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Rotary RibFest on the Miramichi 2016
The Rotary Club of Newcastle have announced details of their community event happening the weekend of May 27-29, 2016. Re-branded as “Rotary RibFest on the Miramichi”, this weekend will involve a number of activities with lots of food, and will take place in the downtown parking area in front of the library off...
Nominations Open for May 9th Election
Candidates running in the May 9th municipal council, district education council and regional health authority elections can officially submit their nomination forms. The 21 returning offices and satellite returning offices set up across the province to administer the elections opened to the public this week. A total of 107 mayoralty...
Easter Church Services in the Miramichi Region
Anglican Parish of Derby & Blackville March 23 - Holy Wednesday Eucharist with Passion Gospel, 7pm, Holy Trinity, Blackville March 24 - Maundy Thursday 8pm, Holy Trinity, Blackville March 25 - Good Friday 9am: Morning Prayer & Devotions St. Agnes', Gray Rapids 12 noon: Good Friday Liturgy with St. John's...
Book Review: “Limerence” by Jon Tattrie
by James M. Fisher, The Miramichi Reader Jon Tattrie has written a very clever book in Limerence (2015 Pottersfield Press). What do I mean by "clever"? It is a clever idea, cleverly conceived and written. It concerns the life of Manitoba resident Sam Stiller who loses his wife and son in a...
Sport for life Mini Summit April 18th in Miramichi
The Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture and the Northumberland County Sport Network invite you to the Sport for life Mini Summit from 5:30 to 9 pm on Monday April 18th, 2016 at the Rodd Miramichi River Hotel. Many interesting topics on athlete development and physical literacy will be discussed....
Making Video Games Right Here in Miramichi
By Clyde Blakely, Senior 3D artist When I was a kid, I used to play video games all the time. I would dream about how awesome it would be to make one, completely oblivious to the fact that video games take a tremendous amount of work. But I wasn't the...
2016 Frye Festival Line-Up
The Frye Festival—Atlantic Canada’s largest celebration of books, ideas and the imagination—announced the line-up of novelists, poets, children’s authors and short story and non-fiction writers who will be in Greater Moncton as part of its 17th edition, April 23 to May 1, 2016. The program features remarkable storytelling by award-winning...
Chase the King Week 14
The Rock 'n Roll Festival's Chase the King fundraiser week 14 winner is Guy McAllister with ticket #2. Guy won $51.60 for this week's draw and his designate Sandra Stewart drew the 10 of Diamonds. So the King of Spades remains in the deck. The jackpot of a minimum guaranteed...
Wayne Curtis Book Signing Today
Award winning author, Wayne Curtis, returns home to the Mighty Miramichi this St. Patrick’s Day, Thursday March 17th, to sign copies of his latest book In the Country. Published by Pottersfield Press, In The Country is a collection of Wayne Curtis’s unflinching but lovingly told short stories about the hardships of...
River Watch 2016 Officially Launched
From left: Claude Côté, meteorologist with Environment Canada; Greg MacCallum, director of the Emergency Measures Organization; Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Stephen Horsman; Nadine Caissie Long, River Watch data specialist with the Department of Environment and Local Government; and Stacey Cooling, operations manager with the Emergency Measures Organization. New...
The Miramichi Reader Interviews Valerie Sherrard
by James M. Fisher, The Miramichi Reader Miramichi author Valerie Sherrard has written more than a dozen novels for young people, including Counting Back from Nine, which was short-listed for the Governor General’s Award and The Glory Wind. Her work has also been short-listed for numerous Canadian awards, including the...
ST. MARY’S ANNUAL IRISH DESSERT/ CONCERT HELD
A full house turned out to celebrate St. Patrick's Day early when Susan Butler hosted her Annual Irish Dessert/ Concert at St. Mary’s Parish Centre in Newcastle yesterday afternoon, Sunday March 13th, 2016. Delicious desserts were accompanied by a full afternoon of entertainment provided by Jack Wilson, the Nelson Doyle Dancers, Katherine...
Beaubears Island Speaker Series Wrap Up
The Friends of Beaubears Island would like to extend its thanks for all who made our Speaker Series so very successful over the course of the last month. Thanks to Todd Fitzpatrick and Nelson Rural School, for their gracious offer to host our guests and presenters, and to Bradley Russell,...