April a New York Court of Appeal found in favour of Capitol in a dispute with Naxos.
A new CD features a BBC/AEFP broadcast where she is guest vocalist with the Glenn Miller AEF Band, and there are some other rare tracks.
www.rfsoc.org.uk /jim3.shtml   (12458 words)

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