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Derwin Gowan

2021

Pandemic taking toll on area households; Government aid assists many

Government programs including the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) helped people cope with the pandemic through 2020. However, staff and volunteers say that demand at Charlotte County food banks has returned to historic numbers as the CERB program ended...

2021

Businesses survive pandemic’s challenges: Federal aid, staycations help

Government assistance and New Brunswickers taking vacations in their own province helped Charlotte County businesses survive 2020 and the COVID 19 pandemic. They are, as the Bee Gees put it, "Stayin' Alive," hoping that vaccines will allow life to return closer to normal.

2020

Aboriginal rights across border to be considered by court

A legal case concerning a man who shot an elk 10 years ago on the west coast could affect Peskotomuhkati rights in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada reserved judgment after hearing an appeal in Ottawa on October 8 against the acquittal of Richard Lee Desautel...

2020

Year-round ferry plea rebuffed; Williamson promises to fight on

The ferry from Campobello to Deer Island will run until Sunday, January 10, according to New Brunswick Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Jill Green.

2020

Border closure doesn’t stop wedding

COVID 19 put a crimp in plans by Lindsay Clowes and Alex Leckie for an August wedding in Nova Scotia. With restrictions on the border, her family and friends from Maine could not attend.

2020

Progressive Conservatives win majority in legislative assembly

Premier Blaine Higgs took a chance by calling a snap provincial election and won.

2020

Candidate dropped by Liberals for past posting on Facebook

Whatever else happens in the New Brunswick general election on Monday, September 14, Saint Croix will not get a Liberal MLA. Party leader Kevin Vickers issued a statement on September 7 cutting ties with candidate John Gardner because of a Facebook post nearly two years ago...