Category: Saint John

Ottawa has announced a new plan to subsidize up to 40,000 new daycare spaces across the country over the next few years….and the province is signing on.

The Gallant government is negotiating with Ottawa now on its share of the funding. Early Childhood Development Minister Brian Kenny told the Telegraph-Journal the province is still working on its own commitment to create 6,000 new daycare spaces….and this funding will help fulfill that mandate.

The province is urging people not to approach fawns or moose calves, even if they appear to be abandoned.

This is the peak calving and fawning season in the province…and the Natural Resouces Department says hikers, campers fishers and other outdoor enthusiats should stay away from newborn animals because those taken away from their mothers usually die. It also says the prevalence of diseases in deer and moose has increased and handling fawns increases the risk of those diseases being spread.