FREDERICTON – The New Brunswick government has lifted restrictions on forestry operations as the risk of forest fires fades. On Aug. 3, the government put a halt to harvesting, forwarding, site preparation or pre-commercial thinning between noon and 8 p.m.…
New Brunswick’s Energy and Resource Development Minister, Rick Doucet, has issued a ministerial order effective noon on Thursday that orders restrictions on forestry operations throughout the province. The order, under the Forest Fires Act, is one step to “reduce risks…
ST. GEORGE, N.B. – Fire investigators say a mess of extension cords and power bars, as well as the failure of an electrical component, were likely to blame for a fire that killed a New Brunswick woman and her three…