Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

#miramichi water taxi launches to help reduce summer traffic woes
With the full closure of the Centennial Bridge in #miramichi this summer, traffic along the detour route has picked up, prompting the province to fund a new water taxi to get people across the river.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/miramichi-water-taxi-9.7229040?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

Mattresses aren't recycled in N.B., but a proposed project could change that
Recycling services in #newbrunswick have expanded in recent years, but a new plant in #miramichi is going a step further, hoping to fill a gap in recycling dry waste items that don’t currently have local processing solutions.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/recycling-dry-waste-large-items-mattresses-miramichi-sebastien-tinor-roy-atlantic-circular-9.7227441?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

Agropur employees optimistic about revitalized #miramichi milk plant
Quebec-based Agropur is investing $20 million to make what will be its remaining #newbrunswick plant the company's main liquid milk processing plant in the Maritimes.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/agropur-employees-optimistic-miramichi-plant-9.7223912?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

Mock scenario shows students the dangers of impaired or distracted driving
More than 100 students from seven different schools in the #miramichi area attended the re-enactment.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7214241?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #newbrunswick

Protein shakes and the shakeup of N.B.'s dairy industry
As demand for protein-packed foods and drinks rises, Agropur is restructuring to meet it. The company's Sussex-area plant will close by 2028, in favour of expanding and modernizing a company plant in #novascotia for protein ingredient production and a plant in #miramichi for milk processing.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/protein-shakes-and-the-shakeup-of-n-b-s-dairy-industry-9.7199813?cmp=rss