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Eastern Ontario–New Brunswick Briefing: Tantramar Moves to Release Fire-Service Recommendations as Fredericton Weighs Recovery Centre Plan

Residents and officials press for transparency and workable solutions on transit and social services while a New Brunswick hockey pro continues to improve in hospital overseas.

Thousands of students flood Aberdeen Street in the University District in Kingston, Ont., to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 15, 2025.
The proposed rehabilitation centre would go in at the end of Blizzard Street, pictured.
The Anderson Bridge in Miramichi will be demolished. Minister Chuck Chiasson said the decision was made due to the 'unknown scope of additional work required to make the bridge safe.'
The Saint John Free Public Library has seen a 'disturbing rise in violent incidents across its three branches' last year and continuing this year, says library board chairperson Johanne McInnis. 

Overview

  • Tantramar council voted unanimously to publish the 2021 Montana workplace assessment recommendations for its fire service, with the release to proceed pending legal advice and an implementation update from the CAO.
  • The Montana review followed bullying and harassment complaints in the former Sackville department, produced 20 recommendations that were kept in-camera, and was the subject of denied RTIPPA requests and a 2023 court application, as a separate investigation continues after 12 volunteers resigned this year.
  • The John Howard Society bought a 5.6-acre parcel in Fredericton’s Vanier Industrial Park for $250,000 to build a recovery centre with 12 short‑term beds and 15 bachelor units, with zoning and funding still to be secured and a public meeting set for Monday at 7 p.m.
  • EC-KAC says New Brunswicker Jordan Murray is awake, communicating and out of ICU after a 21-minute resuscitation and a medically induced coma following a cardiac arrest on the bench, with doctors still testing to determine the cause.
  • Rural advocates submitted a ‘high‑performance rail’ alternative to Alto, proposing dedicated passenger tracks added to existing CN/CP corridors for 175–200 km/h all‑electric service using current stations as a lower‑cost option than the up‑to‑$90‑billion high‑speed plan that could require expropriations.