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David R. Amos
Mr Higgs and his cohorts won't tell you but on October 12th, 2018 the EUB 357 Matter began again
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-hearing-nb-power-rate-design-smart-meters-1.4305685
Whereas the EUB allowed Dominic Cardy's wife to intervene a full year and a half after the matter had begun they also had to allow my friend Roger Richard to intervene as well. The board did not know what to do about scheduling hearings etc because they had no idea which political party was going to oversee them for the next few years so they decided to look for someone to advise them and adjourned the hearings until a later date. However they had done that once already despite my protest and barred be for the 375 Matter. Methinks now that the 357 Matter is underway again its gonna be a circus N'esy Pas?
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@Shawn McShane "1971 5 Man Electrical Band."
This was my response as the comment section closed
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/smart-meters-nb-power-1.4973785
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David R. Amos
Mr Higgs and his cohorts won't tell you but on October 12th, 2018 the EUB 357 Matter began again
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-hearing-nb-power-rate-design-smart-meters-1.4305685
Whereas the EUB allowed Dominic Cardy's wife to intervene a full year and a half after the matter had begun they also had to allow my friend Roger Richard to intervene as well. The board did not know what to do about scheduling hearings etc because they had no idea which political party was going to oversee them for the next few years so they decided to look for someone to advise them and adjourned the hearings until a later date. However they had done that once already despite my protest and barred be for the 375 Matter. Methinks now that the 357 Matter is underway again its gonna be a circus N'esy Pas?
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Public Safety Minister Carl Urquhart said he doesn't have a timetable for legislation that would allow municipalities to install red-light cameras. (CBC)
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Trappers and Fur harvesters from across the province gather in Fredericton for their annual convention. (Mike Heenan/CBC)
New Brunswick trappers have come out of the woods and off their trap lines to gather for the annual convention of fur harvesters in Fredericton.
Dozens of trappers are meeting throughout the day Friday and Saturday to celebrate the industry, discuss techniques and swap stories.
But the main focus is teaching.
"Education is one of the most important things that we are trying to accomplish with these kinds of events," said Mitchell Schriver, the vice-president of the New Brunswick Trappers and Fur Harvesters Federation. "We're keeping the public educated on numerous levels. We're still out there. We still exist.
"We're working hard to train people to do the best job they can do, with the pelt-handling side of it and the trapping side of it, to be the most efficient and the most humane methods."
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Mitchell Schriver, the vice-president of the New Brunswick Trappers and Fur Harvesters Federation, says the purpose of the convention is mostly education. (Mike Heenan/CBC)Skinning demos, round-tables, trapping seminars and pelt-handling competitions run throughout the two-day event, centred on trading techniques, updating the industry for the modern age and guiding the next generation of trapper.
"I really like the outdoors," said Tyler Tapp, 12, of Tracy, who has been following his grandfather into the forest to learn to hunt and trap for the past five years.
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Skinning demos run throughout the convention. Here a beaver pelt is prepared. (Mike Heenan/CBC)Although made up mostly of trappers well past their 50s, the convention also included several children and teens. Tapp admitted that the interest in the sport with his generation is minimal.
"I don't think there's very much," he said. "Because people really like video games nowadays. They're on those."
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Tyler Tapp, 12, of Tracy has been learning to trap and hunt under the guidance of his grandfather for the last five years. (Mike Heenan/CBC)But despite the assumption the sport is a relic of the past, the numbers of trappers in the province have stayed pretty much the same over the last 20 years.
Since 2001 the number of trapping licences sold each year has hovered around 1,000. It's the total value of the annual harvest that can fluctuate wildly, depending on global demand.
The estimated value of the 2016-2017 total harvest was around $380,000, according to the annual New Brunswick Furbearer report published by the province. But in 2012-2013, the estimate was close 1.7 million. It all depends on what is in demand.
"It's fashion," said Schriver. "Whatever is in style that year directly influences which critter is going to be the most valuable."
