" Jason Augustine is district war chief for the Mi’kmaq Warriors Society, and said that many in his community of Elsipogtog are opposed to the project. " - Erica Butler, CBC Reporting [ source: Erica Butler - Reporter | CBC ]
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Saturday, 18 July 2026
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Strait Shores Appointment of Greg Lutes Notice - Local Governance Commission of New Brunswick
At this link: Notice: Appointment of Supervisor - Strait Shores | Local Governance Commission Of New Brunswick
More here on this story from CHMA FM Mount Allison University radio station reporter Erica Butler:
Erica Butler has apparently now departed her job at CHMA FM Mount Allison University.. not sure where she has gone but will attempt to find out.
Did she play a role in the agitation out in Strait Shores? Probably.
What is Andy MacGregor's role also as an agitator and disruptor in the region? Stay tuned.. we'll be taking a closer look at this odd story and the appointment of Greg Lutes and Andy MacGregor.
Any information is welcome in the comment section of this blog.
Thanks.
May 16, 2025:
"On today’s show, we talk with former Strait Shores councillor Andy MacGregor who recently met with the new supervisor appointed to replace Strait Shores council for the next year. “He’s experienced and he knows how to get things done,” says MacGregor. “So I have all the confidence in the world that Greg’s going to do a great job for Strait Shores.”
After a tumultuous three months which involved multiple resignations and reports into council behaviour, the Local Governance Commission of New Brunswick appointed Greg Lutes to replace the remaining, defunct council.
CHMA has reached out to Lutes to ask questions about his work before municipal elections in May 2026 will elect a new council for Strait Shores. We are waiting to hear back.
In the meantime, MacGregor shares his impressions after meeting Lutes, and updates us on the work of two citizens committees that are still active: the Strait Shores tourism committee and the Age Friendly Community committee, which is planning two town hall events this June." - Erica Butler's commentary
NOTICE
The Local Governance Commission of New Brunswick has been made aware that, due to councillor resignations, the elected council of the rural community of Strait Shores no longer has enough councillors to form quorum. This means that the council is no longer able to govern and direct the operations of the rural community. As such, the Local Governance Commission has appointed Greg Lutes as Supervisor for Strait Shores as per subsection 26(3) of the Local Governance Commission Act. The appointment of Mr. Lutes is effective April 29, 2025, and he will remain in place until such time as quorum is restored by way of the next general municipal election in May 2026. As Supervisor, Mr. Lutes is authorized to act in the place of the elected council. This notice is provided pursuant to section 31 of the Local Governance Commission Act.
AVIS
La Commission de la gouvernance locale du Nouveau-Brunswick a été informée qu'en raison de la démission de conseillères, le conseil élu de la communauté rurale de Strait Shores ne dispose plus du nombre suffisant de conseillers pour former le quorum. Le conseil n'est donc plus en mesure de gouverner et de diriger les activités de la communauté rurale. Par conséquent, la Commission de la gouvernance locale a nommé Greg Lutes au poste de superviseur de Strait Shores, conformément au paragraphe 26(3) de la Loi sur la Commission de la gouvernance locale. La nomination de M. Lutes entre en vigueur le 29 avril 2025 et il restera en poste jusqu'au rétablissement du quorum suivant les prochaines élections municipales générales de mai 2026. À titre de superviseur, M. Lutes est autorisé à remplacer le conseil élu. Le présent avis est publié conformément à l'article 31 de la Loi sur la Commission de la gouvernance locale."
More on Greg Lutes here:
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Thursday, 31 July 2025
Tantramar Reports with Erica Butler CHMA on Water Treatment Plant and Pumps
Reporting today with Erica Butler at Mount Allison University's CHMA FM campus radio station:
Artwork below by Aaron Paquette on free reuseable bag from CUPE -
more here with Edmonton City Councillor Aaron Paquette: @aaronpaquette | Linktree
THANKS Bruce Phinney, Tantramar Town Councillor
More here on the topic of drinking water and supply and abundance at this website:
http://primarywater.org
Photography by THE Indie Media Eastcoast [ Moncton NB restaurant chandelier tinted purple ]
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Friday, 30 May 2025
"Do I Look Indigenous to You" ?
