Government of Canada invests $230,000 in two projects supporting women and families in New Brunswick
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OTTAWA, ON, July 26, 2021 /CNW/ - Everyone has the right to live free from violence. However, many people in Canada continue to experience violence every day because of their gender, gender expression, gender identity or perceived gender. This issue has only been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic in communities across the country. That s why the Government of Canada is collaborating with organizations that provide continued support and empower women and families, Indigenous peoples, and underrepresented people, ensuring that everyone can feel safe and live a life free of violence.
SAINT JOHN, N.B. The appointment of Mary Simon as Canada s Governor General is a moment for the history books – as the advocate, ambassador and Inuk leader becomes the country s first ever Indigenous person in that position. In the Maritimes, Indigenous leaders are welcoming word of the decision, as a monumental moment and major step on the path of reconciliation, as Simon herself has noted. To know that it s an Indigenous woman who is going to be representing all Canadians, not just Indigenous, but all Canadians, says Lorraine Whitman of the Native Women s Association of Canada. She certainly has the credentials to be able to do it, and so I m certainly excited in that it is a historical moment.
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Federal government approves use of fish-killing pesticide in Miramichi River
A growing population of smallmouth bass in Miramichi Lake and the Southwest Miramichi River has been threatening Atlantic salmon. The spraying of the fish-killing pesticide rotenone is now scheduled for August, after approval was granted by Fisheries and Oceans.
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Former provincial court judge and former lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick Graydon Nicholas will be reading the first land acknowledgment in Saint John council history.(Logan Perley/CBC)
Saint John city council has made the decision to begin each council meeting with a land acknowledgement alongside community members singing the national anthem.
Mayor-elect Donna Reardon said Wednesday the first reading of a land acknowledgement in city council history will take place on June 14, when the new council holds its first meeting of the new term. This is shaping our identity of who we are, and it includes your past and where you ve come from and where you want to go, she said. You do better recognizing your past. You don t want to go back there.