A tenants’ rights group is demanding action on rising electricity rates and energy poverty. New Brunswick ACORN held rallies in Moncton and Fredericton over the noon hour on Tuesday.
A small, but passionate group of people gathered in downtown Moncton, N.B., Tuesday afternoon to protest NB Power’s latest rate increase. NB Power raised residential rates by 9.7 per cent – the same increase that was applied a year ago on April 1, 2024.
Residential customers of the utility paying 9.6 per cent more for energy as of Tuesday.
N.B. Power rates for residential customers rose by 9.6 per cent on Tuesday, and advocates say the government needs to do more to protect low income New Brunswickers.
Multiple residents in a Waterloo apartment building are determined to fight back against what they call unjust evictions.
About 28 people, mostly people who have lived at 145 McGregor Cr. for years, say the new landlord stopped doing basic maintenance like regular garbage removal, show shovelling, cleaning the halls and has doubled the cost of the laundry room washer and closed the storage units. The tenants organized a protest after one of them received a notice to move out because the landlord wants to renovate.
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