A year after N.B. municipal reform, new community names aren't sticking
You say Arcadia, I say Gagetown. Despite official amalgamation, most locals prefer using their old community names, municipal leaders say.
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You say Arcadia, I say Gagetown. Despite official amalgamation, most locals prefer using their old community names, municipal leaders say.
The board of New Brunswick's Université de Moncton has decided not to change the school's name despite concerns about its connection to a problematic historical figure.
The board of New Brunswick's Universite de Moncton has decided not to change the school's name despite concerns about its connection to a problematic historical figure.
It could cost Université de Moncton as much as $4.6 million to shed its connection to a colonial British officer who participated in the deportation of French-speaking Acadians.
The review comes after renewed calls by Acadian groups to rename the school as it celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The university was named after the city — which was named for Robert Monckton, an 18th-century British military figure who was involved in the deportation of Acadians.