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 [...]
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Costco opponents make last stand
Posted in Big Box Stores, Public Consultation, Wetlands on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Company ticketed for digging without a permit
Posted in Big Box Stores, Wetlands on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wetland | Conservation group says sometimes the damage can’t be fixed By HEATHER MCLAUGHLIN, The Daily Gleaner, Published Friday February 27th, 2009 A ticket has been issued by the province to a company that dug into the wetland area adjacent to Wayne Squibb Boulevard at the University of New Brunswick’s Corbett Centre without the proper [...]
Comments on Costco Development
Posted in Big Box Stores, UNB, Wetlands on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jacques Whitford 711 Woodstock Road Fredericton, NB E3B 5C2 February 25, 2009 Re: Costco development Dear Ms. Murdoch, On behalf of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, I am writing to point out that the proposed Costco development in the UNB woodlot is short-sighted and potentially very dangerous. The proposed gas bar must trigger a [...]
What’s been happening
Posted in Big Box Stores, Public Consultation, UNB on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Daily Gleaner, Published Monday February 23, 2009 http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/581297 * Internal and external consultation sessions to prepare UNB’s land management strategy and woodlot implementation plan, 2001-2004 * Information sessions on the woodlot implementation plan held for UNB community, stakeholder groups, media and the general public, October 2004 * Municipal plan amendment, public process, 2004 * [...]
Environmentalists, developers at odds over site
Posted in Big Box Stores, UNB, Wetlands on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Daily Gleaner, Published Monday February 23rd, 2009 For environmentalists, there’s no compromise. The University of New Brunswick wetland atop Regent Street should remain pristine and wild. Picture: PLANS: Revised version of the proposed site for Costco wholesale store, planned for the Corbett Centre development at the top of Regent Street. For the University of [...]
Hypocrisy at the woodlot
Posted in Big Box Stores, Forest Research, Green Space, Public Consultation, Road, Species, UNB, Wetlands on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BODY {font-family=”Arial”} TT {font-family=”Courier New”} BLOCKQUOTE.CITE {padding-left:0.5em; margin-left:0; margin-right:0; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; border-left:”solid 2″;} SPAN.TABOOHEADER {display=none} March 10th, 2009 By GRAHAM FORBES, For The Daily Gleaner http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/search/article/597808 To some, the University of New Brunswick woodlot represents recreation, green space, quality of life and ecological services. Photo: REPLACING TREES: New stores at the Corbett Centre can be [...]