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New Brunswick exported around 13,000 muskrat pelts last year, more than any other fur in the province. (Mike Heenan/CBC)Coyote has been in demand in recent years, because of their inclusion in Canada Goose winter jackets. Last year, pelts went for an average of $56 each at auction, second only to bobcat, at $75 a pelt.
But for decades, the most popular pelt sold in this province by far is muskrat.
The iconic muskrat hat is known for keeping the heads of Mounties warm in the winter.
New Brunswick trappers exported more than 13,200 muskrat pelts last year, far outpacing the second-place beaver, which amounted to 5,100 pelts.
"But the market is struggling right now with most of these critters," Schriver said. "So the best we can prepare these animals the more valuable they're going to be and the more income will be coming to the trapper."
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Coyote, raccoon, and fox carcasses on display at the New Brunswick trapper convention. (Mike Heenan/CBC)"It's like any other commodity. It's peaks and valleys. Right now, we've got a really good coyote market, we've got some of the best prices we've been seeing in years for coyote. Marten is doing OK, but the rest of the furs are suffering."
Schriver said the depressed demand in Asian directly affects the trappers in rural New Brunswick.
"Russia has been in trouble for a few years," he said. "China is struggling a bit. And when their economies are struggling it directly affects us here in North America and our fur prices, big time."
Regardless of the variety of personal and political stances on trapping today, it's the industry that Canada was built on.
Much of the country was built on the back of the beaver. With their waterproof skins, beaver pelts were in high demand and used for barter and trade when the French and British first came to North America.
"And beaver is still top three in our fur industry today," Schriver said.
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David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Methinks some folks must have enjoyed Urquhart on the radio this morning Too Too Funny N'esy Pas?
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/safety-minister-investigates-red-light-camera-1.4974457
Public safety minister wants to know 'downside' of red-light cameras
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David R. Amos
Methinks some folks must have enjoyed Urquhart on the radio this morning Too Too Funny N'esy Pas?
Jamie Hall
This is another Government rip. The owner of the car gets the ticket..not necessarily the driver. The bill is issued by the company who owns the cameras, and one is guilty until proven guilty. What the province hopes to gain will be lost in court costs.
David R. Amos
@Jamie Hall "This is another Government rip".
YUP
YUP
Jeff LeBlanc
Don't run red lights and there won't be an issue. Also while you're at it NB, the left hand lane on the TCH is not for pleasure cruising, it's for passing. #themoreyouknow
Emery Hyslop-Margison
@Jeff LeBlanc There will soon be cameras on the hwy for drivers exceeding 110 km/hr. Better slow down.
Tim Trites
@Jeff LeBlanc
that's not correct. you can drive or pass in either lane. that's why you don't see those "keep right except to pass" signs as in some other jurisdictions.
that's not correct. you can drive or pass in either lane. that's why you don't see those "keep right except to pass" signs as in some other jurisdictions.
David R. Amos
@Tim Trites Methinks most folks from other jurisdictions are accustomed to passing on the left etc Hence common sense and decent manners should rule the day without having laws to govern everything we do in Canada's only bilingual province N'esy Pas?
Noah Hathaway
The issue is that these have historically been used as a cash grab by cities. Some cities after installing them found that not enough people were running red lights to justify the cost, so they shortened the yellow lights by a few seconds and red light tickets went up drastically. The city gets their fine revenue and the company that runs them takes a cut. There is nothing to prevent abuse and there is a lot for them to gain from it.
The other problem is false positives are common with these. You have little to no recourse and are usually stuck paying the fine even if you aren't guilty.
The other problem is false positives are common with these. You have little to no recourse and are usually stuck paying the fine even if you aren't guilty.
Tim Trites
@Noah Hathaway
sounds ridiculous. how do you get a false positive if the plate matches? if it doesn't match why couldn't you prove it ?
would a few false positives outweigh the deterrence?
how many dead people versus those who are in a rush cause they sat around the house having one more coffee are justified?
don't want a ticket don't run the light. then the city can't "grab" your cash.
sounds ridiculous. how do you get a false positive if the plate matches? if it doesn't match why couldn't you prove it ?
would a few false positives outweigh the deterrence?
how many dead people versus those who are in a rush cause they sat around the house having one more coffee are justified?
don't want a ticket don't run the light. then the city can't "grab" your cash.
