Conservation Council of New Brunswick Fredericton Chapter For Immediate Release April 29, 2009 Fredericton – The Fredericton Chapter of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick is joining those concerned with the way that Fredericton City Council handled the approvals needed to build a Costco in the UNB Woodlot. “We are concerned with the lack of [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Fredericton Chapter of Conservation Council concerned with process to approve Costco in the UNB Woodlot
Posted in Big Box Stores, Public Consultation, UNB, Wetlands on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fredericton council hears opposition to proposed Costco gas bar, parking lot plan
Posted in Big Box Stores, Public Consultation, Wetlands on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/04/15/nb-fredericton-costco-125.html The addition of a gas bar and a parking lot expansion on the proposed Costco site caused close to 100 people to turn out to a Fredericton city council meeting on Tuesday night. Eleven people spoke against the proposed expansion at the Costco site at the [...]
Costco opponents make last stand
Posted in Big Box Stores, Public Consultation, Wetlands on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
City to conduct vote April 27 A1, Published Wednesday April 15th, 2009 By HEATHER MCLAUGHLIN mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/635690 Move it to another location. Don’t build a gasoline bar. Don’t build any kind of big-box store. Put a moratorium on any further development of the University of New Brunswick woodlot. That’s what the 38 environmental groups and [...]
Have your say about Costco in the UNB Woodlot Tonight!
Posted in Action!, Big Box Stores, Wetlands on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The public presentations to Fredericton City Council will take place tonight starting at 7:30 PM. Anyone can speak. You simply have to show up and ask to speak. To get to the Council chamber, you walk up the front steps of CIty Hall that face Queen Street. Once inside, you turn right and go [...]
Costco opponents, supporters get chance to express views
Posted in Big Box Stores, Wetlands on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Store | Facility planned for Corbett Centre By HEATHER MCLAUGHLIN mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com Published Monday April 13th, 2009 http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/633432 A public hearing of objections will be held at city hall Tuesday as citizens get to state their case for or against a Costco store in Fredericton. A handful of individuals and interest groups has signed up to [...]
Costo zoning hearing April 14
Posted in Big Box Stores, Public Consultation on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Published Tuesday March 24th, 2009 By HEATHER MCLAUGHLIN mclaughlin.heather@dailygleaner.com http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/612895 A public hearing of objections to a zoning amendment and subdivision to permit a Costco store at the Corbett Centre retail development on Regent Street will be held by Fredericton city council April 14. Two weeks later, councillors are slated to cast their final vote [...]
D’Arcy’s private prosecution scheduled to go to trial
Posted in Wetlands on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Don MacPherson, The Daily Gleaner, Published Tuesday March 24th, 2009 http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/612894 A trial date for a local development company being prosecuted by a private citizen for an alleged environmental infraction has been set. Provincial court Judge Leslie Jackson set a Nov. 12 trial date for RAR Properties on a charge that it violated the Clean [...]
Students want construction to stop on University Woodlot
Posted in Big Box Stores, Public Consultation, UNB on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Daily Gleaner, Published Saturday March 21, 2009 http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/610384 berry.shawn@dailygleaner.com A student group calling for an immediate moratorium on construction in the University of New Brunswick woodlot says it’s encouraged after a meeting with university president John McLaughlin. Students delivered a petition with 650 signatures to the UNB president’s office Friday, and they were invited [...]
