Margot Cragg

• Municipal associates hopeful as New Brunswick launches green paper on civic reform

  The green paper is intended to spur discussion over the next several months, with the government looking to unveil proposed reforms in the fall.

  Politics

  Apr 6, 2021
  
• N.B. municipalities pandemic losses estimated at half of available funding

  The remainder of the $40-million fund will be split between all municipalities per capita.

  Politics

  Jan 2, 2021
  
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• Advocacy group, Elections NB call for municipal election date

  The executive director of the Union of the Municipalities of New Brunswick is calling on the provincial government to set a date for municipal elections.

  Economy

  Sep 22, 2020
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• N.B. municipalities hope for follow-through on tax reform promises

  The Union of the Municipalities of New Brunswick wonders why municipal tax reform isn’t mentioned once in the PC party platform.

  Politics

  Sep 11, 2020
• New Brunswick municipalities hoping for aid as pandemic takes economic toll

  The City of Saint John is in a particularly troubling state; with the city facing down deficits of over $10 million in 2020 and 2021 before COVID-19 changed those calculations. 

  Politics

  Apr 16, 2020
• Some N.B. retailers move to eliminate plastic bags amid calls for provincial ban

  Some stores, including Sobeys and local Home Hardware shops, are preparing months in advance, already removing the bags from rotation.

  Environment

  Feb 4, 2020
• ‘It’s not good for the health of democracy’: Elections NB searching for candidates to run in 2020 local government elections

  "Every year there's a number of vacancies at the end of the elections."

  Politics

  Jan 9, 2020