Category: Miramichi

NB Power’s plan for between $90 million and $100 million in earnings this year won’t happen.  CFO Darren Murphy told Brunswick News the goal for the fiscal year end is to stay on the positive side of the ledger.  The utility’s third-quarter report had earnings of $44 million to this point, with ice storm recovery costs being significant.

The amount of flu cases is going up in New Brunswick, but deaths have gone down.  Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Jennifer Russell says we’ve had 173 hospitalized cases this season, with seven deaths.  2015-16 had 243 people hospitalized, with 18 deaths.  This season has seen 634 total flu cases.