Emery Hyslop-Margison
@Tim Trites False positives or, more correctly, errors occur when the camera is improperly triggered by the movement of a vehicle. I lived in Florida and people were being ticketed for making a right hand turn on a red light even after completely stopping. More police camera surveillance is seldom ever a good idea in a free and democratic society.
David R. Amos
@Emery Hyslop-Margison I wholeheartedly agree
Shannon Hallett
LOL..I am not sure why it requires a visit. I am sure their system has reporting capabilities they would share. This is stupid.
David R. Amos
@Shannon Hallett "This is stupid."
Welcome to the Circus
Welcome to the Circus
Stephen Long
Two points. One, the city is not remotely interested in reducing collisions but will see this as a cash grab. Two, the system will be foiled by those drivers who stick an opaque cover on the licence plate. Or perhaps don't bother even having a licence plate. I've never seen anyone pulled over for not properly displaying a plate, surely it's not legal?
Peter Shearer
@Stephen Long The cameras in Fort McMurray captured the plates even with those plastic covers on them.
David R. Amos
@Peter Shearer Are you a member of the RCMP?
David R. Amos
@David R. Amos
https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/news/rcmp-and-cvse-went-above-and-beyond-to-rescue-people-stranded-by-mudslides/
"RCMP Central Interior Traffic Services Cst. Dan Caston and Peter Shearer of Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement, responded to calls from stranded motorists"
https://www.ashcroftcachecreekjournal.com/news/rcmp-and-cvse-went-above-and-beyond-to-rescue-people-stranded-by-mudslides/
"RCMP Central Interior Traffic Services Cst. Dan Caston and Peter Shearer of Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement, responded to calls from stranded motorists"
Peter Shearer
@David R. Amos Never heard tell of him. Didn't think there was another one out side of Scotland.
David R. Amos
@Peter Shearer Why is it that I don't believe you?
Harold Benson
Exactly what we need to do . Reign these light runners in, most of who will be caught when there isn't even another vehicle anywhere near the intersection.
David R. Amos
@Harold Benson Methinks Sam must be concerned as well N'esy Pas?
Matt Steele
What a SCAM ! Just another money grab by govt. as they look for ways to milk more money out of New Brunwicker's . Reminds me of the Brian Gallant money grab when Gallant's Liberals put radar guns in the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement vehicles so they could get more traffic ticket money out of N.B. taxpayers . Commercial Vehicle Enforcement is suppose to be checking and weighing trucks , now they spend their time giving out speeding tickets to cars . Govt. wants to milk every cent they can out of the public for anything and everything .
David R. Amos
@Matt Steele YUP
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Given the plethora of problems faced by New Brunswick why is this even a priority? How about spending the time and money involved in this fiasco on attracting new investment and well paying jobs to the province.
David R. Amos
@Emery Hyslop-Margison Methinks a lot of local folks should inform the ex cop Urquart of what Aberta has had for years. Urquart knows as well as I that traffic tickets are merely another form of taxation. If he creates a law here then a computer take your vehicle's picture and bill you automatically Hence no need for his overpaid cop pals to leave the donut shop. In fact some could get laid off N'esy Pas?
Peter Shearer
@David R. Amos I lived in Fort McMurray for a number of years. All pictures of cars running red lights, as well as those speeding thru the intersections, are reviewed by a police officer before a ticket is issued and mailed to the registered owner.
David R. Amos
@Peter Shearer Methinks Urquhart and everybody else in the Higgs government knows about my lawsuits against cops and lawyers by now. Anyway I was in Edmonton and Fort McMurray too and disagree with you. In fact in 2014 not long after Kevin Vickers had his gun play in Ottawa 3 of his former fellow members of the RCMP tried to pick a fight with me at 2.30 in the morning on behalf of a lawyer from New Brunswick Don Scott the current Mayor when he was an MLA. Perhaps you and Urquhart the ex cop who had me falsely arrested in 2008 should pull the file of my lawsuit in Federal Court across the street from the Fat Fred City Finest cop shop and have it reviewed by a police officer N'esy Pas?
