$2.4 M: City wants to take over Eco Centre
Last April the city agreed to pay $6000 for the insurance to keep the insurance on the Eco Centre, home of the Miramichi Curling Club. Now the city is ready to assume control of the building that will...
View ArticleSnow storms costing Fire Department money too
It’s expected that the Public Works department would be getting hammered with overtime costs, but tonight after the regular council meeting, Fire Chief Ian Gavet says his department is feeling the...
View ArticleRCMP save snowmobiler from exposure
On March 25, 2014 at approximately 8:00p.m., Blackville RCMP were called to help locate a 46-year-old man who failed to return to his home in Moncton, following a snowmobile trip. Police found the...
View ArticleCan you identify these potential witnesses?
The Miramichi Police Force is looking for the public’s assistance to identify the persons captured in the attached surveillance images. Police would like to identify these possible witnesses to an...
View ArticleYouth Court: girl 17 doesn’t want to give up pot
A young female offender was in court today to be sentenced on some drug charges. She pleaded guilty, but in her pre-sentence report, she said she would agree to giving up smoking pot, but didn’t want...
View ArticleMan convicted for sexual assault on LPN
A Newcastle man has pleaded guilty to the sexual assault of a Licensed Practical Nurse. The man has a history of alcohol abuse, and was checking himself into the detox centre when the assault occurred....
View ArticleCity to fill labourer vacancy in recreation
City council voted at last night’s regular monthly council meeting to fill a labourer vacancy in the recreation department due to the retirement of Ron Mouck. The managment report is below....
View ArticleRound 6: Wambolts still kicking in disclosure battle
A husband and wife from Fredericton are charged with making false 911 calls and interfering with procedures at the NBWCC. Jenn Wambolt had been in custody there on unrelated charges at the time, in...
View Article$120,000: rec facility consultant hired
City of Miramichi has taken the next step to a possible new recreation facility to replace some of the aging ones citizens currently use. In January, council passed a motion to fund a study comparing...
View ArticleKenny pleads guilty to two separate assaults
David Brandon Kenny, 23, pleaded guilty to two different assaults during two separate appearance at the Miramici Law Courts this week and last week. Both assaults happened outside Mike’s Bar and Grill....
View ArticleAGM a go despite sagging roof
The Miramichi Chamber of Commerce AGM will be held Thursday night at the new Riverside Entertainment Centre in Douglastown. The Chamber had been receiving questions about the event because of a...
View ArticleSomerville pleads guilty to threats: “I will kill you”
Dressed in a red shirt and black tie, Gary Lee Somerville was in court today for what was supposed to be a trial on 6 counts including assault, harrassment and mischief, but ended up pleading guilty to...
View ArticleCourt Briefs: Cloud jailed for alleged robbery and assault
Gaston Richard of Rogersville was fined $1000 for leaving the scene of an accident in 2012. Cyle William Mercure was charged with possession of marijuana. His plea was adjourned for a few weeks while...
View ArticleCrash kills 5th snowmobiler of the season
Doaktown RCMP is investigating a fatal snowmobile crash that occurred on Bettsburg Road in Doaktown, N.B., on April 1, 2014, just after 12 p.m. 49-year-old Robert The rest of this story and its...
View ArticleSnowbanks, narrow street causes near miss (photos)
This morning around 8:00 am there was a nearuse on Chatham Avenue involving a water delivery truck and a school bus. The school bus that was picking children up on Chatham Avenue and taking them to...
View ArticleTime limit expires on salmon tag
The fishing can be pretty good in Upper Blackville, especially around Connors Shore. Last May, a pair of DNR officers were watching from the weeds and say they saw a man take too long to put his tag...
View ArticleFrancis sentenced for phone theft and drugs
Micah Samuel Francis appeared in court on March 31st, he had been in custody 18 days at that time after being arrested for theft and drug charges. He pleaded guilty to stealing an iPhone from Troy The...
View ArticleStriped Bass fishery changes
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Gulf Region, today announced management measures for the recreational striped bass fishery that will take place in 2014 throughout the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. This...
View ArticleHwy 11 bypass plan unveiled. Not Happy? Get in line.
Businesses like the Portage Restaurant, LJ Patterson Sales, Pro Nature and Modular Fabrication all see ways that the proposed new bypass in Miramichi on Route 11 will hurt their businesses. But some...
View ArticleProvince, Feds invest in new track in Neguac (photos)
The provincial and federal governments are investing a combined $300,000 for renovations to an athletic track and soccer field in Neguac. “Investing in this community track and field project will...
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