POLITICS
DIEPPE – New committee system in Dieppe [Times & Transcript]
MIRAMICHI – Miramichi 2010 tax rate goes up [Times & Transcript]
FREDERICTON –City tax hike not ruled out [Daily Gleaner]
HALIFAX – Councillors gives cold shoulder to winter parking ban ‘tax grab’ [Metro]
URBAN GREEN
HRM – Mark Parent: HRM back-tracking on wilderness park is “height of political Machiavellianism” [Coast]
SYDNEY – Report calls for provincial entity to oversee renewable energy resources [Cape Breton Post]
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
HRM – Council defers decision of Bedford fast ferry service [Metro]
SAINT JOHN – Book sends message about maintaining city’s gems [Telegraph-Journal]
DEVELOPMENT
FREDERICTON – Affordable housing in spotlight at development awards [Daily Gleaner]
SAINT JOHN – P3 would help city control costs: Official [Telegraph-Journal]