Mark Bennett for Ward Councillor of Chamcook

08/04/2024

07/15/2023

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The Town of Saint Andrews has a new Emergency Notification System. We have joined Voyent Alert! Residents who were on the original Sentinal System for the Town will receive a notice about Voyent Alert! For anyone who wants to sign up for our notification system, please check our website link for how to register and more details: https://www.townofsaintandrews.ca/notifications/voyent-alert/

06/07/2023

A quick trip to St John’s, NFLD. We have lots of pictures but they all look like this. Heavy fog for days.
I think it brought tears to her eyes, a little home sick.

05/30/2023

Thank you first responders and all who helped out and donated to help others in need. A very special thank you to Jennifer, Aaron and Ryan Bennett for hosting us in Saint Andrews while we were ordered out of our home.
Many many thanks to all
Mark

05/28/2023

FYI

If anyone needs help
Message me, I’m happy to help.

05/27/2023

I guess one has to be careful for what you ask for!

The Town of Lunenburg has a growing financial issue. A number of the heritage properties owned by the town are in need of maintenance and there are other expensive projects that need to be dealt with sooner than later.

04/24/2023

What a great idea and lots of effort to help the community

04/24/2023

As spring warms our communities and businesses open their doors. I’m out enjoying this little community with family and friends. Meeting many from around the region. It’s great to talk with everyone and I welcome your well wishes. Let’s all enjoy great weather and quiet dining before things get too busy!

Thank you everyone
Mark

04/20/2023

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Hello Folks,

This is our new official recreation page for the Town of Saint Andrews. Please like, follow, and share to keep up to date with everything happening in the town. Town of Saint Andrews Parks & Recreation

04/09/2023

Happy Easter Bay Fisher

04/06/2023

FYI

New Brunswick’s first land-based Atlantic salmon post-smolt aquaculture facility in Bayside gets environmental approval

Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. (KCS), a member of the Cooke family of companies, has obtained a Certification of Determination to Proceed from the New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government for its proposed land-based Atlantic salmon post-smolt aquaculture facility in Bayside, N.B. The approval follows the successful completion of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and marks a significant milestone for the $72 million project.

The new facility, located in the Champlain Industrial Park alongside the Passamaquoddy Bay, will be a world-class recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). KCS has been planning the project since 2017, and earlier this year, it received EIA approval for ground source wells to supply the facility with water. Associated with the facility are two water pipeline corridors and a marine loading facility.

Joel Richardson, Vice President of Public Relations for Cooke, expressed excitement about the new aquaculture facility and said, "Hybrid systems, involving a mix of land and marine-based fish farming will continue to be part of our future. We have been operating land-based salmon hatcheries and marine farms sustainably for 38 years. Innovative scientific technologies bring a new opportunity for greater production in ocean waters by shortening time Atlantic salmon spend in marine cages."

Last year, Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Margaret Johnson released the New Brunswick Finfish Aquaculture Growth Strategy 2022-2030, which aims to promote responsible development in the province's finfish aquaculture sector by focusing on land-based production through the implementation of new technological advancements.

The project team for the new aquaculture facility includes Sorensen Engineering Ltd. of Saint Andrew's, N.B. and Sweeney International Marine Corp. (SIMCorp) of St. Stephen, N.B. The multi-phased project is expected to take three years to complete and create over 340 direct construction jobs and 222 indirect and induced jobs.

This post-smolt facility is one of the investments Cooke is making in Charlotte County. Cooke's new $21 million freshwater hatchery in Pennfield became operational earlier this year, and the company recently completed a $50 million expansion at its salmon processing plant in St. George.