"Indigenization"... with Laura Landon, Mount Allison University campus librarian with her husband Bruce Wark [warktimes.com ] - listen on soundcloud here:
Mt. A. promises indigenization by Bruce Wark
Community, identity, security, peace, prosperity, leadership, women, racism, elders, division, academia, indigenous studies, non-indigenous folks, tribalism, and what constitutes a leader?
What is "race based law"?
All these questions and more in 2025 as we see an agenda at play to divide society down the lines of "natives" and "non-natives"that was incubated into our Canadian universities by "change agents" and "educated" folks"... please read more here:
New indigenous affairs co-ordinator | Mount Allison
"Doreen Richard (’96) joins campus community as first indigenous affairs co-ordinator
Doreen Richard (’96) joined the campus community this past summer as the University’s first indigenous affairs co-ordinator. Richard’s position is meant to help all students on campus, assisting with campus events, residence requirements, and academic research in the area of First Nations, as well as helping admissions recruit First Nations students.
“One of my goals is to build relationships with key players to assist in the indigenization of our campus — academically, socially, and culturally,” says Richard. “I am working with faculty and staff to help create an environment where First Nations students see themselves positively in the curriculum and working closely with the Indigenous Support Group.”
Originally from Nova Scotia, Richard is Mi’kmaq and taught in the public school system throughout the Maritimes."
More here:
Women’s Leadership Series encourages compassionate leaders - The Argosy
These are great lands where we all want to live together in peace. How can there be peaceful coexistence in 2025?
#EndRaceBasedLaw
More here on a symposium with "Local News Matters" 2025 and Laura Landon, Erica Butler CHMA reporter, and others next month on Mount Allison University campus: Local News Matters
Finally, I'm afraid New Brunswickers are being kept in the dark on these land claims and 'land back' movements and 'unceded territory' declarations by the politicians .. these are not small issues of the day. Take a look at this news of non-indigenous people being banned from parks as reported by Caroline Elliott who lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia:
More here with Caroline Elliott on Twitter:
Reported story at Daily Mail Online here:
Saturday, 17 May 2025
Heather Patterson on Sackville Food Bank - " Guaranteed Annual Income Really Works "
Local Food Bank Volunteer Heather Patterson received a King Charles III medal this year in Moncton New Brunswick and spoke with Erica Butler at Mount Allison University - link is here:
More here on registered charity: Home | Food Depot Alimentaire
"Food Depot Alimentaire (FDA) is a registered, non profit charitable organization that serves food banks, community kitchens, school programs and other supportive agencies across New Brunswick. Our primary functions include food storage and distribution, fundraising, food collection and advocacy for the people we serve and the agencies we support"
Sunday, 20 April 2025
STRUTS GALLERY EVENT ... 7PM Tuesday April 22nd, 2025 - 7 Lorne Street, Sackville New Brunswick
Story by Erica Butler at this CHMA FM Mount Allison University radio station news website link: Voices from Scorched Earth ‘blends the boundaries’ between Sackville and mining town El Estor » CHMA, Voice of the Marshes
Struts Gallery's website link here: Artist Talk | Voices From Scorched Earth with Styvens Barrios Loch & Romi Fischer-Schmidt
Thursday, 6 March 2025
Strait Shores Politics with Erica Butler - CHMA FM Mount Allison University Coverage - Andy MacGregor Councillor
“It’s just not true,” says MacGregor, in response to Stokes’ accusations. “I’ve been persistent. I haven’t given up,” says MacGregor. “I ran on a platform of accountability and transparency, and that’s what I’m pursuing.”
