Health & Wellness

Choose the Right Furniture for Your Life

By Giver Miramichi / November 17, 2015 / Comments Off on Choose the Right Furniture for Your Life

by Lauren Walls, Interior Decorator Renaud’s BrandSource The decision to purchase a new piece of upholstered furniture can be a big one. Especially when we have so many fabric options and considerations to make, but that decision can be made easier by asking yourself the following questions. 1. Who uses the sofa? Fabric durability may…

Peak Performance Grand Re-Opening

By Giver Miramichi / November 11, 2015 / Comments Off on Peak Performance Grand Re-Opening

Last month Peak Performance Health Centre had a grand re-opening to show off their newest expansion and highlight a very exciting new tool for therapy. The Bioflex Laser has been clinically tested and approved to treat sports injuries (tendonitis, ligament sprain, muscle tear), Arthritis, disc herniation, Fibromyalgia, repetitive stress injuries (carpal tunnel, tennis elbow, rotator cuff…

Butterflies of the Miramichi Region by Peter M. Gadd

By Giver Miramichi / November 10, 2015 / Comments Off on Butterflies of the Miramichi Region by Peter M. Gadd

These beautiful butterfly photos show 18 of the 60 different butterfly species found in the Miramichi Region. These photos were taken by Peter M. Gadd, for the Maritime Butterfly Atlas project that has been conducted for the last six years and is wrapping up this fall. Peter states that French Fort Cove is one local…

Miramichi Naturalists’ Club Invites Public to its Meetings

By Giver Miramichi / November 4, 2015 / Comments Off on Miramichi Naturalists’ Club Invites Public to its Meetings

Posted by Peter Gadd The Miramichi Naturalists’ Club would like to invite to our monthly meetings those in the community who enjoy and appreciate the natural flora and fauna that is all around us. We, who live in the Miramichi area, are indeed extremely fortunate. We are surrounded by so much of the natural world…

Support for Miramichi Salmon Project on the Bartholomew River

By Giver Miramichi / November 4, 2015 / Comments Off on Support for Miramichi Salmon Project on the Bartholomew River

The provincial government is contributing $175,000 towards the Miramichi Salmon-Bartholomew River project, the largest private land conservation project in the province’s history. “We are pleased to partner with the Nature Conservancy of Canada on this project,” said Tourism, Heritage and Culture Minister Bill Fraser. “This partnership will result in the long-term protection of one of New Brunswick’s natural treasures.”

A Family Place in Miramichi

By Giver Miramichi / November 3, 2015 / Comments Off on A Family Place in Miramichi

The Northumberland County Family Resource Centre hosts 10 active centres throughout the region, each offering a variety of programs and activities available to parents and children ages 0 to 6 years in their respective communities. Programs are offered free of charge, and are sponsored by the Public Health Agency of Canada. A Family Place Inc.…

The Complicated Web of Wellness

By Giver Miramichi / October 27, 2015 / Comments Off on The Complicated Web of Wellness

Nowadays, it’s easy to ask Google to define wellness for you. Quickly you learn that it is a “state or condition of being in good physical and mental health”. But what does that really tell you? And how does it relate to your own life? In order to truly understand its meaning one has to look beyond the words.

Restoring Ancient Portage Trails in New Brunswick

By Giver Miramichi / October 27, 2015 / Comments Off on Restoring Ancient Portage Trails in New Brunswick

Canoe Kayak New Brunswick (CKNB) is a volunteer non-profit organization devoted to safe recreational paddling in New Brunswick (NB) through awareness, education, instruction and community engagement “The Ancient Portage Trails of NB” project is a special project under Canoe Kayak NB (CKNB). The project deals specifically with restoring only six ancient portage trails of the…

Weekly Wellness with Dr. Tiffany Keenan

By Giver Miramichi / October 8, 2015 / Comments Off on Weekly Wellness with Dr. Tiffany Keenan

Dr. Tiffany Keenan will be hosting weekly wellness meetings at the Miramichi Fellowship Centre in Blackville. The meetings, which follow The Daniel Plan program, will be held each Thursday night at 7 pm for twelve weeks and are centred around faith, food, fitness, focus and friends. It is a mind, body and soul approach to…

Seniors Health Fair in Blackville

By Giver Miramichi / October 3, 2015 / Comments Off on Seniors Health Fair in Blackville

A Health Fair for Seniors will be held in Blackville on Monday, October 5th from 1 pm to 4 pm at the United Church Centre at 145 Main Street. There will be booths from different organizations such as Mango, Extra-Mural Program, Go Ahead Seniors, and many more. A light lunch will be provided. Activities include: Testing…

12 Homeless Hours Raises Awareness

By Giver Miramichi / September 28, 2015 / Comments Off on 12 Homeless Hours Raises Awareness

Miramichi Youth House’s largest annual fundraiser, 12 Homeless Hours, kicked off Saturday evening at 6 pm in the Ritchie Wharf Park, Newcastle. The event raises awareness about the homeless with teams of up to five people building shelters out of cardboard boxes and sleeping outside in the elements until 6 am Sunday morning. During the event…

Arrange Furniture Creatively

By Giver Miramichi / September 23, 2015 / Comments Off on Arrange Furniture Creatively

by Lauren Walls, Interior Decorator Renaud’s BrandSource Something as simple as furniture arrangement can totally effect the functionality and mood of a family. In order to get the best possible results, creativity is key! If you’d like to cut down on the physically demanding aspect of the job try going old school and using graph…

Challenge: Workplaces Supporting Community Food Banks

By Giver Miramichi / September 15, 2015 / Comments Off on Challenge: Workplaces Supporting Community Food Banks

As a kick-off to Hunger Awareness Week, the Northumberland Food Security Network is challenging local workplaces to raise money and/ or collect food donations for our local food banks for four weeks between September 21st and October 19, 2015. In the Miramichi area, 11% of families do not have secure access to food (My Community at a…