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3rd Day of Christmas: My Mr. Claus
My Mr. Claus by Kim Drisdelle As I search through my boxes to gather up Christmas ornaments, I slip back in time. I find myself thinking about the many sacrifices my parents, like many parents, make for their children during this ever so meaningful time of year. Over the years,...
2nd Day of Christmas: Christmas Tuning
Christmas Tuning By Cindy Rule Last Christmas season, about a week or so before the big day, while my daughter Sorcha was eating dinner and I was washing dishes, we started talking about Christmas songs I’m not a big fan of. The list is many and my reasons lengthy, but...
1st Day of Christmas: My Dancing Snowman
My Dancing Snowman By Myrna Beth Lambert I have celebrated many special Christmas holidays, but I will always remember the Christmas of 1946. I was seven years old and it was my last year of childhood innocence, although I didn’t know it at the time. I believed in Santa, the...
Mighty Miramichi’s Biggest Loser Challenge 3 a Huge Success
1st Place Team - Healthy by Choice - LtoR: Jessica Sargent (Mango), Tom Burns (Trainer), Elene Siddall, Richard Siddall, Darla Williams, Karen Howe, Renee Murphy (Mango), Danny Daigle (Trainer)
NHL Trip Giveaway Package
Miramichi Timberwolves draw just in time for Christmas! MIRAMICHI – Last minute shoppers looking for stocking stuffer ideas need look no further. The Miramichi Timberwolves Junior A Hockey Club have announced details of their latest fund-raiser. Team governor Jamie Keays was all smiles with the launch. “This is one of...
Colouring Fun for Kids
We’re full of the Christmas spirit this year at Bread ‘n Molasses and we thought we’d pass it on! So here’s a wonderful little holiday activity you can share with your kids. Click on the picture of the gingerbread house below to make it bigger, then print out as many...
MLA Jake Stewart Releases Album
Southwest Miramichi MLA, and Blackville resident, Jake Stewart recently released an album “Just A Smile Away” that will benefit The Josie Foundation Inc. The Josie Foundation was developed by Jake in honour of his grandmother Josie Sturgeon, to support people with chronic or long-term illness. You can pick up a...
Christmas Food Drive’s
The holiday season is upon us and several businesses in Blackville are doing their part to help out those less fortunate. Blackville Trio Pizza is holding its 2nd Annual Christmas Food Drive between Monday, December 5 and Sunday, December 19. Bring in any four (4) non-perishable food items and receive...
Slam Uncovers Gold Bearing Quartz Veins
Trenching Continues To Test Strike Extent of New Saint-Quentin Gold Discovery
Eel Ground Christmas Market
Spread the word! Come check out our market! Lots of goodies just in time for Christmas! Paintings, arts, crafts, baked goods, and more! This Saturday December 10, 2011, 9am - 3pm. 32 MicMac Road (AAROM Fisheries Building - Former Lodge on Main Hwy)
Nutrition Events in Douglastown this December
There's a whole lot of great activities and events happening in December at Sobeys in Douglastown! Kids’ Cooking Class There’s nothing like cooking with your children to get your family into the holiday spirit. Join the Sobeys Dietitian for this free class and enjoy some fun family time. Open to...
Register Early! Win NHL Tickets!
Miramichi Rotary Pond Hockey tournament
A Mountain School Christmas
Children at their desks in the Mountain School. When my mother was a girl she would walk up the road every weekday morning with her siblings and friends to the old Mountain School, a traditional one-room schoolhouse in Gray Rapids on the Miramichi River in New Brunswick. I’ve grown up...