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New Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security has added Eastport to the ports of entry that will utilize “biometric procedures” for certain visitors from Canada as part of the US-Visit program. US-Visit applies to “all visitors who apply for entry with a nonimmigrant visa, including those using a Border Crossing Card to travel beyond the border zone

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New Study: Open the Gates at Moncton

New Brunswick has produced an Environmental Impact Assessment on the Petitcodiac River causeway at Moncton, near the head of the Bay of Fundy, rekindling a long-standing dispute between environmentalists and commercial fishermen. The environmental community, led by the Riverkeepers, wants the causeway gate opened, which they maintain will clean the river. Fishermen maintain that the

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Canadian panel recommends dismantling NAFO

A report by the Canadian Advisory Panel on the Sustainable Management of Straddling Fish Stocks in the Northwest Atlantic has called for the dismantling of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO). NAFO is an organization that includes Canada, the United States and European countries that have fishing fleets. It is mandated to protect North Atlantic

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Newspapers sue Passamaquoddy Tribe over access

The Bangor Daily News reported on Sept. 13 that the newspaper, in conjunction with the Quoddy Tides in Eastport, has filed a lawsuit in Washington County Superior Court against the Passamaquoddy tribal government at Pleasant Point under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The newspapers’ complaint allege that the publications have been denied access to

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