The Nature Trust of New BrunswickWishing our volunteers and staff safe travels to and from the beautiful Grand Manan for our #ShorelineCleanup today!(Photo: View of the Grand Manan ferry from our Connor Bros. Nature Preserve at Pea Point in Blacks Harbour)In case you missed it yesterday morning, here is our lovely stewardship coordinator Richelle chatting with Hance Colburne about our #ShorelineCleanup on CBC Information Morning Saint . While the butterfly species is not in danger of extinction, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has proclaimed the monarch butterfly's annual migration an 'endangered biological phenomenon.'Last week, we visited the Bedeque Bay Environmental Management Association (BBEMA) on Prince Edward Island to learn about their innovative educational programs and in particular about their Monarch tag and release program.
The first Women's Institute was started in Ontario in1897. Mrs. Alma Jane Porter from Andover, New Brunswick organized the first Women's Institute in New Brunswick in 1911.
At its inception, it was called the ''Fredericton Emergency Shelter Inc.'' and was intended to offer emergency, short-term shelter for both men and women in the Fredericton area. There is no data on the average number of Shelter guests during its early year
Every second Monday starting first Monday in SeptemberFellowship 6:30pm, Meeting 7:00pmVisit our National HeadquartersCystic Fibrosis or CF is a fatal inherited disorder affecting the respiratory, digestive andreproductive systems. Individuals with CF must consume large quantities of enzymes in order to absorb adequate nutrients from food; and must undergo daily chest physiotherapy to loosenmucus which clogs the lungs. As the disease progresses, recurrent bouts of infection causesevere and irreversible damage to the lungs. Despite aggressive treatment, virtually everyonewith cystic fibrosis eventually dies of lung disease. Please visit www.cysticfibrosis.caMS or Multiple Sclerosis is the most common disease of the central nervous system affecting young adults in Canada. Scars form on the myelin sheath which protects the brain and spinal cord. When they form, they interrupt the normal flow of messages from the brain to different parts of the body.
We are a Policy Research and Advocacy Secretariat for 37 Chiefs (of Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Innu, and Passamaquoddy), Nations, and Communities in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, and Maine.