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Mount Allison hosts second annual 'Lights Out Mount A'

Students and staff at Mount Allison University will take part in their second 'Lights Out Mount A' event this Friday. The entire campus will be turning off lights and talking about climate change throughout the day.

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New garbage contract calls for improved service, greater accountability

September 10, 2008 - 6 h 00

As town council gets set to award a new garbage contract next month, several key changes have been made to the tender documents in the hopes that residents will see an improved level of service beginning in 2009. "Clearly on the campaign trail,...

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Researchers at Mount Allison seeking greater understanding of climate change

June 25, 2008 - 6 h 00

Four researchers at Mount Allison University have combined their individual specialties in order to build better models for understanding climate change. Zoe Finkel, a professor of environmental sciences at Mount Allison, and Andrew Irwin, a...

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January thaw follows week of snowstorms, frigid temperatures

January 9, 2008 - 6 h 00

With this week's balmy temperatures, residents are shedding their heavy jackets and boots for lighter outerwear and are finding it hard to believe that it was only a week ago that the Tantramar area was pummeled with its fourth snowstorm of the...

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Rumoured funding cuts to CWS undetermined

October 3, 2007 - 6 h 00

More than a week after rumours of alleged funding cuts within Environment Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Service were apparently leaked to the press, the federal government has yet to confirm or deny the accusations. Media spokesperson for...

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Local find unveils oldest known reptile evidence in the world

August 22, 2007 - 6 h 00

Close to one year ago, an English paleontologist made a startling discovery on the shore of the Bay of Fundy near Dorchester Cape. Howard Falcon-Lang, a paleontologist who has been hunting fossils in New Brunswick for 11 years, literally found...

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Second boil order in effect for Sackville

May 2, 2007 - 6 h 00

Editor's note: Effective 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, the Town of Sackville has lifted its boil water order, and residents are no longer required to boil their water before consuming. SACKVILLE, N.B. - Sackville residents were hit with another...

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Local ecologist questions commitment to environmental movement

May 2, 2007 - 6 h 00

SACKVILLE, N.B. - Canadians are riding the wave of a new environmental movement, but a local ecologist is questioning whether the renewed interest will last and if its really making a difference. Ramsey Hart, a local environmentalist and part-time...

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