by UMNB | Feb 11, 2020 | News
For immediate release – Overnight ER closures in six hospitals means New Brunswickers in some communities will be over an hour away from help when sick or hurt. Overnight closures of ERs in Sussex, Sackville, Perth-Andover, Grand Falls, Caraquet, and...
by UMNB | Feb 4, 2020 | News
UMNB’s members voted to advocate for more nurse practitioners at the 2018 Annual General Meeting. We are pleased to see action on this resolution: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2020_02_03-UMNB-Bulletin.pdf Past issues of the Bulletin can be found on...
by UMNB | Jan 27, 2020 | News
UMNB Executive Director Margot Cragg and Past President Art Slipp represented members on the Municipal Orientation Steering Committee. Plus new funding from Environment and Climate Change Canada, and...
by UMNB | Jan 13, 2020 | News
We’re back in the office and ready to get to work on a new year of advocacy. A full report on the recent Provincial-Municipal Council meeting and more in this week’s UMNB Bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_12_02-UMNB-Bulletin-1.pdf...
by UMNB | Dec 17, 2019 | News
Happy holidays! We’ve attended a framework session on Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging and Printer Paper and more in this week’s bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_12_16-UMNB-Bulletin-1.pdf Past issues of...
by UMNB | Dec 2, 2019 | News
UMNB’s advocacy priorities have been updated based on new member resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting. Read those priorities and more in this week’s UMNB Bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019_12_02-UMNB-Bulletin-1.pdf Past issues...
by UMNB | Nov 25, 2019 | News
The provincial government presented the Speech from the Throne and UMNB had a board of directors meeting. Our note and more are in this week’s UMNB Bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2019_11_25-UMNB-Bulletin.pdf Past issues of the Bulletin can...
by UMNB | Nov 12, 2019 | News
We’re working on a guide to GHG emissions for local governments, based on member resolution U-19-08. Read what’s happening and upcoming events in our latest Bulletin: https://umnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2019_11_12-UMNB-Bulletin-2.pdf Past issues of...
by UMNB | Nov 4, 2019 | News
Issue 2 of the UMNB bulletin is live with updates, news, and tools of the week. We have launched a weekly digest of condensed information we hope will be of interest and use to our members. These digests will also be archived on our...
by UMNB | Oct 2, 2019 | News
Municipalities will vote on whether to ban plastic bags, support rural hospitals, and demand provincial tax relief to plug their leaking budgets, at the Union of the Municipalities of New Brunswick’s 2019 Annual Conference this weekend in Fredericton. Delegates will...
