Police Briefs: Shopper Drives Car Into Ditch
On Saturday a woman plunged her car into a ditch that separated the Northumberland Square Mall and the Bridge View Plaza. The MPF report said the woman did not realize that a deep ditch separated the...
View ArticleCandidates Debate: Winners and Losers
Opinion by Larry Lynch, Editor, Miramichi Online Tonight candidates from 4 parties and one independent answered questions about economic development, education, health care and forestry. The event was...
View ArticlePolice seek missing girl. Moose hits car near Anderson Bridge
On Thursday MPF officers received a report of a runaway 15 year old female. She was last seen at J M Hill High School on Friday 14-09-11. Officers are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Cyndi...
View ArticleDebate Videos: Candidate Introductions
At the all candidates debate on Thursday, September 11th, each candidate was given an opportunity to give a two minute introduction of themselves. Some took the opportunity to get right to the issues....
View ArticleDebate Videos: Youth Education and Adult Training
Here are the videos of the candidates announcing their party’s platforms on education, schools, and training for adults. Each party and the independent spoke twice, the second time as a rebuttal to...
View ArticleDebate Videos: Health Care and Nursing Homes
Here are the videos of the candidates announcing their party’s platforms on Health Care and Senior Care. Each party and the independent spoke twice, the second time as a rebuttal to the remarks of the...
View ArticleDebate Videos: Forestry and the Miramichi Wood Basket
Here are the videos of the candidates announcing their party’s platforms on how to revive the sagging forestry industry in Miramichi. Each party and the independent spoke twice, the second time as a...
View ArticleDebate Video: Shale Gas and Economic Development
Here are the videos of the candidates announcing their party’s platforms on Shale Gas, economic development and infrastructure. Each party and the independent spoke twice, the second time as a...
View ArticleCourt Briefs: found not guilty of sexual assault
Johnathan Andrew Adams pleaded guilty to theft under $5000 from a drug store in Chatham on July 24th. He also pleaded guilty to the associated breaches of the Youth Criminal Justice Act – he was on...
View ArticleNay Nay Nay: Councillor Cripps derails agenda change
Tonight in council chambers at city hall, there were three committee meetings, and in each meeting councillor Joan Cripps faced off with the rest of the councillors as they attempted to have a local...
View ArticleDr. Losier Presents Mayor with 11,000 name petition (audio)
Dr. Gerard Losier presented Mayor Cormier with a petition with 11,000 Miramichi signatures on it. The petition states that people want a referendum on a new nursing home. Losier says the 11,000...
View ArticleConvicted: Man slaps toddler ten times
A 20 year old man was sentenced in the Miramichi Law Courts today for, among other things, holding up a three year old boy by one arm and striking him ten times. The incident happened on The rest of...
View ArticleScorned Woman Goes Too Far
On Tuesday at the Miramichi Law Courts, a 38 year old Miramichi woman found out her fate after pleading guilty to the criminal harassment of a woman her ex-boyfriend was now going out with. Crown...
View ArticleManhunt underway on KGH
At this moment police are combing the shore by French Fort Cove for a male who was armed witha knife and broke into a residence. More info as it develops.
View ArticleKnife wielding home invader knabbed in manhunt
When Jim O’Neill arrived home just before 4pm this afternoon, he found his front door wide open, and a strange man standing in his livingroom. “What the hell do you think you’re doing, “O’Neill asked...
View ArticleMan accused of home invasion appears in court
55 year old George Hogan appeared in custody today at the Miramichi Law Courts. He is charged with break and enter, possession of a weapon (knife) dangerous to the public, assault, and of possession...
View ArticleTanker Floats Abortion Clinic Warning
For some people, the issue of access to abortions in New Brunswick is not as important as other issues like economic development or education. For other people, it’s a make make-or-break topic. But...
View ArticleHome invader suspect freed pending trial: Victim recounts ordeal
George Hogan is accused of breaking into Jim O’Neill’s house, and fending off O’Neill with a knife when he was caught inside. Hogan, 55 of Eel Ground, appeared in court for a bail hearing on Thursday...
View ArticleWho is winning in Miramichi? Just ask a campaign worker.
The Liberals and Conservatives in the riding of Miramichi have been busy over the past little while identifying their support in the riding. The Liberals are candid about how they are going about it,...
View ArticlePolice Briefs: Fisheries workers call in DUI
Last weekend MPF officers received a call from Fisheries and Oceans employees alerting them of a suspected impaired drivers whom they observing driving North on Rt 11 towards the City of Miramichi.The...
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