Harris: Get ready to win
There was a packed house on Saturday at the Lion’s Club for the nomination convention where a Liberal candidate was selected to run in the Miramichi Bay-Neguac riding. Voters started arriving and...
View ArticleFrustrations rise over snow removal
Miramichi has had its share of snow this year, and all over the city you can see a lot of it piled of it in strategic places after it has been removed from the streets. A resident in Chatham Head was...
View ArticleAttorney General successful in limiting David Black’s access to courts
In September 2009 as a result of Operation Jackpot, David Black was sentenced to 6.5 years in jail for producing and trafficking marijuana, as well as laundering drug money. Since that time her has...
View ArticlePolice Briefs: Stolen Snowblower Found
In the afternoon of March 15th, a Miramichi Police Force officer arrested a 65 year old male who was found to be in possession of a snow blower that was reported stolen from a residential break and...
View ArticleCourt Briefs: deal in works for Fairisle couple’s pot charges
Josiane Allain and her spouse Mark Ryan Lambert appeared in court this week to make election on drug related charges. Allain has four charges for possession and trafficking, while Lambert has 27...
View ArticleWambolts seek complete disclosure – blogger LeBlanc nose out of joint
Jenn and James Wambolt appeared in court to plead to charges that they made false 911 calls and interfered with procedures at the NBWCC (women’s correctional centre in Miramchi) when Jenn was being...
View ArticleTilly: 3-6 month delay in payroll construction
MP Tilly O’Neill-Gordon says anything worth getting is worth waiting for, and that Mirmaichi is the envy of many other ridings who would love to have the new payroll centre in their backyards. Tilly...
View ArticleTrevors on forestry plan: bring us your business ideas
Miramichi MLA, Robert Trevor (Minister of Human Resources), says the new forestry plan shows his governments commitment to jobs and conservation. In a telephone interview, Trevors said the plan was...
View Article12 years old: Urquhart sentenced for sexual interference
In 2011, on two different occasions, Dallas Robert Urquhart engaged in activity of a sexual nature with a girl who was 12. Urquhart was 24 at the time, and claimed he thought the girl was much older....
View ArticleGodin takes VIA Rail petitions to Ottawa (video)
A crowd of Miramichiers met the VIA Rail passenger train as it stopped in Miramichi tonight to deliver petitions to Yvon Godin. Godin boarded the train in Moncton and met other NDP MLAs on board....
View ArticleWalls: where do they come up with this stuff?
A former mayor of Blackville was in court today because of several motor vehicle tickets issued to him recently. Rolland Walls’ name was called and he stood before judge John C. Friel as his tickets...
View ArticleDedam lands $5000 gill net fine
It was a tough day for Keifer Joel Dedam, but a good day for conservation. Late in August, on tips from trusted informants, DNR officers set up surveillance in Tabusintac near Beck’s Brook. On the...
View ArticleCourt Briefs: man comes out of closet, pleads not guilty.
Austin Drake Cloud is accused of touching someone under the age of 16 with is penis for a sexual purpose on December 14th. He also faces 4 charges of breach of undertaking for not keeping his curfew,...
View ArticleRCMP seek leads to Sunny Corner driver
On March 23, 2014 at around 8:00 pm, the Sunny Corner RCMP received a call of a dangerous and possibly impaired driver. A mid-1990s, white Jeep Cherokee was seen travelling northbound on Chaplin Island...
View ArticleLiberal forum on economy felt strangely nonpartisan
“If we were at war, we would put aside our differences and work on a solution to be victorious.” On Saturday, one of the people in attendance at an event organized by the NB Liberals made the above...
View ArticlePolice Chase: 120kms/hr through Chatham Head
Donald Aldeo Mazerolle pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, not stopping while being pursued, and impaired driving. The matter began with a routine seeding vehicle. Police met a small dark car doing 74...
View ArticleGhosts of Violence ballet to Miramichi on March 25
Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada brings powerful Ghosts of Violence ballet to Miramichi on March 25 Atlantic Ballet Theatre of Canada’s national Celebrate Courage initiative to end violence against...
View ArticleMeeting: Miramichi Watershed Issues
2nd Annual Public Information Forum to Address Miramichi Watershed Management Concerns Sunday, April 6, 2014 Newcastle Lion’s Club 2pm-4pm. In response to overwhelming demand, a public information...
View ArticleYou be the judge: Amanda Fairly charged with obstructing RCMP
This is the second in our series of cases where you get to guess what the outcome will be. Vote using the poll at the end of the story On a nice afternoon late in August 2013, and RCMP officer on...
View ArticleBlack Eagle Construction fined for scaffolding injuries
Sterling Stewart, representing his company Black Eagle Construction, was in court in Tuesday to be sentenced on offences under the Occupational Health and Saftey Act. During the construction of the...
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