Peter Shearer
@David R. Amos blah blah blah...… your beef with the police has nothing to do with this news story.
David R. Amos
@Peter Shearer Methinks you forgot your buddy Urquhart had me falsely arrested by your fellow members of the RCMP in 2008 and then had them attack me again on election night in 2010 N'esy Pas?
Shawn McShane
When the light goes red in Dieppe you see 3 or more cars running it. If you are hanging out in the intersection waiting to turn it is chicken time. A truck is good, the fake exhaust chicken cars will stop like they do in Montreal or Toronto, otherwise it is risky.
David R. Amos
@Shawn McShane Methinks those are just Gallant's pals in a hurry to cash in on the francophonie game gravy train before Higgs cuts them off N'esy Pas?
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David R. Amos
@Shawn McShane "1971 5 Man Electrical Band."
This was my response as the comment section closed
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/smart-meters-nb-power-1.4973785
Page is closed to commenting.
David R. Amos
Mr Higgs and his cohorts won't tell you but on October 12th, 2018 the EUB 357 Matter began again
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-hearing-nb-power-rate-design-smart-meters-1.4305685
Whereas the EUB allowed Dominic Cardy's wife to intervene a full year and a half after the matter had begun they also had to allow my friend Roger Richard to intervene as well. The board did not know what to do about scheduling hearings etc because they had no idea which political party was going to oversee them for the next few years so they decided to look for someone to advise them and adjourned the hearings until a later date. However they had done that once already despite my protest and barred be for the 375 Matter. Methinks now that the 357 Matter is underway again its gonna be a circus N'esy Pas?
Pierre LaRoches
Rear end accidents drastically increase everywhere these cameras are used. Tbone accidents do go down some. Everywhere they have been implemented for a long period the yellow lights are shortened in a few years as it is easy money. Perhaps we could start by firing the city bus drivers that constantly run red lights downtown, and the school bus drivers that run reds every day at Regent and University.
David R. Amos
@Pierre LaRoches Methinks the Fat Fred City Finest and the RCMP etc are forbidden to ticket fellow government employees because it would put a dent in their tax collection scheme N'esy Pas?
mo bennett
so, now all you taxpayers get to fund a trip to edmonton for this politician that can't see the forest for the damn trees. can you believe this parasite?
David R. Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Methinks you are enjoying the antics of the clowns in New Brunswick's latest Circus N'esy Pas?
Peter Shearer
@mo bennett If you read the story you will find he is already going to be in Edmonton.
David R. Amos
@Peter Shearer Methinks you will be there to meet with him N'esy Pas?
Gerry Ferguson
Just a tax grab for the cities. They will shorten up the yellow lights to make $172.50 off every other vehicle.
David R. Amos
@Gerry Ferguson I wholeheartedly agree
Michel Jones
I'd rather this than the carbon tax grab.
David R. Amos
@Michel Jones Methinks its not wise to pick the lesser of two more evils practiced by governmental taxation N'esy Pas?
Craig O'Donnell
If municipalities want them, then the municipalities should be the sole source to pay for them.
David R. Amos
@Craig O'Donnell YUP
Dwight Mullover
The public safety minister should be more concerned about the drug houses that are destroying neighbourhoods in New Brunwick due to obsolete and ineffective laws.
David R. Amos
@Dwight Mullover Methinks the public safety minister should at least welcome you to the circus We have paid our two bits to see a high diving act hence we deserve to see a high diving act N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/trapper-furbearer-convention-fredericton-1.4975136
Amid skinning demos and pelt-handling contests, trappers focus on future
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Shawn McShane
This is the kind of thing that you should keep to yourselves, if you need these skins to survive a brutal winter for warmth is a different story. Heck I even understand eating squirrel, but to see coyote, fox and beaver carcasses...its too much. I feel grossed out.