More here:
Three-member Strait Shores council turns down by-election opportunity » CHMA, Voice of the Marshes
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Small Homes More Practical - "Voice of the Marshes Reporting" with Natalie Donaher & Erica Butler
Read the CHMA FM Erica Butler's report here:
Sackville resident proposes change to make small homes more practical » CHMA, Voice of the Marshes
"A Sackville resident is asking Tantramar council to change the way they regulate the size of dwellings in the former town.
Right now, Sackville dwellings must have minimum dimensions of 20 feet by 20 feet, which is too wide for buildings to be constructed offsite and transported on provincial highways to their final destination. Natalie Donaher is proposing using the equivalent in area, 400 square feet, for the minimum size requirement, thereby allowing for rectangular-shaped small homes that can be built elsewhere and transported to Sackville.
CHMA spoke to Donaher after Plan 360’s Jenna Stewart presented the idea to Tantramar council at their Monday meeting.
Donaher believes the change she’s proposing would be part of a municipal plan review when Tantramar takes one on, but the affordable housing advocate decided to apply for this change immediately, covering the $1500 application fee out of pocket. “I didn’t think we should wait that long,” says Donaher, “because it seems the housing crisis is much more urgent than that.”
Natalie Donaher is an employee of Mount Allison University who lives out of town in Rockport and had previously run for Town Councillor in the last election in 2022, more here:
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
New Interim President of Mount Allison University Robert MacKinnon - Report from CHMA FM Erica Butler
"This is not Robert MacKinnon’s first extended stay in Sackville. The new interim president of Mount Allison actually graduated from the university back in 1978. “We’ve been enjoying rediscovering Sackville,” says MacKinnon. The town “still has the same feel” as he recalls from his student days, although he’s noted the changes. “Mel’s is closed, of course… and the sub shop that I used to go to is no longer there… But the town is still a beautiful town.”
Introducing Dr. Robert MacKinnon, Mount A's new interim president » CHMA 106.9 FM (chmafm.com)
"MacKinnon says both the major renovation of the Ralph Pickard Bell Library, and also the upcoming negotiations for a new faculty contract are both on his radar.
As for the library project, which received a pledge of $36 million in federal and provincial funding last year, MacKinnon is anxious to find out what the committee working on the project has come up with. “I’d really like to get this project rolling so that it will be on the road to completion when the when the permanent president arrives,” says MacKinnon."
Amazing to see so much money flowing to the university... never any money for a concrete skatepark project here though.. why?
Saturday, 16 September 2023
Erica Butler CHMA FM is part of the problem not part of the solution
Erica Butler's consistently bad reporting locally since 2020 is doing a lot of damage and the reality of this girl's arrival from Halifax in 2020 is that she has put a lot of toxic news stories out into our society and has already been responsible for much harm to the mental health of her listeners and readers - not only by the stories she reports - but the stories she will not report on, in other words, she is a heavily biased and disreputable "reporter" aka Propagandist for the Agenda of the progressives - no one has challenged her and no one has offered a more balanced approach and alternative view to the stories she continually puts forth in the local news arena of Tantramar.. I truly hope that this changes and I hope that more people question this woman's ethics and motivation -- listen to an appaulling interview with an out of town young queer doctor - Dr. Thomas - now doing "gender affirming care" in Tantramar at the university campus -- at this link:
See activist mother January Littlejohn on Twitter:
Not having the courage to talk about the downside of "gender affirming care" is going to create a lot of problems in the future... way wait to discuss this?
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Updated: "Tantramar Community Concerns" Facebook - Sign Photography by Grace Nelson, Platinum Atlantic Realty
Shared by Grace Nelson.... realtor [with concern] at Platinum Atlantic Realty... About Us - Platinum Atlantic Realty
"protect us all ..." says new sign promoting jabbies? See "Tantramar Community Concerns" Facebook page here: Tantramar Community Concerns (facebook.com)
Wednesday on Tantramar Report: We talk with Amlamgog (Fort Folly) First Nation Chief Rebecca Knockwood about the joint title claim she is part of, along with seven other Mi'kmaq First Nations in New Brunswick. "
Who is authorizing this type of "I acknowledge that.... " language? Who owns this land? Us/them?
