MONCTON, NB —  Bradley Martin has been appointed a director of Imvescor Restaurant Group Inc. Martin is vice-president, COO and corporate secretary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited ("Fairfax"). His appointment was approved by the Board of Directors of the Company in connection with the previously announced refinancing and recapitalization transactions governed by a subscription agreement entered into between Imvescor and Fairfax.

Imvescor Restaurant Group owns franchised and corporate restaurants throughout Canada, under four brands: Pizza Delight, Mikes, Scores restaurants and Bâton Rouge.

ST. FRANÇOIS-DE-MADAWASKA, N.B. — Employees at Nadeau Poultry are launching a public awareness campaign demanding immediate action by the New Brunswick government to stop provincially grown chickens and jobs from being lost to Quebec. 

“Government caused it. Government must fix it, “said Yves Landry, manager of Nadeau, in a statement.

FEDERICTON – The N.B. government is postponing its minimum wage hike until the spring to help alleviate the strain on businesses and further examine a two-tiered wage policy.

"Our government has heard from small- and medium-sized businesses that they need time to adjust to the recent successive minimum wage hikes," said Labour Minister Martine Coulombe in a statement. "That is why we are proposing the minimum wage increase, planned for Sept. 1, be postponed for six months. This period will also enable us to continue to explore the idea of a two-tiered minimum wage."

FREDERICTON — Add beer to the list of retail price increases in food and commodities, as suds at N.B. Liquor outlets now cost $1 more per case and $3 more per flat of 24 beers.

The reason for the increase was explained by Gary von Richter, customer service manager for N.B. Liquor. "This is a result of the expense reduction process ordered by government," he said, according to Brunswick News. “Obviously you only have two ways to increase your revenue — decrease your expenses or increase your prices.”

The prices for single bottles of  imported beer, such as Corona and Heineken, have also increased. For example, a bottle of Corona now sells for $2.33, up from $2.20, and a bottle of Heineken sells for $2.35, up from $2.25.