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Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation funds projects
Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation funds projects Bathurst Northern LightThe Atlantic Salmon Conservation Foundation (ASCF) made this year’s Earth Day an even bigger celebration than usual for wild Atlantic Salmon supporters in New Brunswick. The Foundation announced that funding for projects to preserve wild Atlantic salmon in the province, and the...
The ‘lore’ of Miramichi draws hundreds
The ‘lore’ of Miramichi draws hundreds By PATRICK WILSON 22 Apr 2013 12:34AM MIRAMICHI — Hundreds of people looking for the thrill of hooking a big salmon are flocking to the Miramichi River as the spring fishing season gets underway. The section of the Southwest Miramichi River between...
Miramichi Fishing Report for Thursday, May 2, 2013
Anglers continue to have decent spring salmon catches, and a recreational striped bass season for the Miramichi and the Gulf Region opened on May 1 (See below for details regarding gear and retention limits). May 1 was also the opening of trout season in the Miramichi drainage for rivers, streams...
Drama Group Lalarmaloeil Mount 13th Production “Hauts les masques!” in Miramichi
Lalarmaloeil. Front: Maurice Audet Middle: Rachel Bernard, Jacques Breau and Esther Mahoney Back: Chantal Robichaud, Rachel Richard, Tina Robichaud, Daniel Levesque, Line Thibodeau, Maurice Desroches, and Rosemonde Poirier . This year the adult drama group Lalarmaloeil celebrates 13 seasons on stage. The latest production is this Saturday evening May 4th...
Forum on the Professional Status of Artists
The artist’s profession is not very well recognized or well supported in New Brunswick. In order to deal with some of the challenges artists face and to set the stage for the work of the Premier’s Committee on the Status of the Artist, due to begin in August 2013, the...
MSA President Mark Hambrook to Receive Top Conservation Award
Our President, Mark Hambrook, is being presented with the Atlantic Salmon Federation’s highest honour at meetings in Montreal this week. The award has been presented annually since 1975 in memory of T.B. “Happy” Fraser to an individual who has made outstanding, long-term contributions to wild Atlantic salmon conservation. Miramichi Salmon...
Recreational Striped Bass Fishery to Open with Retention Season in May
DFO Minister Keith Ashfield announced today the re-opening of a limited, recreational Striped bass fishery this season. A retention fishery will be open from May 1 to May 15, 2013, where anglers will be able to catch and retain a maximum of one Striped bass per day and will be...
Jason Dickson Named Honorary Captain for Team New Brunswick
Jason Dickson, an Olympian and former major league baseball pitcher, has been named Team New Brunswick's honorary captain for the 2013 Canada Summer Games. From left: Stéphane Hachey, chef-de-mission; Dickson; and Jennifer Bent-Richard, assistant chef-de-mission. Jason Dickson, an Olympian and former major league baseball pitcher, has...
The Gift, a Poem by Elizabeth Copeland
THE GIFT The gift came not as I thought it would - wrapped in pink cellophane, yellow ribbons streaming, a chorus of glory hallelujahs ringing out. The gift came not as I hoped it would - clarity streaming in like cold spring water, bottled and guaranteed to provide easy enlightenment....
World Tai Chi Day Happens this Weekend
World Tai Chi Day is held on the last Saturday of April at 10 am right around the world each year and that includes us here on the Mighty Miramichi. by Dave Bucklow A team of doctors at the Harvard Medical School have been conducting a...
Miramichi Fishing Report for Thursday, April 25, 2013
High and dirty water hampered angling to some degree last weekend and early this week, but there was still catching to be had. The higher water allowed boats freedom to cover much greater areas of the various rivers. Janet MacLaren with guide Lloyd Lyons and nice spring salmon in front...
Miramichier RRRolls Up The Rim to Win a 2013 Toyota RAV4
By simply rolling up the rim of her Tim Hortons cup, Denise Newbatt of Napan is a new owner of an all-new 2013 Toyota RAV4, a grand prize in this year’s RRRoll up the Rim to Win® contest at Tim Hortons. “Having a grand prize winner at our restaurant is...
Theodore Tugboat at Festival of Tall Ships
Theodore Tugboat The New Brunswick Festival of Tall Ships on the Miramichi announced yesterday that they will be hosting a very special guest at the event. Theodore Tugboat will chug up the Mighty Miramichi River on Friday, May 31st to do what he loves best –...