I wish I had their big fat signage budget and generous funding...
I wonder if they're interested in a "Hemp Week" celebration over at Fort Folly Nation? I have improved on their sign work:
Fort Folly Nation..
The First Nation has one reserve, Fort Folly 1.
The reserve has an area of 56.1 hectares (139 acres).
reserve came into existence in 1840, under the New Brunswick Indian Act.
more here:
and more here:
"Chief Joe Knockwood
Chief Knockwood of Fort Folly First Nation in New Brunswick has only been in office since 1997 to 2003, then again from 2005 to 2013. However, his life experiences has more than adequately prepared him for such an undertaking.
Chief Knockwood's varying work experience followed both traditional and non-traditional activities. Like most young Mi'kmaq boys of his generation, he spent time with his father who taught him how to hunt and fish. In his young adult life, he worked in factories and traveled extensively, living in Germany, the United States and other parts of Canada. He joined the American Forces where he had the opportunity to complete his high school education. When he returned to New Brunswick, Chief Knockwood attended a professional school in Moncton and learned to be a barber. He set up a barber shop and did quite well.
At the end of the 1960s Chief Knockwood became interested in politics. Later, a member of the Union of New Brunswick Indians was looking for a Native person to do historical land claim research and asked Chief Knockwood if he would accept the task. At the time, land claims within the federal government did not exist. Soon Chief Knockwood became fascinated by the power of history which was the beginning of his 27-year career in Native history.
From his practical experience, Chief Knockwood noticed that in order to succeed with a historical investigation or any political issue, the most important skills are patience and awareness. When encountering bad will, he does not show frustration. Instead he looks elsewhere. Even if the system is slow to reply, it can also be friendly if we can find someone inside who has the ability to understand the situation, said Chief Knockwood.
Now Chief Knockwood works in his community and has established cooperative relations with neighboring communities. As the leader of Fort Folly, he takes time to visit communities and give awareness seminars on his culture and the Mi'kmaq language. He has acquired a deep understanding of Mi'kmaq history, genealogy and culture and he enjoys sharing this understanding. We are neighbors, he says, and we help each other. For example, The Town of Dorchester needs a new fire Truck. Chief Knockwood successfully negotiated with the Department of Indian Affairs in Amherst for monies to help the Town of Dorchester with its purchase of a new Fire Truck. And it works very well, added Chief Knockwood.
While many people in their late fifties take early retirement, Chief Knockwood is still very busy. Being a Chief is not an easy job, he said seriously. His wish is to see his community grow and his culture recognized. He makes sure that people remember the contribution of Native civilization to the Canadian history of yesterday and today. These events are historical facts that should be recognized, said Chief Knockwood.
Although Chief Knockwood likes to teach, he also likes to learn - a challenge that he welcomed all his life. Appreciating the power of new technology, he is interested in computers. He wants his Band Council to be up-to-date with this fast moving technology."
More from a contributor at "Tantramar Community Concerns" Facebook from Pamela McLeod who lives in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, BC:
I have been wearing a mask every time I leave home since March, 2020. I’m not sure why being considerate to others for the common good is now being mocked by some who are calling it “living in fear”, but it really needs to stop! When I wear a mask over my nose and mouth in public and in the shops / grocery store / pharmacy / offices / school - I want you to know the following:
I'm educated enough to know that I could be asymptomatic and still give you the virus.
No, I don't "live in fear" of the virus; I just want to be part of the solution, not the problem.
I don't feel like the "government controls me". I feel like I'm an adult contributing to the security in our society and I want to teach others the same.
If we could all live with the consideration of others in mind, the whole world would be a much better place.
Wearing a mask doesn't make me weak, scared, stupid or even "controlled". It makes me caring and responsible.
When you think about your appearance, discomfort, or other people's opinion of you, imagine a loved one - a child, father, mother, grandparent, aunt, uncle or even a stranger - placed on a ventilator, alone without you or any family member allowed at their bedside. Ask yourself if you could have helped them a little by wearing a mask.
