Posts by Les McLaughlin
Blackville RCMP member wins second Connaught Cup
For the second year in a row, District 6 Miramichi Commander Staff Sergeant Greg Grant has won the Connaught Cup as the RCMP’s top shooter in Canada. The Connaught Cup Championship was held last week in Ottawa. Prior to S/Sgt. Grant’s victory last year, the trophy had not been awarded to an RCMP member from…
Read MoreMcCormack Enrolled in the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame
Katherine “Kathy” McCormack of Blackville was a member of Canada’s silver-medal team when women’s ice hockey made its debut as an Olympics event in Nagano, Japan in 1998. A forward, she started her career by playing street hockey in her hometown at the age of 8 with friends and cousins. Because there were no teams…
Read MoreKeenan Comes Home
Blackville’s Dr. Tiffany Keenan will be making a return to Miramichi this week. Keenan, director of Haiti Village Health, has spent months in Haiti following a devastating Jan. 12 earthquake that left the country in disarray. Keenan has devoted her time to helping the people of Haiti during this time and will be returning to…
Read MoreBlackville war vet still passionate about flying
Arthur Dunphy has been flying for more than 67 years and seen a good deal of the world during his travels. Dunphy, who is 94 years old, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 during the Second World War. “That was my ambition to be a pilot,” he said. While he failed an…
Read MoreOrganizations helping out Haiti
Determining the number of casualties from a Haiti earthquake, said to be the worst in 200 years, has proven to be an impossibility following shattered communication systems. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake, which struck the Port-au-Prince region Tuesday, is said to have killed possibly thousands and Canada is sending a reconnaissance team to determine how to help…
Read MoreBlackville maintains tax rate; village digs deep into reserve funding to cover rising costs in budget
The Village of Blackville had to dig deep into its reserve funding to maintain services in its 2010 municipal budget. Blackville sliced $35,483 from its reserves, down to $48,548 from $84,031 in 2009, with a major portion of the funds going toward padding the cost of its fire department and RCMP detachment. The local fire…
Read MoreThe Olympic Torch Relay in Blackville
Blackville School students and staff along with the community of Blackville were out to show support and celebrate as the Olympic Torch made its way from Fredericton to Miramichi on Friday morning, November 27. Below are some photos from the relay through Blackville. Meanwhile, the Blackville School Choir traveled to James M. Hill to participate…
Read MoreBlackville honours firefighters
More than 200 years of combined experience was honoured in Blackville Saturday evening. At a ceremony held at St. Raphael’s Parish Hall, members of the Blackville Volunteer Fire Department were thanked for their dedication including some who had been serving the area for well over two decades. The hall was full of family and friends,…
Read MoreBlackville captures Northern title
Blackville Golden Eagles AA varsity boys soccer team has reached the North/East Regional Final this weekend as the No. 1 seed in the Northern Conference. Blackville defeated Polyvalente Roland Pepin Predateurs by a score of 5-0 in Blackville on Tuesday. Goals were scored by five different players. Jordan Buggie, Kyle Morehouse, Morgan Hallihan all scored…
Read MoreBlackville Resident to be Inducted to Salmon Hall of Fame
The Atlantic Salmon Museum, Doaktown, NB will host its annual Hall of Fame Awards Banquet on Friday, September 25th, with a meet and greet reception at 5:30pm, followed by dinner at 6:30pm. Inductees for 2009 are as follows: Donald and Hudson (Tompy) MacKay, father and son (both deceased) will be inducted in the GUIDE category,…
Read MoreBartholomew River Trail Bridge Repairs Underway
FREDERICTON (CNB) – Repairs have begun to parts of the Sentier NB Trail, crucial links for snowmobile and ATV routes, and are expected to be completed by Wednesday, Sept. 30. Three sites are under repair: the Upsalquitch River Trail bridge, 10 km upstream from Route 17; the Bartholomew River Trail bridge in Blackville; and a…
Read MoreFederal/provincial governments investing in multi-functional centre for Blackville
BLACKVILLE (CNB) – Residents of Blackville will soon benefit from a new multi-functional centre, thanks to a $500,000 investment from the governments of Canada and New Brunswick. Premier Shawn Graham, Miramichi MP Tilly O’Neill-Gordon, and Blackville Mayor Glen Hollowood announced today that the federal and provincial governments would each contribute $250,000 toward the project. “The…
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