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UMNB Media 2023

30 OCTOBER 2023 – CBC – N.B. studies short-term rental market’s impact on housing availability

 24 OCTOBER 2023 – CBC – N.B. municipalities call for rapid financial reform amid expanded services

 23 OCTOBER 2023 – TJ – CN Rail won’t help pay for isthmus fix: Mayor

 22 OCTOBER 2023 – TJ – We live in ‘constant dread’ of flood: NB mayor to Ottawa

5 OCTOBER 2023 – CHMA – Local medical first responders are back on call in Dorchester and Memramcook

31 AUGUST 2023 – Global News – N.B. municipalities to take on outdated tax system at finance summit

 8 AUGUST 2023 – CBC  – New Brunswick’s roaming holiday may roam no more

27 JULY 2023 – CBC – Municipalities cancel, reduce roadwork as construction prices rise

10 JULY 2023 – Country 94 – Municipalities welcome efforts to boost affordable housing

21 JUNE, 2023 – TJ – Municipalities push for rules to ‘constrain’ minister powers

9 JUNE 2023 – CBC News – Minister’s power to revoke bylaws still under question by municipalities

25 MAY 2023 – TJ – Ministers explanation for bylaw override ‘ridiculous’: municipalities

24 MAY 2023 – CTV – N.B. municipalities slam Tory bill to amend, repeal municipal bylaws

24 MAY 2023 – Global News – N.B. ‘paternalistic’ local governance bill panned by municipal groups

24  MAY 2023 – CHSJ Country 94.1 – New legislation would erode municipal authority: UMNB

24 MAY 2023 – CBC – ‘Erosion of democracy’ feared if bill becomes law, Fredericton mayor says

24 MAY 2023 – TJ – Proposed provincial law ‘slap in the face’: Fredericton Mayor

23 May 2023 – Global News – Municipalities seeking share of Cannabis NB revenues to offset amalgamation costs

10 APRIL 2023 – TJ – Internet so bad, many new municipalities can’t get online

10 APRIL 2023 – GLOBAL – New Brunswick municipalities cry foul over RCMP back pay bills

15 MAR 2023 – GLOBAL – N.B. municipalities concerned over division in electoral boundaries report

12 FEB 2023 – CTV NEWS – N.B. officials gather for the first time since local government reform

12 FEB 2023 – GLOBAL – New local governments meet for first time in New Brunswick

9 FEB 2023 – CBC SHIFT – Municipal Orientation

31 JAN 2023 – CBC – New Brunswick hands service commissions $40M for economic development, newcomer retention

31 JAN 2023 – GLOBAL –  N.B. to give $40 million to regional service commissions to tackle economic development

30 JAN 2023 – TJ – ‘It’s hugely concerning’: Municipalities might have to pay for RCMP body cameras

UMNB Media 2022

22 NOVEMBER – Global News – N.B. municipal police forces brace to take on more territory as part of reforms

8 NOVEMBER – CBC Info AM Moncton – New Housing initiative

7 NOVEMBRE – ACADIENOUVELLE – New body aimes to accelerate rural housing development (In French)

4 NOVEMBER – CBC  – Maritime Noon with Bob Murphy (The story starts at 15:40 and for a local and New Brunswick perspective, the interview with President Black starts at 33:34).

24 OCTOBER – Telegraph Journal – Political salaries for new municipalities all over the map

20 OCTOBER – Global –  Majority of N.B. local government races uncontested, empty one week from candidate deadline

12 OCTOBER 2022 – Info AM Fredericton – Municipal Budgets

12 OCTOBER 2022- Telegraph Journal – Municipal Reform: ‘Take your time … to get it right’

9 OCTOBER – Telegraph Journal – Service commission ‘won’t take the blame,’ rejects budget

9 OCTOBER 2022 – CBC News – Municipal financing: questions persist in New Brunswickdes (in French)

4 OCTOBER 2022 – CBC News – N.B. government overhauls way it funds municipalities

4 OCTOBER 2022 -Global News – New Brunswick to overhaul how it funds municipalities

2 SEPTEMBER 2022 – Global News – New Brunswick city discusses audio technology to enforce noise bylaw 

22 AUGUST 2022 – Telegraph Journal – Province will consider requests for financial help: Minister

22 JUNE 2022 – CBC News – RCMP Union alleges major recruitment issues amid rural community complaints in NB

19 APR 2022 – CBC Info AM Fredericton – Dozens of existing communities are being amalgamated this year, and many of them will need new names. 

