‘Too Much, Too Fast’: Restaurant Operators Worry About Rising Minimum Wage
Restaurants Canada VP Luc Erjavec says New Brunswick’s planned minimum wage hike ‘comes at most inopportune time.’
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Minimum Wage In New Brunswick To Increase By $2 Next Year
Currently, the minimum wage in New Brunswick is set at $11.75, which is the lowest in the country. Next year, the government will raise it to $13.75.
Former N.B. Premier Releases Study On The Growing Social Conscience In The Business World
The Canadian Voices on the Role of Business in Society report, co-authored by Brian Gallant, surveyed business owners from across Canada, including six in the Atlantic provinces.
N.B. Nurses Union Begins Strike Vote
Bargaining units for the union rejected tentative agreements brought forward in August and October.
Higgs Government Addresses Wolastoqey Chiefs Title Claim
“Never before has a claim of this nature attempted to take control of land that is privately owned,” Premier Blaine Higgs said during a news conference.
Sussex Brewer Aims To Bolster Production With New Facility
Brewery owner Rick Lockhart says the property at 165 Saint George St. is being revamped to scale up, since his plans for growth have outgrown the capacity of the brewery’s downtown Sussex location.
‘Private’ Cannabis NB Stores Could Be Coming Soon
A new bill tabled in the legislature November 30 would allow Cannabis NB to expand its model through private retail stores.
J.D. Irving, Other N.B. Companies Named In Title Claim By Wolastoqey Chiefs
The corporations operate on about 20 percent of the more than five million hectares identified in the claim as traditional Wolastoqey lands, according to the Wolastoqey Nation.
Syrup Shortage On The Horizon
The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers say production is down this year and they’ll be forced to dip into their syrup reserves to meet surging demand.
Higher Softwood Lumber Tariffs Don’t Make Sense: Expert
Ron Marcolin, divisional vice-president of the Canadian Manufacturers And Exporters, says the United States doing today with lumber what it did with steel and aluminium tariffs a few years ago.
