Lepreau News

As Premier Shawn Graham is getting ready to hand out, for free, the New Brunswick citizens' hard earned assets, are his MLAs ready to follow him into early retirement? Did he make provisions for all of them to get a good job at Hydro Quebec? If not, I would recommend that they seriously consider starting working for the people who elected them.

Editor's note: the following is an edited version of the statement made by Canadian Senator Lowell Murray in the Senate Chamber Monday.

A junior federal cabinet minister says Ottawa is closely watching the debate on the sale of NB Power to Hydro-QuA©bec. But Keith Ashfield, the minister of state responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, said he isn't sure whether the federal government has the ability to intervene.

A Lepreau, N.B., man was rushed to hospital by ambulance in serious condition Thursday after his arms were pinned underneath a brick chimney.

Energy Minister Jack Keir says details of the final agreement to sell NB Power assets to Hydro-Quebec by March 31 would be made public to New Brunswickers before anything gets signed.

The opposition Parti Quebecois is urging Quebec's Liberal government to shut down Quebec's remaining nuclear reactor - but the party's energy critic says it wouldn't make sense to shut down a successfully refurbished Point Lepreau.

A few weeks ago, I swore to myself that I was not going to write anything more about the sale of NB Power to Hydro Quebec.

A Conservative MLA has written a letter to New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham asking him to sign an agreement guaranteeing Prince Edward Island access to ship power through his province should the sale of NB Power go ahead.

NB Power officials told the country's nuclear watchdog Wednesday night that the troubled refurbishment of the Point Lepreau nuclear plant is now projected to be completed slightly ahead of its revised schedule.

New Brunswickers need not worry that Hydro-Quebec will buy NB Power and then let it languish.

Our government's proposed energy agreement with Hydro-Quebec has launched an important debate among New Brunswickers in every community of our province.

Organized labour in Atlantic Canada is marshalling resources to fight the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec, arguing it will kill jobs and stifle development of new power projects.

The column written by Madeleine Dube, under commentary published Nov. 27 in the Telegraph-Journal, that New Brunswick is letting seniors down I believe lacks sincerity.

David Alward is considering taking legal action to stop the sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec. The Opposition leader says a letter he sent on Monday to Quebec Premier Jean Charest serves as a legal notice in case the Tories decide to seek an injunction or explore other court options to scuttle the deal.

"Hey, I can sleep in my car but I can't drive my house" goes the joke around northwestern New Brunswick about the fellow who sold his house for beer money .

This week's news included some speculation by Conservative Leader David Alward regarding the financial value of a refurbished Point Lepreau.

Hydro-Quebec's move last month to boost its power exports to the United States by acquiring New Brunswick Power 's transmission lines has raised eyebrows in New England, where renewable energy ventures would face stiff competition from low-cost hydro generated north of the border.

Why hasn't Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff or Jack Layton weighed in on the subject of the potential NB Power sale to Hydro-Quebec when it's clearly a situation that might impact every Canadian? In recent days much has been printed about the Liberal government's attempt to sell off New Brunswick Power to Hydro-Quebec. Some of it has been little ...

New Brunswick's auditor general says NB Power has inflated its profits by tucking costs -- mostly related to the Point Lepreau refurbishment -- into a separate account that it is permitted to use under provincial legislation.

There has been much negative rhetoric since the announcement of the proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec. Most of it appears to be based on fear.