by Tara ClowOver 100,000 Maritimers will be drawn to Moncton’s downtown this month to officially welcome Old Saint Nick. The Royale Greater Moncton Santa Claus parade will be held on November 25th. The theme for this year’s Parade is “The World Celebrates the Season”. Parade Committee President Scott Eagles...
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by Brad PerryMounties are asking for help from the public to identify human remains found outside of Oromocto. New Brunswick RCMP said the remains were found along the Saint John River in Burton on Nov. 8. The deceased is a Caucasian man, between 20 and 50 years old, who would have died within the past 10...
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The annual Monctonian AAA hockey challenge returns to southeastern New Brunswick this weekend. The 42nd edition features 60 teams in three divisions (U15, U16, U18) from Atlantic Canada, Quebec and Ontario. “The event is built around scouting, players moving on to higher levels, and it’s very...
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by Brad PerryMost Dieppe residents will see a three-cent property tax cut in the new year. Council approved the city’s 2024 operating and capital budgets on Tuesday night. The $79.1-million general operating budget will see the residential tax rate reduced to $1.41 per $100 of assessment. “Since 2022, we...
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by Brad PerryNew Brunswick is hoping to reduce the patient waitlist for cataract surgeries through increased access. Horizon Health has partnered with a Fredericton-based ophthalmology clinic, the province announced Wednesday. The Fredericton Cataract Surgical Centre can complete more than 3,200 surgeries...
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by Brad PerryRothesay residents will not see any changes to their property tax rates next year. Town council voted Tuesday to approve the $23.8-million general operating budget. The residential tax rate will remain unchanged at $1.19 per $100 of assessed value. Non-residential properties in the town will pay...
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by Brad PerryThe Saint John Region Chamber of Commerce has appointed an interim CEO. Carole Cunningham has been with the chamber for the past three decades. Cunningham currently works as the director of events and administration. “Carole has demonstrated exceptional support to the Chamber as well as to its...
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by Tara ClowTickets are on sale now for the Capitol Theatre’s 2024 musical. They’re partnering with Tutta Musica Orchestra once again to produce Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Managing Director Kim Rayworth says the full cast was recently announced. “It will be the seventh professional musical theatre...
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by Randy ThomsA startling discovery for a pair of Minnesota hunters. The Bigfoot Field Researchers Association reports a man and his mother were hunting near Bena, about 55 kilometres east of Bemidji, in October when they came across what they believed to be a bigfoot. They told the association the figure...
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by CJ GoaterThe Thunder Bay District Health Unit has announced a second COVID-19 outbreak at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre as of November 15. Both of the outbreaks are on the second floor of the TBRHSC in the medical in-patient units. Unit 2B was the first unit to declare an outbreak on...
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