Luis Luis
@Shawn McShane On the contrary, people need to see this and it should also put up videos of the animals suffering a cruel death while being trapped. I dont understand how this practice is still legal in 2019. Its barbaric, cruel and unnecessary. These folks should be ashamed to be called trappers. I have another word for them and it starts with M.
Phil Beatty
@Luis Luis you and Shawn along with Alex need to go trap some beaver. You might even learn something about wildlife.....
Alex Forbes
@Phil Beatty Yeah because you need to kill something to understand it...hunter/trapper logical fallacies
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David R. Amos
@Shawn McShane Methinks there is more than one way to skin a cat and nobody should deny that I am always up for an education N'esy Pas?
@Shawn McShane "1971 5 Man Electrical Band."
This was my response as the comment section closed
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David R. Amos
Mr Higgs and his cohorts won't tell you but on October 12th, 2018 the EUB 357 Matter began again
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/eub-hearing-nb-power-rate-design-smart-meters-1.4305685
Whereas the EUB allowed Dominic Cardy's wife to intervene a full year and a half after the matter had begun they also had to allow my friend Roger Richard to intervene as well. The board did not know what to do about scheduling hearings etc because they had no idea which political party was going to oversee them for the next few years so they decided to look for someone to advise them and adjourned the hearings until a later date. However they had done that once already despite my protest and barred be for the 375 Matter. Methinks now that the 357 Matter is underway again its gonna be a circus N'esy Pas?
Public safety minister wants to know 'downside' of red-light cameras
Province has no legislation that allows cities to install cameras at intersections
Public Safety Minister Carl Urquhart says he wants to see for himself how red-light cameras have worked in Edmonton before considering the possibility of allowing them in New Brunswick.
There's currently no legislation in the province that allows red-light cameras to be used, but cities like Fredericton are eager for the change.
Since becoming minister, Urquhart has meet with chiefs of police in New Brunswick and municipality stakeholders about changing the Motor Vehicle Act.
But he's adamant he wants to see how they work for himself before his department takes another step.
"I'm a visual person, they [Edmonton police] said they would show me their system," he said.
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Red-light cameras at intersections can also monitor speeds of cars crossing on green and yellow lights. (CBC )
"I don't want to know the upside, I want to know the downside. What doesn't work about it, why doesn't it work, if they could change it?"
Earlier this week Fredericton city traffic engineer John Lewis said red-light cameras would be an option to reduce collisions in intersections with high-accident rates.
"Other jurisdictions, particularly Edmonton, have shown pretty dramatic reduction in red-light running and those types of collisions when that type of technology is used in the right spot," Lewis said.
Urquhart said staff at Public Safety are looking at statistics from places around the world where the cameras are used.
Since he's already travelling to Edmonton for a ministerial conference, Urquhart said his meeting with police won't cost taxpayers any more.
"After I've done that I'll be back to talk about it further with my stakeholders," Urquhart said.
"Is it a tool that will protect the people, increase the safety of the people? And if it is, you've probably figured out in our government we don't make change for the sake of change. Premier Higgs made it very clear to all of us, he wants measurable results."
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Fredericton city traffic engineer John Lewis said Edmonton has seen a reduction in red-light running in intersections with red-light cameras. (David Donnelly/CBC)
Urquhart said he also wants to look into how the system would work on vehicles where the front licence plate has been removed. The Progressive Conservatives under Blaine Higgs campaigned on an election platform that included a promise to remove the front licence plate for New Brunswick cars.
But Urquhart said that's not the priority.
"We want to know if it works and if it will work if it's feasible to bring into the province," he said.
Urquhart said he doesn't have a timetable for when a proposal for red-light camera legislation would be ready.
Still, Fredericton Coun. Stephen Chase, a longtime supporter of the safety feature, is feeling optimistic.
"I'm very pleased that Minister Urquhart is taking that extra step and visiting with Edmonton's office of traffic safety while he's out in Edmonton for his ministerial meetings," Chase said.
"I'm very confident he'll come away with a positive reaction to what he sees while there."
There's currently no legislation in the province that allows red-light cameras to be used, but cities like Fredericton are eager for the change.