16 APR 2022 – Telegraph-Journal – Municipal contracts ‘unstable’ due to inflation, supply issues 

14 APR 2022 – Telegraph-Journal – Municipal reps press minister to delay RSC reform

13 APR 2022 – CBC Info AM Moncton – Could a pile of federal infrastructure money and a tight deadline speed up stalled municipal projects?

13 APR 2022 – CBC Info AM Fredericton – ​Just spend it already.

12 APR 2022 – Telegraph-Journal – Provincial Forcing Higgs to spend $400M may get results: Municipalities police

28 FEB 2022 – CBC New Brunswick – New municipalities face tight deadlines for decisions on councils, wards and name

16 FEB 2022 – CBC New Brunswick – Amalgamation process brings stress even for the communities that wanted it

UMNB Media 2021

16 DEC 2021 – CBC News – Provincial police force worth a ‘hard look,’ says N.B. public safety minister

25 NOV 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Atlantic Canadian cities should band together to lower insurance costs

23 NOV 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – ‘There is a better way’: Municipalities combat rising insurance costs

23 NOV 2021 – Miramichi Leader – ‘It will be interesting’: RSC director intrigued by reforms

22 NOV 2021 – Global News – New Brunswick municipalities prepare for amalgamation amid sweeping reforms

21 NOV 2021 – Global News – N.B. mayors optimistic about municipal reform, but await details and finance reform

21 NOV 2021 – Global News – Excitement and nervousness for N.B.’s municipal reform plan

19 NOV 2021 – 91.9 The Bend – Municipal reforms receive positive review from UMNB

18 NOV 2021 – Global News – New Brunswick to merge communities and slash number of local governments to 90

18 NOV 2021 – CBC News – Municipal leaders offer largely positive response to local governance reforms

18 NOV 2021 – CTV Atlantic – Municipal reform will see N.B. go from 340 local governments and districts, to 90

12 NOV 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Municipal reform will include sweeping amalgamations

10 NOV 2021 – Municipal World – Reforming municipal government in New Brunswick

25 OCT 2021 – CBC Information Morning – Confusion among municipal leaders after Dieppe mayor says RCMP plans to pull out of local policing

25 OCT 2021 – CBC News – Dieppe mayor claims RCMP getting out of contract policing, but no official confirmation

25 OCT 2021 – ICI Nouveau-Brunswick – Le maire de Dieppe soutient que la GRC va retirer ses services contractuels

22 OCT 2021 – CBC Information Morning – How are municipalities going to cover growing policing costs?

20 OCT 2021 – Acadie Nouvelle – Les salaires des agents de la GRC mettent à l’épreuve les finances municipales

17 OCT 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – New Brunswick should rethink its provincial policing system 

14 OCT 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Municipalities want study of RCMP’s role in provincial policing

15 SEPT 2021 – Toronto Star – Woodstock N.B. to observe the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

4 SEPT 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Local governance reform won’t tackle policing, Allain says

1 SEPT 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – ‘There are parts of communities that should be part of a bigger community’: Allain

31 AUG 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Should municipal workers be off Sept. 30? Municipalities try to sort out the new statutory holiday

31 AUG 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Councillor calls for new provincial department to tackle affordable housing shortage

18 AUG 2021 – Kings County Record – ‘A win-win’: Sussex Corner looking to cut costs on procurement pricing

17 AUG 2021 – CBC New Brunswick – Municipalities eye impact of RCMP union contract with 23 per cent raise over six years

6 JUL 2021 – Municipal World – Career Announcements: Dan Murphy, Executive Director of UMNB

2 JUN 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Allain signals municipal election reform changes ‘this fall’

24 MAY 2021 – CTV News – Northwestern New Brunswickers prepare to hit the polls in second pandemic election

11 MAY 2021 – 91.9 The Bend News – Next Step for Municipal Councils After Election

15 APR 2021 – Global News – Time and money: the cost of running for N.B. municipal elections

12 APR 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Delayed election-result reporting leaves outgoing councils in limbo

8 APR 2021 – Global News – New Brunswick’s municipal election is next month, and more than 40 positions have 0 candidates