Even though it is not mandatory at school, many of my students are now choosing to wear masks when they are in a common space like the hallways and our school library. I thank them for this act of kindness every day, as it means we have people of all ages doing their part to try to make our school a safe space.
Please spread the word. Instead of obsessing about ‘personal freedoms’, let’s focus on our collective responsibility. Be thoughtful, kind and courteous to others, and wear a mask"
The obediant mask wearing mentality is captured perfectly with this post. For the 'greater good' means sacrificing your own personal rights, beliefs, health and freedoms for the 'community' as though there is a selfishness in acting and thinking for yourself and not obeying groupthink. This woman puts on public display her gaslighting abilities and manipulative nature while to some she appears to be a caring and concerned soul... she doesn't fool everyone with her intolerant attitude and hectoring tone. Advice for Pamela and others who are still confused about the face masking here:King John III Joseph Gregory Hallett Explains Paedo Masks to Dave Mahoney, 2020 (bitchute.com)
Who is Pamela McLeod? An 'educator' who was educated at Mount Allison University and Simon Fraser University... and a Quebec highschooler.. an 'educated' woman who seemingly lacks common sense.. sadly.
Facebook bio reads:
Wearing a mask is a really bad idea in 2022... I hope this woman has learned to think for herself since 2020.. we were not all fools.More here:Updated: The Miserable Pseudo-Science Behind Face Masks, Social Distancing And Contact Tracing (technocracy.news)
I'm educated enough to know that I could be asymptomatic and still give you the virus. No, I don't "live in fear" of the virus; I just want to be part of the solution, not the problem. I don't feel like the "government controls me". I feel like I'm an adult contributing to the security in our society and I want to teach others the same. If we could all live with the consideration of others in mind, the whole world would be a much better place. Wearing a mask doesn't make me weak, scared, stupid or even "controlled". It makes me caring and responsible. When you think about your appearance, discomfort, or other people's opinion of you, imagine a loved one - a child, father, mother, grandparent, aunt, uncle or even a stranger - placed on a ventilator, alone without you or any family member allowed at their bedside. Ask yourself if you could have helped them a little by wearing a mask.Even though it is not mandatory at school, many of my students are now choosing to wear masks when they are in a common space like the hallways and our school library. I thank them for this act of kindness every day, as it means we have people of all ages doing their part to try to make our school a safe space.
Please spread the word. Instead of obsessing about ‘personal freedoms’, let’s focus on our collective responsibility. Be thoughtful, kind and courteous to others, and wear a mask"
The obediant mask wearing mentality is captured perfectly with this post. For the 'greater good' means sacrificing your own personal rights, beliefs, health and freedoms for the 'community' as though there is a selfishness in acting and thinking for yourself and not obeying groupthink. This woman puts on public display her gaslighting abilities and manipulative nature while to some she appears to be a caring and concerned soul... she doesn't fool everyone with her intolerant attitude and hectoring tone. Advice for Pamela and others who are still confused about the face masking here:King John III Joseph Gregory Hallett Explains Paedo Masks to Dave Mahoney, 2020 (bitchute.com)
Who is Pamela McLeod? An 'educator' who was educated at Mount Allison University and Simon Fraser University... and a Quebec highschooler.. an 'educated' woman who seemingly lacks common sense.. sadly.
Facebook bio reads:
"Proud Teacher-Librarian / TTOC at North Vancouver School District
I have worked at this wonderful school for more than 30 years, right in the heart of Deep Cove. I love being the Teacher-Librarian, and am now blessed to be supporting second-generation students. What could be better?"
Wearing a mask is a really bad idea in 2022... I hope this woman has learned to think for herself since 2020.. we were not all fools.More here:Updated: The Miserable Pseudo-Science Behind Face Masks, Social Distancing And Contact Tracing (technocracy.news)
As the British Royals were illegitimate
in 1840 when the New Brunswick Indian Act was created it is not valid ...
more here:
and here:
Hail King John III
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