Saint John coming up with ways to lessen extreme weather effects

As cold snaps, heavy rain and freezing rain and now flooding have battered many New Brunswick communities in recent months, the City of Saint John is one of three areas of the province trying to become a Smart Energy Community against extreme weather events.

Saint John, Campbellton, and Tracadie are among the six municipalities in Canada working with Quality Urban Energy Systems of Tomorrow, or QUEST, with a goal of becoming more resilient with energy and infrastructure…