IBM To Add 250 Jobs In New Brunswick

Just a day after announcing 100 new jobs in Fredericton, IBM says it plans to add 110 jobs in Saint John and another 40 in Florenceville-Bristol.

David Drury, general manager of global technology services at IBM Canada, says the new jobs will create a hub of IT and security technology expertise in New Brunswick.

The jobs, which pay roughly $50,000 to $75,000 each, will be created over the next three years.

The province is paying 12-thousand dollars per job as a payroll rebate, for a total of $3 million.

Premier Brian Gallant says the expansion of IBM's operations in New Brunswick means valuable information technology jobs and a strong foundation for continued growth in the cybersecurity sector in the province.

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Busted! New Brunswick man who owned python that killed two boys arrested

Noah Barthe, left, and Connor Barthe pose in this undated photo posted on the Facebook page of Mandy Trecartin.

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The man who owned the python that killed two young boys in New Brunswick in August 2013 has been arrested in the case, his lawyer said Thursday.

Leslie Matchim said Jean-Claude Savoie was arrested Thursday by police in the Montreal area, but he doesn't know what charge or charges his client may face.

Savoie moved from Campbellton, N.B., where the boys died to live in the Montreal area, Matchim said.

"It certainly by no means was any attempt to evade anything," Matchim said in an interview. "I've mentioned on several occasions in my dealings with the police where he is located."

New Brunswick Opens First Medical Marijuana Vapour Room To Serve Veterans

A marijuana vaporizer is demonstrated during the Champs Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. New Brunswick's first medical marijuana vapour room has opened in Oromocto, just down the road from 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown. | Bloomberg via Getty Images

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New Brunswick's first medical marijuana vapour room has opened in Oromocto, just down the road from 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown.

Marijuana For Trauma Inc. has expanded its Restigouche Road facility to include the new room, saying it is a necessary support for Canadian Forces veterans and others suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The vapour room will allow those who pay a $5 annual membership fee to try out different machines to vaporize their prescribed marijuana.

Backlash On University of Moncton Sexy Recruitment Ad! Not Going Well With Canadian Professors

There is a particular scene in the university of Moncton recruitment Ad which shows a pair of students making out in the school's library. The students are divided over the campaign and so are the professors not feeling the Ad snippet.



Marie-Noëlle Ryan, the president of the university’s professors’ and librarians’ association, calls the video “pathetic.”

​”It’s the way it’s like selling the university, like it’s a beer product,” Ryan said.

“And it’s not that way that you will recruit serious students and people who really want to learn and have good diplomas.” 

Update! Abortion restrictions end in New Brunswick

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Effective Jan. 1, New Brunswick is eliminating the restrictive rule that required women seeking a hospital abortion to have two doctors certify the procedure is medically necessary.

The change, which flowed from the closure of the private Morgentaler clinic in Fredericton in July, a September election and a change in government, will put abortion in the same category as any insured medical service. 

New Brunswick Grit Resigns 3 Weeks After Election

A New Brunswick Liberal politician who was just elected last month says he is quitting after realizing that the hours and travel that come with the job would have a negative impact on his health and family.

Gary Keating was elected for Saint John East in the provincial election on Sept. 22.

Keating said he decided that public life wasn't for him following deep reflection and he apologizes to the people of the riding, adding that he hopes they understand his reasons for stepping down.

"After careful personal reflection and the unconditional love and support from my family I have decided, at this particular point in my life, that my family must come first and be my priority," said Keating in a press release.

"I wish to offer my deepest apologies to the people of Saint John East. They placed their trust in me and I cannot help but feel that I have let them down."

Keating said Premier Brian Gallant has accepted his decision.

Before being elected, Keating was a high school principal.

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Amid a bizarre vote-counting Brian Gallant leads Liberals to win New Brunswick election

Amid a bizarre vote-counting snafu, rookie politician Brian Gallant led his Liberal party to a majority election victory in New Brunswick, as voters rejected the Progressive Conservatives’ bid to jump-start a moribund economy by expanding its shale gas industry.

With most of the polls reporting after a tight battle that went well into the night, the tabulation of ballots was suspended Monday around 10:45 p.m. for almost two hours as concerns arose about technical glitches with memory sticks and discrepancies with vote-counting machines.

Before the count was stopped, Brian Gallant’s Liberals and the Tories under David Alward were locked in a tight contest. That changed once the results were updated with the Liberals winning 27 ridings compared to the Progressive Conservatives with 21, though the Tories demanded that every ballot be counted by hand to ensure the legitimacy of the election.

Green party Leader David Coon was elected in the riding of Fredericton South, a result that represents a breakthrough for a party that has never held a seat in the New Brunswick legislature.
The vote counting glitch caused the Tories to call for all the votes to be counted by hand, while the Liberals said Elections New Brunswick needed to be left alone to determine the outcome.

A spokesman for Elections New Brunswick said the agency encountered a technical problem with the tabulation machines it was using to count ballots. Paul Harpelle said in an email that there were problems uploading data from memory cards.

Moncton RCMP Funeral: 'I want him back so badly' brother says

The regimental funeral for three Mounties killed in the line of duty last week is underway in Moncton, N.B., with thousands of RCMP and other law enforcement officials from across Canada in attendance.

The caskets were carried into the Moncton Coliseum by RCMP officers dressed in their red serge uniforms.

RCMP Cpl. Chantal Farrah welcomed the thousands of RCMP officers, other law enforcement officers and dignitaries to the funeral.

"The sudden and violent death of Const. [Fabrice Georges] Gevaudan. Const. [Douglas James] Larche and Const. [Dave Joseph] Ross have left everyone in the policing community and in the general public suffering a profound loss," Farrah said.

"As a family, as a police service and as a community, together we mourn and grieve for our fallen heroes."

Daniel Larche was the first to honour the memory of one of the slain officers. He spoke about how his “little brother Doug” was “selfless in every aspect of life.”

“He always put others before himself, even in death,” he said.

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Montreal, Ottawa protest N.B. abortion clinic closure





A small group of pro-choice protesters gathered at Place Emilie-Gamelin on Saturday in support of women in New Brunswick. The province's only private abortion clinic is set to close in July. (Tanya Birkbeck/CBC)



 

The Morgentaler Clinic, the province's only private abortion clinic, is slated for closure. Small groups of pro-choice protesters rallied in Montreal and Ottawa last saturday in support of women in New Brunswick after the announcement earlier this month that the province’s only private abortion clinic would be shut down.

 

Henry Morgentaler died before his lawsuit against the province of New Brunswick was decided on in court. His family later asked for the suit to be dropped.

The Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton, N.B., is set to close at the end of July after a 20-year fight with the provincial government over funding.

The clinic, named after well-known Montreal abortionist Henry Morgentaler, is the only private abortion facility in New Brunswick and the only one east of Montreal.

 

It provided abortion services to more than 10,000 women over 20 years.