Tobique First Nation representative Wendall Nicholas arrived on Grand Manan on August 12 with an investigating team to review, restructure and reassess the Tobique fisheries.

A plan to kill sea lice on farm-raised salmon with a pesticide that subsequently will be flushed into several bays in southwest New Brunswick is generating concern among fishermen and environmentalists.

At a special town meeting on August 10, Pembroke voters adopted an ordinance to regulate large-scale water extraction and approved the school budget for 2009-2010.