7 APR 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – ‘It’s time’: Allain charts governance reform options

6 APR 2021 – CTV News – NB government says amalgamation, tax change possible after local government reform

6 APR 2021 – Global News – Municipal associates hopeful as New Brunswick launches green paper on civic reform

6 APR 2021 – CBC News – Province takes first steps on major reforms for local government

2 APR 2021 – Acadie Nouvelle – Municipales : toujours aucun encadrement pour les dépenses electorales

1 APR 2021 – Global News – The affordable housing crisis in New Brunswick and the calls for action: ‘No more blame game’

24 MAR 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – UPDATE: Resident questions council salary increases

25 FEB 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Mayor says he reached out to turfed councillor ahead of fourth meeting

17 FEB 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Candidates get advice for campaigning amid pandemic

16 FEB 2021 – CBC News – Population continues to move from rural to urban areas of N.B.

03 FEB 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Mayor offers $100 rewards for online critics to meet him at city hall

29 JAN 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Charlotte County may unite on recreation cost-sharing model

15 JAN 2021 – CBC News – Despite pandemic costs, at least 19 municipalities didn’t apply for COVID relief money

14 JAN 2021 – Global News – Maritime Bus delays route cuts, seeks assistance from N.B. government

11 JAN 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – Towns and cities work on plan to bail out province’s bus service

6 JAN 2021 – CTV News – ‘We’re certainly working on it’: N.B. only Atlantic province without a ban on plastic bags

2 JAN 2021 – Global News – N.B. municipalities pandemic losses estimated at half of available funding

1 JAN 2021 – Telegraph-Journal – ‘The province needs to give the LSDs a voice’ on municipal reform: Cragg

UMNB Media 2020

30 DEC 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – On the record 2020: Top quotes of the year

16 DEC 2020 – Huddle – Bill to allow permanent residents to vote proposed in N.B. legislature

14 DEC 2020 – Victoria Star – Village to add more EV chargers to network

10 DEC 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Multicultural council revives push to allow permanent residents to vote

04 DEC 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – ‘Different decisions’ were possible if Quispamsis knew about cash

28 NOV 2020 – Kings County Record – Sussex Corner mayor attends ‘informative’ webinar on budgets

27 NOV 2020 – Miramichi Leader – ‘It’s disappointing’: Lordon criticizes province on relief cash plan

26 NOV 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Minister hasn’t heard concerns about how COVID cash is being divvied up

23 NOV 2020 – CBC News – No end in sight for municipal election spending secrecy in New Brunswick

21 NOV 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Pandemic makes clear that municipalities need a new deal

18 NOV 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Tax hikes for 102,000 homes

31 OCT 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – $1.6M pledged to N.B. transit services

31 OCT 2020 – Daily Gleaner – Council ‘compliant’ with mask rules: CAO

30 OCT 2020 – Victoria Star – Perth-Andover must do homework on municipal reform, says mayor

28 OCT 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Mayor questions whether council salaries should rise

24 OCT 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Can you hear me now? Small communities face democracy challenges during pandemic

23 OCT 2020 – Times-Globe – High speed internet on tap for rural communities

21 OCT 2020 – Bugle-Observer – Santa will wave from a distance in pandemic-era parade

16 OCT 2020 – CHSJ News – UMNB pleased with new municipal election date

06 OCT 2020 – Global News – ‘We’re overtime’: DEC members join municipal councillors waiting for election call

30 SEP 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – ‘Buckle Up’ : N.B. to get serious about municipal reform

30 SEP 2020 – Radio-Canada: ICI Nouveau-Brunswick – De l’espoir pour la réforme municipale

30 SEP 2020 – CBC News – What’s in a title? Mayors see hope for municipal reform

28 SEP 2020 – CBC Information Morning – Municipal election a pressing issue

26 SEP 2020 – CBC News – Property tax assessments to arrive next week after being split from bills

22 SEP 2020 – Global News – Advocacy group, Elections NB call for municipal election date

22 SEP 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Fed pledge $1B in affordable housing cash

22 SEP 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – What New Brunswickers want to see in throne speech

20 SEP 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Hold municipal elections this fall

19 SEP 2020 – CTV News – Municipal elections at standstill in N.B. amid COVID-19

18 SEP 2020 – CBC News – Council vacancies pile up with no clear municipal vote date

17 SEP 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Municipalities await election date amid string of resignations

16 SEP 2020 – CHSJ News – Municipalities react to election results

11 SEP 2020 – Global News – N.B. municipalities hope for follow-through on tax reform promises

28 AUG 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – ‘Talk is cheap’: municipal leaders push for action

27 AUG 2020 – Times-Globe – Province holds keys to cities’ future

24 AUG 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Economy could contract without aggressive capital spending: Vickers

