Common Council hosting a meeting tonight to provide the public with details about the proposed metal shredder operation for the city's west side.
The American Iron and Metal project was held up after residents objected to the use of above ground transmission lines to power the shredder.
At a meeting four weeks ago Mayor Ivan Court announcing council had found an option but could not release details until the costs were worked out.
Representatives from the parties involved will be at the Carleton Community Centre tonight to provide information and to answer questions.
The meeting starts at 7 o'clock.
Environment Minister Margaret-Ann Blaney says the Conservation Council of New Brunswick is fanning the flames of controversy and is responsible for the delay in shale gas testing.
Southwestern Resources Canada recently suspended seismic testing for shale gas until next year amid safety concerns and vandalism to equipment.
She tells CHSJ News the council has been showing a film across the province that is not doing anyone any favours.
Blaney says the Conservation Council has been taking the Gaslands movie around the province and she thinks a factual debate on shale gas is needed.
She believes they implicitly condone the recent vandalism to seismic testing equipment.
3 environmental projects from the Atlantic Coastal Action program getting a boost thanks to 51-thousand dollars in funding from the Department of the Environment.
Executive Director Tim Vickers tells CHSJ News a portion of the money will go towards their online education program on watersheds.
Other programs getting support is their Green Network Program which organizes community clean-up projects and their management plan for local watersheds.
A landscape architect being hired to help design the space around Peel Plaza that will become a public plaza. Project Manager Bill Edwards says open sessions concerning the space have been well attended and helpful.
He says they are looking for input on the type of amenities and on how the space should look and feel.
Edwards says it's just a matter of blending what the public wants with what the city can afford. Earlier this year council electing not to begin construction on the public plaza until next spring because of the amount of work being done in the area.
Sam Blue is stepping up his efforts to bring some quiet to city streets and neighbourhoods.
He's taking to the streets to collect petition signatures for better enforcement of laws concerning illegal exhausts, which can cause excessive noise.
Blue tells CHSJ News he's not looking for a new by-law -- he just wants better enforcement.
He says he's hoping to collect at least a thousand signatures for his petition.To sign a digital version of the petition, click here.
With the number of hatchery-raised salmon that return to the river system each year dwindling, researchers are experimenting with raising salmon in salt water.
Betty House with the Atlantic Fish Farmers Association tells CHSJ News 2000 salmon are being raised in a sea cage instead of a hatchery to see if a more natural environment gives them a better chance at survival.
House says about 2000 young salmon will be tagged and released from their salt water holding pens in five or six weeks to see how they do.
House says Inner Bay of Fundy Salmon have been on the list of at-risk species since 2003, and this experiment will help research figure out why that's the case.
Salmon farmers are reaping the benefits of multi-trophic farming which farming different species together to create a natural biofilter and more diverse ecosystem.
At the Charlie Cove fish farm near St. Andrews, salmon are being farmed alongside shellfish and kelp. Biology expert Dr. Thierry Chopin tells CHSJ News it creates a natural environment for the fish to live in.
Chopin says he would like to farm sea urchins and sea cucumbers along with the salmon, and has applied for the funding to be able to start next year. Fish farmers say the problem with sea lice this year is low.
