Year: 2016
The Miramichi Sportsmens Gun Club is hosting the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) New Brunswick Provincial Championship September 10th and 11th, 2016. IPSC shooting is dynamic, challenging, and one of the fastest growing shooting sports in the world today. Courses of fire use many aspects not found in the more traditional shooting disciplines such as…
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The 2016 spring salmon season kicked off with a bang last Friday and fishing has continued to be good. Many anglers are limiting out and seeing and hitting lots of fish. W. W. Doak and Sons in Doaktown said angling has been very good with good numbers of fish around and ready to take. “This…
Read MoreI just got back from Blackville, New Brunswick. I drove up last Thursday, and fished Friday – opening day of the Miramichi salmon season – and Saturday before coming home this morning. The fishing was as good as I’ve had in the 15 or so years that I’ve been going up. I’m sure it doesn’t compare to the good old days when the Miramichi was thought to have had regular runs of several, …Read More →
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In New Brunswick, our forests provide important economic, recreational, and spiritual value. Ensuring they are sustainably managed is important to all of us. Join three of Canada’s leading scientists for a discussion moderated by Forest NB about the science of forest renewal and the practices in use today to keep our forests growing for generations to come. Topics to be covered include: wildlife, human health, and safety.
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The 2016 forest-fire season in New Brunswick began on April 18th. Each year, the season begins on the third Monday of April and continues through until October 31st unless otherwise indicated.
Read MoreHealth Minister Victor Boudreau is encouraging New Brunswickers to observe National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week this week, April 18th to the 25th.
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Till the Boys Come Home (2015 Goose Lane Editions) by Curtis Mainville, a 22-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, focuses on the good men (and women) of Queens County, New Brunswick who either volunteered, were conscripted or stayed home to support the war effort by working on the family farm or in the mines.
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by Dave Bucklow World Tai Chi & Qi Gong Day will be with us once again on the 30th of this month. On Saturday morning, April 30th, at 9.30 am at Ritchie Wharf the Miramichi Tai Chi club will be giving a public demonstration of this amazing Oriental Art that is being referred to as Moving Medicine, and…
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Premier Brian Gallant and Post-Secondary Education, Training, and Labour Minister Francine Landry have announced that through the Education and New Economy Fund, tuition will be free for New Brunswick students from low-income and many middle-class families.
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Bruce, Brian, and Larry also known as The Good Brothers are in the province this week as part of their 2016 Maritime Express Tour and will perform at the Renous Recreation Centre on Friday April 22nd and at the Bathurst Legion on Saturday April 23rd. Both shows start at 9 pm and tickets are $20…
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Friday, April 15 is the long awaited “Opening Day” for anglers to hit the water in pursuit of Spring or “Black” Salmon. Basically, salmon angling will be all hook and release in NB as per last year. The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans released the following Wednesday April 13, 2016: [wp_bannerize group=”doug1″] Catch and release…
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The curtain rises on Friends of Beaubears Island’s latest theatrical production, The Tide Recedes, this Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 7 pm, at the Vogue Theatre. The actors are putting in last-minute rehearsals, director Chris Matheson keeping a watchful eye on their progress, as a growing audience anxiously awaits the show. It’s not too late to…
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The MSA WANTS YOUR PICTURES! Take part in the Miramichi Salmon Association’s first ever Photo Contest. It’s free, and you don’t even need to be a member for your chance to win a prize.
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