Tech giant Apple recently changed the borders of Crimea for users of Apple Maps in Russia.
The border shift is highlighting the role of online map providers, including Google and Microsoft, in defining accepted international frontiers and sovereignty.
Read more here: http://globalnews.ca/news/6306941/apple-maps-crimea-statehood/
How a Normandy village chose to recognise the bravery of Canadian solider Pte. Louis Valmont Roy on D-Day. His sister and nephew travelled from Canada to unveil the new school name, 75 years after the soldier’s death.
Watch the full story here: https://globalnews.ca/news/5367370/normandy-school-renamed-new-brunswick-d-day-hero/
At first glance, Cork would seem the perfect place for the Irving family to get their feet wet on the eastern side of the Atlantic.
(Courtesy: hydrocarbons-technology.com)
Irving Oil’s home city of Saint John (not to be confused with St John’s, Newfoundland) lies on the southern coast of the small Canadian province of New Brunswick.
Saint John often plays second fiddle to the provincial capital of Fredericton, and it has its own distinctive character, climate and attitude.
Continue reading here:
http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/the-irvings-whitegates-secretive-new-owners-414281.html
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My last assignment for CBC News after seven years with Canada’s national broadcaster. Below are the radio file and a link to the written piece.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/brexit-effect-ireland-border-1.3657173
It was a rare privilege to witness such a powerful moment.
Watch the video and read their story here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sisters-reunion-fredericton-south-africa-1.3642701
More than one-fifth of the money paid to veterans by the federal government for prescribed drugs in the fiscal year 2015-16 went toward medical cannabis. That’s up from just 0.5 per cent in 2013-14.
Read more here:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/cannabis-veterans-drug-payments-1.3598954
Two mothers say their children had to move schools after the result of a teacher discipline case was not made public.
Read here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/oromocto-teacher-discipline-secret-1.3587223
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A 2014 study of historical earthquakes in the area surrounding Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station, and a change to how NB Power calculates earthquake probabilities, has triggered a reassessment of seismic hazards at the power plant.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/point-lepreau-safety-earthquake-1.3562509
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Greg Comeau left the Family Worship Center church in Plaster Rock three years ago and he says he experienced what he considers “brainwashing” that still impacts his life today.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/plaster-rock-church-family-worship-center-1.3430927
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New Brunswick veterans accounted for more than 42 per cent of medical marijuana reimbursements paid by Veterans Affairs Canada last year, CBC News has learned.
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