Fiander, Murphy , MacTavish pitch budget increases
The heads of three city departments laid out their budgets for 2015 to city councillors o Monday night. Each budget had some increases in spending, and the directors took questions from councillors...
View ArticleFire Chief proposes $114,000 staffing solution
Miramichi Fire Chief Ian Gavet introduced his department’s 2015 budget to council on Monday night. His budget included an extra $114,000 to pay part-time firefighters to fill in for vacation and sick...
View ArticleTozer launches charter service from Miramichi Airport
New Charter Flight Service Established Miramichi, New Brunswick – October 8, 2014 – The Miramichi Airport Commission and Site Flight Corp are pleased to announce the establishment of a charter flight...
View ArticleForan Freed
After 92 days in jail, Eric John Foran was released from jail yesterday. Foran was arrested in July 14th because he threatened to burn down the home of his ex-girlfriend, breached a police undertaking,...
View ArticleForan elected deputy mayor.
Insiders told MO))) that campaigning for the potentially vacant Deputy Mayor’s seat began in earnest not long after the writ was dropped on the September 22nd election. Lisa Harris was the Liberal...
View ArticleMore departments ask for 2015 budget increases
At tonight’s committee meetings, councillors heard from the Recreation, Engineering and Fiscal Services and General Government departments. The city is ramping up to budget time, with each department...
View ArticlePolice writing many tickets at new mall entrance
Over the long weekend, October 10-13, MPF officers responded to 132 calls for police assistance or services. MPF say officers continue to receive complaints concerning East bound vehicles on KG Hwy...
View ArticleMiramichi woman seeks $500K sitcom
A woman from Miramichi and the co-creators of a comedy pilot for CBC have made the first cut and now need some votes to make it to the next level of the competition. You may have seen the ads on TV...
View ArticleCourt Briefs: George Hogan to plead on knife and B/E charges
George Hogan was in court to elect and plead on serious charges. He is charged with break and enter, and assault with a knife. Hogan allegedly broke into a residence on King George Highway and was...
View ArticlePublic Works and Utilities Budget: Water Increase Coming
On Monday night, Jay Shanahan the Director of Public Works, briefed council on his department’s budget for 2015. The transportation department, the department that looks after plowing the streets, has...
View ArticleCity may opt for curbside recycling
On October 28th, the Greater Miramichi Regional Service Commission will present its 2015 Operating and Capital budget to representatives from the municipalities and local service districts that it...
View ArticleHorizon reminds patients to show up
(HORIZON) October 22, 2014 – Of 400,000 booked appointments across Horizon Health Network (Horizon) last year, 24,000 patients did not show up. Horizon is reminding patients about the importance of...
View ArticleTrafficking: wheelbarrow pawned for cocaine
Gary Lee Somerville was accused of 2 counts of trafficking cocaine, 2 counts of assault, and two counts of breaching probation. He had his trial on July 30th, at which the alleged victims, Allison...
View ArticleIdeas: Entrepreneurs compete for $500,000 in cash and services
The New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF), law firm Cox & Palmer and Deloitte launched the fifth edition of Breakthru, New Brunswick’s biennial startup competition, with its highest prize pot...
View ArticleMiramichi City Surplus sting nets surprise culprit
One day after being released from jail on charges that he committed a break and enter and a sexual assault, Michael Anthony Genova, 34, was arrested by RCMP on an unrelated matter. In 2008 Genova was...
View ArticleMiramichier credited with killing Ottawa gunman
Parliament Hill came under attack today after a man with a rifle shot a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, before seizing a car and driving to the doors of...
View ArticlePolice Briefs: Fugitive caught, Paramedics rush to dummy
Last week the Miramichi police asked for the public’s help in locating a man who had been paroled on drug charges, but who had failed recent drug tests. Thanks to a tip from the public, members of the...
View ArticleFinnigan 5th candidate for Liberal nomination
The federal Liberal nomination for Miramichi-Grand Lake will be held on Nov. 29 at the Miramichi Agricultural Exhibition Centre. There is now a fifth candidate, Pat Finnigan of Rogersville. Finnigan is...
View ArticleCourt grants disbursement to ATCON creditors
A teleconference was held in the Court of Queen’s Bench yesterday to hear motion to disburse monies to secured creditors in the ATCON bankruptcy affair. Parties in attendance by teleconference were...
View ArticleStatements of Defence filed in Payroll Centre lawsuit
Statements of Defence from defendants have been received at the Miramichi Courthouse, as the lawsuit filed against the Receiver General of Canada, and the City of Miramichi and some of its employees...
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