Year: 2013
There is certainly lots of water to report this week, and the fishing is quite good surprisingly. MSA president and hatchery manager Mark Hambrook said the deluge we had this past weekend and the showers earlier this week have been a life-saver for the rivers and fish. August is usually a warm month and this […]
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by Shawn McCarthy This week’s softball action from the Miramichi Men’s Fastpitch League started with a make-up game between the Nelson ‘Days Inn’ Red Sox and the Douglasfield Dodgers. Though league play was not to begin this week until Wednesday, due to last weekend’s scheduled Intermediate Men’s tournament in Fredericton, its cancellation due to rain…
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by Andrew MacMullin Everyone has their favourite place, a hidden gem or the best kept secret in town. But most people never share these great stories because we generally take things for granted. However, you always hear the stories of poor service, unhappy visits, yada, yada, yada—time for a menu change! With my past experience…
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The John Howard Society of Miramichi is currently holding a Silent Auction on the theme of “Working Together to Make a Difference” online in a Facebook Event. Everyone is invited to bid on lots of locally donated items, while helping this great cause! The auction runs until August 6th. There are 15 items up for…
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Remember, the Official New Brunswick Day celebrations will be held on Monday, August 5th in Blackville, and you’re all invited! Activities will start in the quaint Miramichi village at 7 am with a hot breakfast at St. Raphael’s Church Hall in Blackville. Breakfast will be served until 10 am. After the breakfast, the festivities kick…
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The Board of Directors and volunteers of the Greater Blackville Resource Centre invite the general public to join them on NB Day, Monday August 5th, as they welcome the Premier to the centre for an official ribbon cutting ceremony and Open House. This marks their first full year in operation and official membership to Food…
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Chris Morris Legislature Bureau 26 Jul 2013 07:29AM With fish populations nosediving for unknown reasons, the Miramichi Salmon Association is stepping up its efforts to conserve the threatened Atlantic salmon. Mark Hambrook, president of the Miramichi …
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Miramichi’s Steve Heckbert will release his new CD, Road to Canada, at the Shadbangers Ball II – Old Home Night on July 27, 2012 from 7:00 – Quite a bit later… at the Miramichi Exhibition. Following the huge success of last year’s Shadbangers’, Miramichi storyteller and songwriter Steve Heckbert is set to release the second…
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I’ll open with several positive statements this week. First, we did get some rain and some cooler temperatures. This resulted in DFO officially opening those pools that had been previously closed. This takes effect Thursday morning (today). (See official notice below.) There are also quite decent numbers of fish coming through the trap nets beginning […]
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DFO has issued a variation order opening the pools that had been closed due to warm water and high temperatures. The pools will open tomorrow morning, July 25th. They also wanted me to remind people that they will be issuing a variation order on August…
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By Samantha Magee 23 Jul 2013 03:52PM MIRAMICHI — Bruno Bobak, the renowned Canadian artist who passed away last year, left a sizable donation to the Miramichi Salmon Association that was just recently revealed. In his will, the Polish/Canadian artist donated $400,000 to the association, which is halfway through a two million dollar fundraising […]
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Press Release July 22, 2013 Estate of Bruno Bobak 52 Shore Street Fredericton NB BRUNO BOBAK AND MIRAMICHI SALMON As a lasting contribution to New Brunswick’s famed Atlantic salmon river, the Miramichi, in which he so dearly loved to spend his fly-fishing time, the Estate of Bruno Bobak is pleased to announce a donation of […]
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by Shawn McCarthy Action in the Miramichi Men’s Fastpitch League resumed this week on Monday Night when the Miramichi “Jungle Jim” Brewers took to the field against the league-leading Miramichi “Towne Ford” Rangers. The Rangers took the big W by an 8-3 margin with Kirby Curtis and Alan Hilchie both offering home runs and the…
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