Page 2 - Jason Augustine News Today

If shale gas extraction goes ahead, it will be a boon to New Brunswicks struggling economy. The province anticipates it could generate over a thousand jobs and 1. 5 billion dollars, staunching the exodus of workers west to albertas oil sands. To have that kind of revenue inflow and that kind of potential, it would have a dramatic impact on the province. In fact, on the studies we looked at just a few weeks ago indicates that Shale Gas Development could actually double the Economic Growth rates i...

Mayor Justin Elicker, as frustrated as the neighbors, said he got in his car to try to...