17 AUG 2020 – Times-Globe – Saint Andrews deputy mayor pushes to trim council terms to three years

10 AUG 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Province pushes for earlier municipal budget deadline

07 AUG 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – ‘I have bigger fish to fry’: Cities and towns hold back criticism of Higgs project wish list

27 JUL 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Leaders divided on mask rule change

9 JUL 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – With no set election in sight, Grand Manan councillor fears losing ‘local control’

26 JUN 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Municipality’s four-day work week a ‘really interesting idea’

16 JUN 2020 – Bugle-Observer – Village pans reluctance to open SNB office

11 JUN 2020 – CTV News – Higgs government wants more clout to enforce pandemic restrictions, but opposition skeptical

11 JUN 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – We’re not trying to create a police state, province says

3 JUN 2020 – CHSJ – Fast-tracking federal funds not enough: UMNB

1 JUN 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Trudeau billions not enough, New Brunswick municipalities say

24 MAY 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Councils soldier on: ‘I’m going to be here for my community’

21 MAY 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – ‘Safer than being in stores’: Garage sales get green light under pandemic rules

19 MAY 2020 – Kings County Record – Municipalities pave the way for social media in rural democracy

14 MAY 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Like much of rural Canada, Welsford looks for better internet

8 MAY 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – ‘We need to buy time here’: Municipalities need immediate help, says expert

2 MAY 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – ‘The system is broken’: Municipalities face $10.5M losses – and counting

29 APR 2020 – GlobalTV – New Brunswick could allow municipalities to run deficits to cover pandemic shortfalls 

20 APR 2020 – CBC New Brunswick – Cities call for help to keep buses running in pandemic

16 APR 2020 – GlobalTV – New Brunswick municipalities hoping for aid as pandemic takes economic toll

17 MAR 2020 – Acadie Nouvelle – COVID-19: les élections municipales sont annulées

16 MAR 2020 – Acadie Nouvelle – COVID-19: les élections municipales pourraient ête reportées

13 MAR 2020 – GlobalTV – Doctor says people need to continue following fact-based information

13 MAR 2020 – Times-Transcript – After calls for delay, municipal election decision coming next week

12 MAR 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Moncton monitors for COVID-19 emergency

10 MAR 2020 – Radio-Canada: ICI Nouveau-Brunswick – L’opposition libérale n’achète pas les « bonbons » du budget du gouvernement Higgs

7 FEB 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Municipal Matters: ‘There’s a good bunch of people who live here’

5 FEB 2020 – Radio-Canada: ICI Nouveau-Brunswick – Partage des revenus sur le cannabis : les municipalités reviennent à la charge

4 FEB 2020 – GlobalTV – Some N.B. retailers move to eliminate plastic bags amid calls for provincial ban

3 FEB 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Municipalities push for a cut of cannabis sales tax

2 FEB 2020 – Times & Transcript – You won’t know who paid for your mayor’s campaign

28 JAN 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Plastic bag recycling a no-go despite council pushback

28 JAN 2020 – GlobalTV – NB still without municipal campaign finance rules ahead of 2020 elections

25 JAN 2020 – Telegraph-Journal – Decision to stop plastic bag recycling ‘mind-boggling’ to councillor

24 JAN 2020 – Kings County Record – Crosswalk lights installed near risky intersection

9 JAN 2020 – GlobalTV – ‘It’s not good for the health of democracy’: Elections NB searching for candidates to run in 2020 local government elections

UMNB Media 2018 - 2019

27 DEC 2019 – The Daily Gleaner – Health reforms coming: ‘I want people to see the impact’

9 DEC 2019 – CBC Maritime Noon – What counts as fair criticism of our politicians?

1 DEC 2019 – Telegraph-Journal – Free speech or free-for-all? Politicians fear social media ‘abuse’

19 NOV 2019 – Acadie Nouvelle – Salaire des pompiers : propos incendiaires au conseil municipal de Moncton

19 NOV 2019  – Telegraph-Journal – Quispamsis joins call for arbitration reforms

15 NOV 2019 – Telegraph-Journal – Bay of Fundy littered with garbage, plastics: study

5 NOV 2019 – Recycling Resource – Packaging EPR on the way in another Canadian province

25 OCT 2019 – CBC Information Morning
Government to make manufacturers responsible for their waste

24 OCT 2019 – CBC New Brunswick
Millions at stake for municipalities as province puts property tax reform on table

21 OCT 2019 – Recycling Today
New Brunswick to develop EPR for packaging, printed paper

21 OCT 2019 – Telegraph-Journal
Quispamsis councillor wins provincial award

19 OCT 2019 – Global News
New Brunswick recycling initiative ‘puts onus on producers’

18 OCT 2019 – CBC New Brunswick
Producers to pay for plastic and paper waste

18 OCT 2019 – Telegraph-Journal
N.B. introduces new program to curb climate change

18 OCT 2019 – Radio-Canada: ICI Nouveau-Brunswick
Les producteurs seront tenus de recycler plus de déchets au Nouveau-Brunswick

