FREDERICTON — The union representing staff in New Brunswick's Tourism Department says money spent by the tourism minister and her deputy on a European trip...
FREDERICTON — The union representing staff in New Brunswick 's Tourism Department says money spent by the tourism minister and her deputy on a European trip could have helped stave off staffing cuts at popular attractions in the province.
"We see the nice ads. We see the nice videos on some of the promotional websites and yet when you walk in the park it's almost looking like a bit of a ghost town," he said. "I think people are coming in they're going 'Oh, this isn't open. Oh, I thought this was happening today. Where's the theatre? There's no theatre? ...
Scott-Wallace and deputy minister Yennah Hurley, along with two staff members, travelled to the United Kingdom and France from Sept. 8 to 15. Their visit to Stonehenge, the British Museum, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Versailles, among other sites, has been denounced as extravagant by opposition parties.
She called it "unfortunate" that the union couldn't see her trip as a valuable way to attract more tourists to the province. "It's not a vacation when I go on a work trip," she said, adding that she rarely travels. Houston’s police chief unexpectedly retired from the force Tuesday night amid questions about a department policy that allowed hundreds of thousands of cases to be suspended, including sexual abuse cases, according to the mayor’s office.The NAACP on Tuesday led a group of civil rights organizations in calling for President Biden to pardon Marilyn Mosby, a former state’s attorney for Baltimore.
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