The
Alward Government's new provincial forestry plan won't take its toll
overnight, but it could spell environmental disaster down the road.
That's
according to Margo Sheppard, who has spent more than 30 years working as
an environmental planner. She tells us conversations on job
growth and the economy are overshadowing those on environmental
sustainability when we're facing a climate crisis of unknown
proportions.
The plan
would decrease the amount of protected old growth forest from
30-percent to 23-percent while allowing 20-percent more softwood to be
cut on public land annually.
The
government saying the strategy was created to create and maintain new
jobs and manage forests in a sustainable way. Sheppard counters, saying
it will impact wildlife, erosion control and more.
A newly-formed group in New Brunswick is pushing for publically funded midwifery care in the province.
Chair of
NB Families for Midwives Sonya Burrill tells us they also want
to educate people about the benefits of midwives not only for
mothers-to-be but for new moms as well. Burrill's first baby was born
under the care of midwives in Ontario and says they offered much-need
postpartum support.
The provincial government cut funding to the Midwives Association of New Brunswick last summer. NB
Families for Midwives launching a social media campaign coinciding with
International Day of the Midwife on May 5 to officially mark their
launch. Click here for more information.
This weekend marks the 71st anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest running battle of the World War II.
Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino says the month of May in 1943 was a turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic when the Allies gained the upper hand over German U-boats.
Heroic efforts by the Royal Canadian Navy and Air Force meant a crucial victory by keeping supply routes open between North America and Britain with the loss of 46 hundred lives.
The Saint John service for Battle of the Atlantic begins at 10:30 in Trinity Anglican with a march from Germain Street to King Street and then to the Hilton if it's not raining.