8 OCT 2019 – Huddle Today / CHSJ Country 94.1
N.B. Municipalities want Province-wide ban on single-use plastic bags

8 OCT 2019 – Daily Gleaner
How can N.B. get more women involved in municipal politics?

7 OCT 2019 – CBC New Brunswick
Province won’t relocate nuisance deer, says minister

7 OCT 2019 – Telegraph-Journal
‘New deal’ may lead to tax rate hikes in region: mayor

7 OCT 2019 – Daily Gleaner
Municipalities ask province for ban on plastic carry-out shopping bags

6 OCT 2019 – Radio-Canada: ICI Nouveau-Brunswick
La décroissance démographique, le grand défi des regions rurales du Nouveau-Brunswick

6 OCT 2019 – Telegraph-Journal
“You keep your money”: Minister pledges to municipalities

6 OCT 2019 – CBC New Brunswick
N.B. municipalities call on province to relocate urban deer

5 OCT 2019 – Kings County Record
‘All I really do is guide the ship’: mayor earns award for dedication

3 OCT 2019 – Daily Gleaner
Municipal leaders to wade through list of woes, wants and needs

3 OCT 2019 – CBC Information Morning
Resolution to come before UMNB for support of health services in rural N.B.

3 OCT 2019 – CBC New Brunswick
Perth-Andover mayor worries the province will cut rural hospital services

2 OCT 2019 – CBC Information Morning
What do New Brunswick municipalities want?

28 SEP 2019 – Telegraph-Journal
‘Times change and we have to change too’

13 SEP 2019 – Daily Gleaner
Unemployment a tale of two provinces in N.B.

20 AUG 2019 – Charlotte FM
Quispamsis wants province to ban plastic bags

8 AUG 2019 – CBC New Brunswick
Growing deer population treats Saint Andrews as ‘salad bar’

24 JUL 2019 – Telegraph-Journal
‘Get off the pot’ minister tells Saint John

11 JUL 2019 – Telegraph-Journal
‘New deal’ targets municipal reforms

26 JUN 2019 – Radio-Canada: ICI Nouveau-Brunswick
Les municipalités veulent limiter les hausses de salaire des pompiers et des policiers

23 JUN 2019 – CBC Maritime Connection
How can municipalities improve their financial situation?

14 JUN 2019 – Times & Transcript
Province must overhaul arbitration rules

13 JUN 2019 – Times & Transcript
Cities want ‘economic realities’ factored into arbitration

29 MAY 2019 – CBC New Brunswick
Secrecy may remain for 2020 municipal election spending, despite promised reform

16 MAY 2019 – Telegraph-Journal
Municipal groups set to talk reforms

3 APR 2019 – Daily Gleaner
Carbon tax to cost city an extra $100K: Councillor

22 MAR 2019 – Acadie Nouvelle
Taxe sur l’hébergement touristique: Fredericton modifie la Loi sur la gouvernance locale

22 MAR 2019 – CBC New Brunswick
New Brunswick proposes tourism levy on hotel stays

21 MAR 2019 – Telegraph-Journal
What N.B. communities will get in new federal dollars

18 MAR 2019 – Telegraph-Journal
Arbitration reforms on the table

18 MAR 2019 – Daily Gleaner
After $1 lots, McAdam says plans runs dry: ‘We need extra water’

3 MAR 2019 – Acadie Nouvelle
« Le bon fonctionnement d’une municipalité réside dans le bon fonctionnement de son conseil municipal »

8 JAN 2019 – Sackville Tribune-Post
Sackville mayor reflects on 2018, looks ahead to new year

4 JAN 2019 – Acadie Nouvelle
Cannabis: les municipalités veulent leur part du gâteau

20 DEC 2018 – Acadie Nouvelle
Des leaders municipaux veulent des réformes pour le Nouvel An

19 DEC 2018 – CBC New Brunswick
Municipal leaders seek reforms in new year