Year: 2016
THIS WEEK’S KEY WORD IS “IMPROVEMENT”. With cooler temperatures and some rain, angling and angling conditions have improved this week. First, the Cold-Water Pool closures have revoked and are now open to regular angling. The Southwest Miramichi water levels have increased by 2 feet in the Blackville area and about 15 inches in the Doaktown…
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Check out the available positions within the City: Temporary 911 Public Safety Communication Officer, Temporary Tourism Administrator, and Part-time Aquatic Supervisor.
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The provincial and federal governments are investing up to $1 million to expand the Miramichi Airport. Each will contribute up to $500,000 for the development of a new multi-functional air services building. The City of Miramichi is providing $250,000 and the Miramichi Airport Commission is providing $362,000 to the project. “The new multi-functional air services…
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The Rock ‘N’ Roll Festival would like to thank Kathleen and James Smith for their huge donation in the amount of $4145 to the Rock ‘N’ Roll Festival.
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The Napan Agricultural Show celebrated its 25th year from August 11th to the 14th with a jam packed weekend of special events that included country breakfast and suppers, Light Horse games, Draft Horse events, Oxen pull, Frisbee Dogs, petting zoo, entertainment, a truck pull and so much more. Click to enlarge any of the photos below,…
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The Summer Students are hard at work preparing the 2016 DowntownS Miramichi Dollar event sale. Make sure to mark down the dates and tell your friends!
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By John McKay The Miramichi Scottish Festival will run from August 19th to the 21st. This is a special year for Scottish celebrations since 2016 marks the 250th anniversary of the arrival of William Davidson’s settlers on the Miramichi. Davidson, from Fochabers in Scotland, received the Miramichi 100,000 acre land grant in 1765. Friday night, […]
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The Blackville Fireman’s Club will be hosting an open house on Saturday August 20th at the fire hall, 54 Main Street. The open house starts at 1 pm with a free BBQ beginning at 2 pm. The firefighters will be performing an auto extrication demonstration at 2 pm, followed by a water rescue display at…
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Congratulations to Jeremy Parker, this weeks winner of Chase the King. Jeremy won $42.40 with ticket number 848 and cut the 3 of Clubs. Play to WIN! Jackpot is now $2563.80! There are 17 cards left!
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Celebrate Acadian Day beginning at 11:30 am on Monday August 15th at Waterford Green in Chatham with PEI’s bilingual folk/ fusion trio Ten Strings and a Goat Skin and Ottawa–Gatineau’s rock/ folk/ psychedelic/ traditional band Hey, Wow. In case of rain the celebration will take place at Carrefour Beausoleil, 300 Beaverbrook Road in Newcastle. This […]
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The following statement was issued today by Nathalie Chiasson, chairperson of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission, on the occasion of International Youth Day, August 12th: In December 1999, the United Nations approved a resolution decreeing that August 12 would become International Youth Day with the theme Youth is the future of mankind.
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Miramichi Folklore Park is the newly renovated Home of the Heritage Players, a local theatre group dedicated to producing original plays about the Miramichi and its people. To date they have staged over 100 performances based on Miramichi characters and history. At Miramichi Folklore Park there is a gift shop where you can find Miramichi…
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The Central New Brunswick Woodmen’s Museum, located in Boiestown, NB, will be hosting its Annual Professional Lumberjack Competition on Saturday, August 13th, 2016, beginning at 12 noon. TimberSport competitors will be busy sharpening their axes and filing their cross-cuts for this one day Lumberjack Competition; which portrays the “skill and technique” of this amazing Sport.…
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