Since becoming minister, Urquhart has meet with chiefs of police in New Brunswick and municipality stakeholders about changing the Motor Vehicle Act.
But he's adamant he wants to see how they work for himself before his department takes another step.
"I'm a visual person, they [Edmonton police] said they would show me their system," he said.
Earlier this week Fredericton city traffic engineer John Lewis said red-light cameras would be an option to reduce collisions in intersections with high-accident rates.
"Other jurisdictions, particularly Edmonton, have shown pretty dramatic reduction in red-light running and those types of collisions when that type of technology is used in the right spot," Lewis said.
Urquhart said staff at Public Safety are looking at statistics from places around the world where the cameras are used.
"After I've done that I'll be back to talk about it further with my stakeholders," Urquhart said.
"Is it a tool that will protect the people, increase the safety of the people? And if it is, you've probably figured out in our government we don't make change for the sake of change. Premier Higgs made it very clear to all of us, he wants measurable results."
But Urquhart said that's not the priority.
"We want to know if it works and if it will work if it's feasible to bring into the province," he said.
Urquhart said he doesn't have a timetable for when a proposal for red-light camera legislation would be ready.
Still, Fredericton Coun. Stephen Chase, a longtime supporter of the safety feature, is feeling optimistic.
"I'm very pleased that Minister Urquhart is taking that extra step and visiting with Edmonton's office of traffic safety while he's out in Edmonton for his ministerial meetings," Chase said.
"I'm very confident he'll come away with a positive reaction to what he sees while there."
With files from Information Morning Fredericton
CBC's Journalistic Standards and PracticesAmid skinning demos and pelt-handling contests, trappers focus on future
Fur industry is soldiering on in New Brunswick, and trappers at convention want public to know
New Brunswick trappers have come out of the woods and off their trap lines to gather for the annual convention of fur harvesters in Fredericton.
Dozens of trappers are meeting throughout the day Friday and Saturday to celebrate the industry, discuss techniques and swap stories.
But the main focus is teaching.
"Education is one of the most important things that we are trying to accomplish with these kinds of events," said Mitchell Schriver, the vice-president of the New Brunswick Trappers and Fur Harvesters Federation. "We're keeping the public educated on numerous levels. We're still out there. We still exist.
"We're working hard to train people to do the best job they can do, with the pelt-handling side of it and the trapping side of it, to be the most efficient and the most humane methods."
"I really like the outdoors," said Tyler Tapp, 12, of Tracy, who has been following his grandfather into the forest to learn to hunt and trap for the past five years.
"I don't think there's very much," he said. "Because people really like video games nowadays. They're on those."
Since 2001 the number of trapping licences sold each year has hovered around 1,000. It's the total value of the annual harvest that can fluctuate wildly, depending on global demand.
The estimated value of the 2016-2017 total harvest was around $380,000, according to the annual New Brunswick Furbearer report published by the province. But in 2012-2013, the estimate was close 1.7 million. It all depends on what is in demand.
"It's fashion," said Schriver. "Whatever is in style that year directly influences which critter is going to be the most valuable."
But for decades, the most popular pelt sold in this province by far is muskrat.
The iconic muskrat hat is known for keeping the heads of Mounties warm in the winter.
New Brunswick trappers exported more than 13,200 muskrat pelts last year, far outpacing the second-place beaver, which amounted to 5,100 pelts.
"But the market is struggling right now with most of these critters," Schriver said. "So the best we can prepare these animals the more valuable they're going to be and the more income will be coming to the trapper."
Schriver said the depressed demand in Asian directly affects the trappers in rural New Brunswick.
"Russia has been in trouble for a few years," he said. "China is struggling a bit. And when their economies are struggling it directly affects us here in North America and our fur prices, big time."
Regardless of the variety of personal and political stances on trapping today, it's the industry that Canada was built on.
Much of the country was built on the back of the beaver. With their waterproof skins, beaver pelts were in high demand and used for barter and trade when the French and British first came to North America.
"And beaver is still top three in our fur industry today," Schriver said.
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