Council Notes: Jobs, Water, Students, Crosswalks
On October 15th, the city shut the water of to the Maple Grove Trailer Park. In June the city issued the notice to the few people who were still living there because of health concerns, the water...
View ArticleDr. Keating wins Elite Race Series
The RunNB Elite Series of nine races is over and Paul Gallant from Bathurst and Dr. Paula Keating from Miramichi emerged as the overall winners in the first year of the series. The Elite series was...
View ArticleCourt Briefs: impaired man walks into house, sits down
Earlier this year, a teenage girl was sitting in her livingroom in the middle of the day on Chatham Avenue with her dog watching TV when a man walked in and sat down. The girl got up, left the house...
View ArticleHeart and Stroke Foundation to Honour Losiers
On Thursday, October 30th, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick will recognize Dr. Gerard and Judy Losier for their gift that brings a Telestroke machine to the Miramichi Regional Hospital....
View ArticleSalmon Association Release Final Salmon Counts
The MSA sent out its year end press release that included the grilse counts for 2014. “A late season flurry of fish should give us all hope. As you may have already heard, both branches of the river...
View ArticlePolice Briefs: 10 year old strikes again
Sunday at supper, MPF officers and Fire crews were dispatched to the Miramichi Feed Mill after smoke was reported being seen from a silo. Responding officers discovered a break and enter and that a...
View ArticleHowe Trial Day 3: The victim and the wife
On Day 3 of the trial of Colin Andrew Howe, the prosecution closed its case with its last witness, Allen Barrieau who was seriously wounded during a bar brawl in Nelson on April 6th, 2013. Hwe’s...
View ArticleNB preparing workers for Ebola
The provincial government is contributing to the global fight against Ebola with additional training and equipment for health-care workers here at home and a donation of expertise and surplus medical...
View ArticleJudge to Impaired Driver: Remorse is important
A tearful Emily Augustine changed her plea to guilty for impaired driving. Prior to passing sentence Judge Mahoney asked if she had anything to say and she replied “there is nothing I can say that will...
View ArticleDelay: Woman 37 to plea to sex assault on teen
Tammy Lynn Fraser, 37, is from Doaktown faces two charges of touching the youth for a sexual purpose on two occasion at the end of July. The charges read that she allegedly touched the youth with her...
View ArticleKid hussles helpful stranger
The story of a young offender who ripped off a helpful stranger was heard in court this week in Miramichi. A 15 year old accused of stealing car keys from a Warren Avenue man, appeared in the...
View ArticleImposter steals from Food Bank
The day after Halloween, MPF took a complaint regarding the theft of groceries that were to be gathered on behalf of the local Food Bank. James M Hill High School has been involved in the “Trick or...
View ArticleMPF high speed chase results in arrest
Nov. 2, 2014 @ 01:10hrs. MPF received information from District 6 RCMP regarding a pickup truck that fled from their members on more than one occasion. The same pickup was later encountered in the...
View ArticleSelf-defence, or Blind rage? Lawyers make final arguments.
On the final day of the trial a man accused of wounding another man with a beer bottle, the accused was cross-examined by the prosecution, and the lawyers made their closing arguments. Colin Andrew...
View ArticleCourt Briefs: man loses 25 pounds on house arrest
Jordan Dale Genova was in court to apply for a variation to conditions put on him while he awaits trial on several charges including drug trafficking. He wanted some time to go to the gym, and also...
View ArticleStrangling threat: Parents subject kids to court drama
A woman from a community near Miramichi was charged with uttering threats to her 12 year old son by suggesting she would strangle him with a belt, and stood trial today at the Miramichi Law Courts....
View ArticleWoman steals truck, intentionally rams hydro pole
A 25 year old woman was sentenced today for stealing a car, attempting to hit police with it, and ramming it into a telephone pole in a suicide attempt. On August 7th Katrina Marie Augustine stole a...
View ArticleCity to demolish 7 unsightly properties
City councillors unanimously voted to tender contracts to demolish or clean up 7 unsightly properties in Miramichi. On September 22nd, 2014, Orders to Comply were posted on the following eight...
View ArticleFire: Blackville school evacuated (photos)
Around noon the fire alarm went off at the Blackville School. All the students were evacuated from the building. Two fire trucks and a rescue truck were dispatched to the school as well as the two RCMP...
View ArticleGouchie Pleads Guilty in Bowes Death Case
It was an all or nothing day for Tyler Kirk Gouchie and his lawyer Wendell Maxwell. Gouchie faced 11 charges including impaired driving causing death of Scott Bowes on June 14th, a week before Bowes...
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