Community & Fundraising
Health Minister Victor Boudreau is encouraging New Brunswickers to observe National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week this week, April 18th to the 25th.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
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.
National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) officials have announced that Miramichi Dragway has joined the NHRA Member Track Network as part of Division 1, the Northeast Division. Over the last several years, facility owner Rodolphe Savoie has shown his commitment to the sport of drag racing time and time again, and with the help of local…
Nominations are being sought for the 29th annual New Brunswick Human Rights Award. The deadline is June 1st, 2016.
The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission established the award to recognize outstanding effort, achievement or leadership on a volunteer basis by individuals or organizations in the promotion of equality and human rights in the province.
Miramichi United Soccer Club is having in-person registrations for the 2016 summer season at the following times and locations: In Miramichi on Saturday April 9th, from 10 am to 12 noon at the following Tim Hortons locations – downtown Newcastle on the square, downtown Chatham on Water Street, and in Douglastown at Bridgeview Plaza. The remaining…
We had our last Q an A session on March 15th at the Exhibition Centre and it was well attended. People of all ages were there and asking lots of great questions about the new proposed Wellness Centre. There were pros and cons on both sides. All the Council were asked where they stood on this issue.
Haiti Village Health presents … “THE VOICE for Haiti” on Friday April 15th, 2016 in the Carrefour Beausoleil Auditorium. Come and enjoy an evening of great musical entertainment provided by local Horizon Health staff as they compete for the title of “The Voice”. Performers include: Paula Aube, LPN Andrew Chan, 4th year medical student Norman Colford, SPD dept,…
Soup’s On is a Greater Blackville Resource Centre (GBRC) project that offers Free Meals and community spirit throughout the greater Blackville area. Various organizations and churches in the area take part by hosting a free community luncheon. “We are seeing 60 to 100 people in our community taking part in the Soup’s On program each…