Miramichi man questions why Liberal MLA blocked him on Facebook
CBC
A Miramichi man is questioning why the Liberal MLA who represents him in the New Brunswick Legislature has blocked him from his Facebook page.
Caleb Donnelly says Miramichi Bay-Neguac MLA Sam Johnston blocked him last fall after he posted questions on Johnston’s Facebook page about the timeline for opening the new Natoaganeg Crossing Bridge, which replaced the Anderson Bridge.
Not long afterward, Donnelly discovered he’d been blocked from Johnston’s page.
“I think it lacks transparency," Donnelly said. "I think it’s weird that I would get blocked after asking an honest question.
“I want to say it was a direct question, a simple Yes or No. By no means am I attacking him. It was just a question purely out of curiosity.”
Last October, the province said it would try to speed up completion of the new bridge after an accident damaged the old bridge, making it unusable.
The closure forced drivers to use a 29-kilometre detour.
In a screen capture image provided by Donnelly, he asks Johnston what the timeline was for finishing the bridge before the accident.
“Why? At this point what does it matter?” Johnston responded.
Donnelly answered that “some people might think” that the Holt Liberals were taking credit for finishing the bridge quickly because of the accident.
“Regardless it’s good to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
Johnston did in fact take credit in the legislature on Nov. 4.
“This government finally opened the new bridge, allowing the good people of Miramichi to have better access into and out of our region,” he said.
Donnelly said at first he assumed there was a mistake, so he sent emails to Johnston, Premier Susan Holt and Liberal caucus chair Natacha Vautour but got no response.
Alberta broke housing construction records in 2025 and led the country in housing starts per capita — a massive upswing in homebuilding that comes after a period of similarly massive population growth.
Social services advocates in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., are voicing their concerns over the number of people who are released from jail and going straight into homelessness.
As the provincial government continues its efforts to spur more housing development in Nova Scotia, MLAs on a legislative committee heard Wednesday that data on vacancy rates for various segments of housing do not exist.
A Miramichi man is questioning why the Liberal MLA who represents him in the New Brunswick Legislature has blocked him from his Facebook page.
The Cree Nation of Mistissini, located in the James Bay region of Quebec, is under a lockdown notice Thursday morning following a fatal shooting in the community.
The City of Winnipeg is launching a pilot project that could see some derelict and vacant properties developed into affordable homes for people to buy.
The latest data shows Saskatchewan continues to lead the country in the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in custody.
Rob Lantz says he wants to "dream big," and one of those dreams appears to be a tunnel connecting Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's fate will be put to delegates at the party's convention in Calgary on Friday. While those around him are confident he can avoid being turfed, the leader's loyalists are doing all they can to ensure he easily clears this must-win vote.
Longtime fugitive Ryan Wedding sought a court order to prevent his arrest in Mexico's Sinaloa state nearly a year before he was finally taken into U.S. custody last week, according to legal records obtained by CBC News.
Canadian Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says Marineland’s plan to ship 34 marine mammals to aquariums in the U.S. is “solid,” suggesting relocating belugas and dolphins from the shuttered Niagara Falls, Ont., amusement park is looking increasingly likely.
For Jennifer Soulliere and other girls who wanted to play hockey in the '90s, it often meant joining the boys — and getting dressed alone, isolated from the rest of the team.
Albertans could be forgiven for expecting certain things from the big political convention coming to Calgary this week, after so much turbulent experience watching them locally in recent years.