Brian Gallant has confirmed a referendum on preferential balloting and lowering the voting age. It’ll happen in conjunction with municipal elections in May 2020, and ask whether New Brunswick should move voting from first-past-the-post and 18 years old to preferential balloting and 16 years old.
Category: Campbellton
Pointe-Verte men want to change closing school into community centre
Two Pointe-Verte men want to convert its elementary school to a community centre. École Séjour-Jeunesse is closing, with students going to Petit-Rocher next year. Euclide Chiasson and Jean Roy tell CBC the focus of the new centre would be trade workshops, as those skills are in demand for the area and it could possibly help keep younger people around.